Moodle is a popular open-source learning management system (LMS) that can be installed on various platforms including FreeBSD. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the step-by-step process of installing Moodle on FreeBSD Latest.
Before starting with the Moodle installation, you need to install and configure the Apache web server with PHP and MySQL. To do this, execute the following commands:
sudo pkg update
sudo pkg install apache24 php74 php74-mysqli php74-tokenizer php74-xmlwriter php74-zip git
sudo service apache24 start
sudo sysrc apache24_enable=yes
sudo pkg install mysql80-client
Once Apache, PHP and MySQL are installed, you need to create a new MySQL database to store Moodle data.
sudo mysql -u root -p
Enter your root password and then type the following commands:
create database moodle;
create user 'moodledbuser'@'localhost' identified by 'StrongPassword123';
grant all privileges on moodle.* to 'moodledbuser'@'localhost';
flush privileges;
exit;
Next, you need to download the latest version of Moodle from the Moodle website. You can check for the latest version number and then download it using the wget command:
cd /usr/local/www/apache24/data/
sudo wget https://download.moodle.org/stable39/moodle-latest-39.tgz
Once you've downloaded the Moodle package, you need to extract and move it into the DocumentRoot of Apache.
sudo tar -xvzf moodle-latest-*.tgz
sudo mv moodle /usr/local/www/apache24/data/
sudo chmod -R 0755 /usr/local/www/apache24/data/moodle
After you have extracted and moved the Moodle application files, you need to set the necessary configurations.
cd /usr/local/www/apache24/data/moodle
sudo cp config-dist.php config.php
Edit the config.php file and change the following settings:
vi config.php
$CFG->dbtype = 'mysqli';
$CFG->dbhost = 'localhost';
$CFG->dbname = 'moodle';
$CFG->dbuser = 'moodledbuser';
$CFG->dbpass = 'StrongPassword123';
Finally, restart Apache service and access Moodle using the hostname or IP address of your FreeBSD server.
sudo service apache24 restart
Now you can access Moodle via a web browser:
http://your_freebsd_server_ip_address/moodle
Moodle is now successfully installed on your FreeBSD Latest server. You can log in and set up your Moodle environment according to your needs.
In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Moodle on FreeBSD Latest step by step. If you have followed the tutorial correctly, you now have Moodle installed and configured on your FreeBSD server. Enjoy using Moodle!
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