Moodle is an open-source Learning Management System that helps the educators to create online courses and e-learning sites. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the installation process of Moodle on Debian Latest.
Before you start installing Moodle on Debian, there are a few prerequisites you need to consider:
Open your terminal and login as a non-root user with sudo permission. Then, update the system by running the following command:
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade
In order to install Moodle on your Debian server, you need to install the required dependencies. Run the following command to install them:
sudo apt install apache2 mariadb-server unzip wget curl libapache2-mod-php7.3 php7.3 php7.3-cli php7.3-gd php7.3-intl php7.3-curl php7.3-xml php7.3-mbstring php7.3-zip php7.3-soap php7.3-ldap
After installing the dependencies, you need to configure MariaDB for Moodle installation. Run the following command to open MariaDB configuration:
sudo mysql_secure_installation
Follow the on-screen instructions and set up the root password, remove anonymous users, disable root login remotely, remove test databases, and reload privileges.
Create a new database and user in MariaDB for Moodle installation. Log in to MariaDB server with root user:
sudo mysql -u root -p
Create a new database:
CREATE DATABASE moodle;
Create a new user:
CREATE USER 'moodleuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
Grant privileges to the newly created user:
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON moodle.* TO 'moodleuser'@'localhost';
Flush the privileges:
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
Exit MariaDB server:
exit
Download the latest Moodle stable version:
cd /tmp/
wget https://download.moodle.org/download.php/direct/stable311/moodle-latest-311.tgz
Unzip the downloaded file:
tar -zxvf moodle-latest-311.tgz
Move the extracted files to the Apache web root directory:
sudo mv moodle/* /var/www/html/
Set the proper permissions:
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/
sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/
You can access the Moodle Install Wizard via web browser. Open your favorite web browser and type in the URL:
http://<your-server-IP-address>/install.php
The Moodle Install Wizard will appear. Follow the on-screen instructions to configure the database and Moodle site.
You have successfully installed Moodle on Debian Latest. You can now access your Moodle site and start creating courses.
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