Canvas LMS is a popular learning management system used by many educational institutions and organizations. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Canvas LMS on Elementary OS Latest.
Before we begin, make sure that your system is up-to-date and your user account has administrative privileges. You will also need to install the following packages:
To install these packages, open the terminal and run the following command:
sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y git docker
First, we will clone the Canvas LMS repository to our local system. Open the terminal and run the following command:
sudo git clone https://github.com/instructure/canvas-lms.git /opt/canvas
This will download the Canvas LMS source code to the /opt/canvas directory.
Next, we will build the Docker image for Canvas LMS. Open the terminal and navigate to the /opt/canvas directory:
cd /opt/canvas
Then, run the following command to build the Docker image:
sudo docker build -t instructure/canvas:latest .
This process can take a few minutes to complete, depending on your system's speed and internet connection.
Once the Docker image has been built, we can start the Canvas LMS Docker container. Run the following command to start the container:
sudo docker run --name canvas-lms -d -p 8000:80 instructure/canvas:latest
This command will start the Canvas LMS container and map the container's port 80 to the host's port 8000.
Finally, we will verify that Canvas LMS is running properly. Open your web browser and navigate to http://localhost:8000/. You should see the Canvas LMS login page. If you do not see this page, try restarting the Docker container and verifying the installation again:
sudo docker restart canvas-lms
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Canvas LMS on Elementary OS Latest. You can now login and start configuring your Canvas LMS instance.
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