Chamilo LMS (Learning Management System) is a free and open-source e-learning platform that allows users to create and manage online courses. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Chamilo LMS on a Fedora server.
Before you begin, make sure you have the following prerequisites:
If you haven't installed Apache web server on your Linux system, you can do so by running the following command:
dnf install httpd -y
Start the Apache service and enable it to start on system boot with the following commands:
systemctl start httpd
systemctl enable httpd
Chamilo LMS requires PHP 7.2 or higher with the following extensions installed:
You can install them using the following command:
dnf install php php-mysqlnd php-intl php-gd php-xml php-mbstring php-json php-curl php-zip php-fileinfo -y
Once installation is complete, restart the Apache service:
systemctl restart httpd
Chamilo LMS requires a MySQL or MariaDB server as a database backend. You can install it using the following command:
dnf install mariadb-server -y
After installation, start the MariaDB service and enable it to start on system boot:
systemctl start mariadb
systemctl enable mariadb
Run the MySQL secure installation script to set the root password and secure the database:
mysql_secure_installation
Log in to the MySQL shell as the root user:
mysql -u root -p
Create a new database and user for Chamilo LMS:
CREATE DATABASE chamilo;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON chamilo.* TO 'chamilo'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
Replace 'password' with a secure password for the user.
Download the latest Chamilo LMS package from the official website:
wget https://github.com/chamilo/chamilo-lms/archive/v1.11.12.tar.gz
Extract the downloaded package:
tar xvfz v1.11.12.tar.gz
Move the extracted directory to the document root of your web server:
mv chamilo-lms-1.11.12 /var/www/html/chamilo
Set the correct ownership and permissions for the Chamilo LMS directory:
chown -R apache:apache /var/www/html/chamilo
chmod -R 775 /var/www/html/chamilo
Copy the sample configuration file to a new file:
cp /var/www/html/chamilo/app/config/parameters.yml.dist /var/www/html/chamilo/app/config/parameters.yml
Edit the parameters.yml file to set the database credentials:
parameters:
database_driver: pdo_mysql
database_host: 127.0.0.1
database_port: null
database_name: chamilo
database_user: chamilo
database_password: password
Replace the database_name, database_user and database_password fields with the values you set up in Step 4.
Restart the Apache service to apply the changes:
systemctl restart httpd
Open a web browser and enter your domain name or IP address followed by "/chamilo/". You should see the Chamilo LMS installation page. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation.
That's it! You have successfully installed Chamilo LMS on Fedora Server Latest.
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