Open eClass is a free, open-source e-Learning platform that allows you to create online courses and manage educational content. It is used by universities, schools, and other educational institutions to facilitate online education. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Open eClass on EndeavourOS Latest.
Before we begin, you must have a fresh installation of EndeavourOS Latest with sudo privileges.
First, we need to update the packages of the system by running the following command.
sudo pacman -Syu
Open eClass requires a web server to operate correctly, so we need to install the Apache webserver. Run the following command to install Apache.
sudo pacman -S apache
After installation, start the web server and enable it to start at boot time by running the following commands.
sudo systemctl start apache
sudo systemctl enable apache
You can verify that Apache is running by visiting your server's IP address in a web browser.
Open eClass requires a database to store its data, so we need to install MariaDB. Run the following command to install MariaDB.
sudo pacman -S mariadb
After that, start the MariaDB service and enable it to start at boot time.
sudo systemctl start mariadb
sudo systemctl enable mariadb
Next, we need to secure the MariaDB installation by running the following command.
sudo mysql_secure_installation
It will ask you to set the root password, remove anonymous users, disallow root login remotely, remove test database and access to it, and reload privilege tables.
After securing MariaDB, we need to create a database and a user account for Open eClass.
To create a new database, run the following command.
sudo mysql -u root -p
After that, you will be asked to enter the MariaDB root password. Once you have entered it, you will see the MariaDB prompt.
create database eclass;
Create a new user account and grant all privileges to the user on the Open eClass database by running the following commands.
create user 'eclassuser'@'localhost' identified by 'password';
grant all privileges on eclass.* to 'eclassuser'@'localhost';
flush privileges;
exit;
Replace "password" with a strong password.
Open eClass is written in PHP, so we need to install PHP and its required modules.
To install PHP and its modules, run the following command.
sudo pacman -S php php-apache php-gd php-mysqli php-curl php-mbstring php-intl
After the installation is complete, restart the Apache webserver to apply the changes.
sudo systemctl restart apache
Download the latest version of Open eClass from its official website using the following URL:
https://www.openeclass.org/download/
Once the download is complete, extract the downloaded file to the Apache webserver's root directory.
sudo wget https://github.com/kavweb/Open-eClass/archive/master.zip
sudo unzip master.zip
sudo mv Open-eClass-master /srv/http/openeclass
We need to configure some settings of Open eClass before we can start using it.
Open the Open eClass configuration file using your favorite editor.
sudo nano /srv/http/openeclass/config-dist.php
Change the following settings in the configuration file.
define('OE_SITE_URL', 'http://localhost/openeclass');
define('OE_SITE_NAME', 'Open eClass');
define('OE_SITE_MAIL', 'admin@localhost');
define('OE_DB_HOST', 'localhost');
define('OE_DB_NAME', 'eclass');
define('OE_DB_USER', 'eclassuser');
define('OE_DB_PASSWORD', 'password');
define('OE_FRONT_THEME', 'classic');
Save and close the configuration file.
We need to set the correct permissions for Open eClass's files and directories to ensure that it functions properly.
sudo chown -R http:http /srv/http/openeclass
sudo chmod -R 755 /srv/http/openeclass
sudo chmod -R 777 /srv/http/openeclass/uploads
sudo chmod -R 777 /srv/http/openeclass/temp
Open eClass installation is now complete, and you can access it by going to the following URL in your web browser.
http://localhost/openeclass
You can now log in with the default administrator credentials:
Username: admin
Password: admin
After login, you can create new users, courses, and content.
In this tutorial, we have explained the steps to install Open eClass on EndeavourOS Latest. By following this guide, you can create and manage online courses with Open eClass.
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