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| ~~NOTOC~~ | ~~NOTOC~~ | ||
| - | Run these on screen so when you get cut off, you can just pick up from where you left off: | + | \\ |
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| + | Run this command | ||
| screen -dR primecut | screen -dR primecut | ||
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| + | ---- | ||
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| + | Following the processes and commands below should enable you to run a fully functioning Moodle installation on a minimally endowed Ubuntu machine. | ||
| ====== Swap ====== | ====== Swap ====== | ||
| fallocate -l 1G /swapfile1G | fallocate -l 1G /swapfile1G | ||
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| ====== Moodle====== | ====== Moodle====== | ||
| - | sudo chown www-data: | + | sudo chown www-data: |
| sudo chmod 775 -R / | sudo chmod 775 -R / | ||
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| sudo chown www-data: | sudo chown www-data: | ||
| - | cd / | + | cd /var/www/html/moodle/ |
| sudo cp config-dist.php config.php | sudo cp config-dist.php config.php | ||
| nano config.php | nano config.php | ||
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| < | < | ||
| ServerAdmin [email protected] | ServerAdmin [email protected] | ||
| - | DocumentRoot / | + | DocumentRoot /var/www/html/ |
| ServerName myrmoodle.prime.edu.ph | ServerName myrmoodle.prime.edu.ph | ||
| - | < | + | < |
| Options +FollowSymlinks | Options +FollowSymlinks | ||
| AllowOverride All | AllowOverride All | ||
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| < | < | ||
| Web address: [ your IP address or domain name ] | Web address: [ your IP address or domain name ] | ||
| - | Moodle directory: / | + | Moodle directory: /var/www/html/moodle |
| Data Directory: / | Data Directory: / | ||
| </ | </ | ||
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| ====== Backup/ | ====== Backup/ | ||
| * Files to backup | * Files to backup | ||
| - | / | + | < |
| - | / | + | / |
| + | / | ||
| [ db backup ] | [ db backup ] | ||
| - | + | </ | |
| + | * To backup db | ||
| + | < | ||
| + | | ||
| + | </ | ||
| + | * To restore db | ||
| + | < | ||
| + | mysql -u root -pmypassword moodle < moodle-database.sql | ||
| + | </ | ||
| + | ====== Mailer ====== | ||
| + | In case you don't have an email account that can be used to send out emails in bulk, you may also use the Moodle server itself as a send-only postfix mailer. | ||
| + | sudo apt install mailutils | ||
| + | If prompted for type of mail configuration, | ||
| + | | ||
| + | Once done, you may configure your postfix: | ||
| + | nano / | ||
| + | Replace the appropriate lines with these: | ||
| + | inet_interfaces = loopback-only | ||
| + | inet_protocols = ipv4 | ||
| + | mydestination = $myhostname, | ||
| + | sudo systemctl restart postfix | ||
| + | Once done, you may test your mailer with this: | ||
| + | echo "Just testing the send-only postfix" | ||
| + | Note that the initial messages coming out of this server will be flagged as " | ||
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| + | ====== SSL Certificate====== | ||
| + | Every site needs encryption these days. So you may install an SSL Certificate on your site. This section requires that you have a proper rDNS entry on your machine and your DNS points to your machine' | ||
| + | sudo apt install snapd | ||
| + | sudo snap install --classic certbot | ||
| + | sudo certbot --apache | ||
| + | We recommend an autoredirect to the secure site. | ||
| + | Once done, confirm by adding S to your address in the " | ||