Canvas LMS is a learning management system used by educational institutions and organizations to manage course content, administration, and communication. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Canvas LMS on Fedora Server Latest.
Before we begin with the installation, you need to make sure that you have the following prerequisites:
Follow the steps below to install Canvas LMS on your Fedora Server Latest system:
Firstly, update your Fedora Server to ensure that all the installed packages are up to date. Use the command below to update your system:
sudo dnf update -y
Before installing Canvas LMS, you need to install the required dependencies. Use the following command to install the required dependencies:
sudo dnf install -y git curl perl-Digest-SHA fontconfig freetype freetype-devel fontconfig-devel gcc-c++ gperf glib2-devel libX11-devel libXext-devel libXi-devel libXrandr-devel libXfixes-devel libXrender-devel libxcb-devel libXcomposite-devel libXdamage-devel libXau-devel libXdmcp-devel libstdc++.so.6 openssl-devel readline-devel xmlto xorg-x11-font-utils xorg-x11-fonts-Type1 zlib-devel libyaml-devel libffi-devel libicu-devel libtool
Canvas LMS requires Ruby 2.7 or later. If Ruby is not installed on your system, install it using the following command:
sudo dnf install -y ruby
Canvas LMS requires PostgreSQL as its database server. Use the command below to install PostgreSQL:
sudo dnf install -y postgresql-server postgresql-devel
After installation, initialize and start the PostgreSQL service using the following commands:
sudo postgresql-setup --initdb --unit postgresql
sudo systemctl start postgresql
We need to create a user for Canvas LMS to run as. Use the following command to create a user:
sudo useradd --user-group --shell /bin/bash canvas
Canvas LMS requires Node.js 12 or later. Use the command below to install Node.js:
sudo dnf module install nodejs:12
Canvas LMS uses yarn for managing dependencies. Use the following commands to install yarn:
curl --silent --location https://dl.yarnpkg.com/rpm/yarn.repo | sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/yarn.repo
sudo dnf install -y yarn
Now we are ready to download Canvas LMS. Use the following commands to download and extract the Canvas LMS package:
sudo su
cd /opt
sudo curl -L https://github.com/instructure/canvas-lms/tarball/stable | tar zx
sudo mv instructure-canvas-lms-* canvas-lms
Use the following command to navigate to the Canvas LMS directory:
cd /opt/canvas-lms
Then, use the following command to install the required dependencies:
sudo -u canvas bundle install --path vendor/bundle
Next, use the following command to copy the Canvas LMS configuration file:
sudo -u canvas cp config/canvas.yml.example config/canvas.yml
Edit the config/canvas.yml file using your favorite text editor and fill in the required configuration details such as database credentials, domain names, and email settings.
Use the following commands to initialize the database:
sudo -u canvas bundle exec rake db:create
sudo -u canvas bundle exec rake db:initial_setup
Finally, start the Canvas LMS server using the following command:
sudo -u canvas bundle exec rails server -b 0.0.0.0
You can now access the Canvas LMS web interface by navigating to http://
In this tutorial, we have demonstrated how to install Canvas LMS on Fedora Server Latest. With Canvas LMS up and running, you can now start creating and managing courses, users, and content on your own learning management system. Good Luck!
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