Chamilo LMS is an open-source platform for creating and managing e-learning environments. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Chamilo LMS on Debian Latest.
To follow this tutorial, you will need the following:
Before starting the installation process, update your system to make sure all the packages are up-to-date. To do this, run the following commands:
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade -y
Next, we need to install some dependencies required to run Chamilo LMS. Run the following command to install them:
sudo apt install apache2 mariadb-server php7.4 php7.4-mysql php7.4-mbstring php7.4-zip php7.4-xml php7.4-curl -y
Now, we need to create a new database for Chamilo LMS. To do this, run the following command:
sudo mysql -u root
This will open up the MySQL command-line interface. Next, enter the following commands to create a new database and user:
CREATE DATABASE chamilo;
GRANT ALL ON chamilo.* TO 'chamilo_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;
Make sure to replace 'password' with a strong password.
Go to the Chamilo LMS download page here and download the latest stable release. Alternatively, you can run the following command to download the latest version:
wget https://github.com/chamilo/chamilo-lms/archive/1.11.12.tar.gz
After downloading, extract the archive by running the following command:
tar xvfz 1.11.12.tar.gz
Next, we need to configure Apache to serve the Chamilo LMS files. To do this, create a new virtual host configuration file by running the following command:
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/chamilo.conf
Then, add the following lines to the file:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin admin@example.com
DocumentRoot /path/to/chamilo-lms-1.11.12/
ServerName example.com
<Directory /path/to/chamilo-lms-1.11.12/>
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
allow from all
</Directory>
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
Make sure to replace /path/to/chamilo-lms-1.11.12/ with the actual path to the Chamilo LMS files.
Then, enable the virtual host configuration by running the following command:
sudo a2ensite chamilo.conf
Finally, restart Apache for the changes to take effect:
sudo systemctl restart apache2
Now, we can start the installation process for Chamilo LMS. To do this, open up a web browser and navigate to http://example.com (replace example.com with your server's IP address or domain name).
Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation process. When prompted for the database details, enter the following:
Database type: MySQL | MariaDB
Database host: localhost
Database name: chamilo
Database user: chamilo_user
Database password: [password set in step 3]
Once the installation is complete, delete the install/ directory for security reasons:
sudo rm -rf /path/to/chamilo-lms-1.11.12/install
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Chamilo LMS on your Debian Latest server. You can now log in to your Chamilo LMS dashboard and start creating your e-learning environment.
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