ILIAS is a powerful and flexible Learning Management System that has gained widespread use in the education industry. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install ILIAS on FreeBSD Latest.
Before starting the installation process, you should ensure that your system meets the following prerequisites:
The first step is to install the required packages for ILIAS. You can install them using the following commands:
sudo pkg update
sudo pkg install apache24 php72 php72-extensions php72-mysqli php72-pdo php72-pdo_mysql php72-zip php72-xml php72-mbstring mysql57-client unzip
The next step is to configure Apache web server to host ILIAS. You can do this by creating a new virtual host configuration file in /usr/local/etc/apache24/Includes/. You can name the file, for example, ilias.conf. Here's an example configuration for your reference:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName ilias.example.com
DocumentRoot /usr/local/www/ilias
ErrorLog /var/log/httpd/ilias-error_log
CustomLog /var/log/httpd/ilias-access_log combined
<Directory "/usr/local/www/ilias">
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
After creating the configuration file, you can enable it using the following command:
sudo echo "Include /usr/local/etc/apache24/Includes/ilias.conf" >> /usr/local/etc/apache24/httpd.conf
You should also modify the default Apache setting to allow the .htaccess file.
<Directory "/usr/local/www/apache24/data/errdocs/">
AllowOverride None
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>
So you may use similar settings in the ilias.conf file.
ILIAS requires a database to store its data. In this tutorial, we will use MySQL as the database server. You can install MySQL server using the following command:
sudo pkg install mysql57-server
Once installed, you can start and enable MySQL using the following commands:
sudo sysrc mysql_enable=yes
sudo service mysql-server start
By default, MySQL server comes with a blank root password. You can set a new password using the following command:
sudo mysql_secure_installation
After setting the root password, you can create a new database for ILIAS using the following commands:
mysql -u root -p
CREATE DATABASE ilias;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON ilias.* TO 'ilias_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'ilias_password';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit
Here, 'ilias' is the name of the database, 'ilias_user' is the database user, and 'ilias_password' is the database password. You can replace them with your own values.
The next step is to download and install ILIAS. You can download the latest version of ILIAS from its official website. Once downloaded, extract the files and move them to your web root directory:
cd /usr/local/www
sudo unzip ilias.zip
sudo chown -R www:www ilias
Now, you need to configure ILIAS. Open the config.php file in the ilias folder and modify the following settings:
define('IL_INSTALLED', true);
define('IL_INSTALL_PATH', '/usr/local/www/ilias/');
define('ILIAS_HTTP_PATH', 'http://ilias.example.com/');
define('ILIAS_HTTPS_PATH', 'https://ilias.example.com/');
define('ILIAS_DATA_DIR', '/usr/local/www/ilias/data/');
define('ILIAS_WEB_DIR', '/usr/local/www/ilias/webservices/');
define('ILIAS_LOG_DIR', '/usr/local/www/ilias/logs/');
define('ILIAS_SESSION_PATH', '/usr/local/www/ilias/sessions/');
define('IL_DB_PREFIX', 'il_');
define('CLIENT_ID', '');
define('CLIENT_SECRET', '');
define('OAUTH_ENABLE', false);
You should modify ILIAS_HTTP_PATH and ILIAS_HTTPS_PATH to match your domain name.
After configuring ILIAS, you can run the ILIAS setup by accessing your website in your browser. You should see the ILIAS setup wizard where you can configure the basic settings such as the database information, administrator account information, and more.
Once completed, you should be able to log in to the ILIAS dashboard and start creating your courses.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed ILIAS on FreeBSD Latest.
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