Open eClass is a powerful and popular Open Source Learning Management System (LMS) that is used by many educational institutions around the world. In this tutorial, we'll guide you through the process of installing Open eClass on MXLinux Latest.
Before installing any software, it's always a good idea to ensure that your system is up-to-date. To update your system, open a terminal and type the following command:
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade
This command will update the system package repository and upgrade the existing packages to their latest versions.
To run Open eClass, you need to have a webserver, PHP and a database management system installed on your system. MXLinux Latest comes with Apache, PHP and MariaDB pre-installed. However, if you don't have any of these installed, you can install them by running the following command:
sudo apt install apache2 php mariadb-server
This command will install Apache, PHP and MariaDB on your system.
Open eClass requires a database to store its data. You can use MariaDB for this purpose. To create a new database, log in to the MariaDB console by running the following command:
sudo mysql -u root -p
Enter your MariaDB root password when prompted. Once you are logged in to the MariaDB console, run the following commands to create a new database and user for Open eClass:
CREATE DATABASE openeclass;
CREATE USER 'openeclassuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'your_password_here';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON openeclass.* TO 'openeclassuser'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;
Replace "your_password_here" with a secure password of your choice.
Now it's time to install Open eClass on your system. To install Open eClass, you need to download the latest version from the official website. To do this, use the following command:
sudo wget https://github.com/e-KEDOS/openeclass/releases/download/v3.8.5/openeClass_3.8.5_210722.zip
Once the download is complete, extract the downloaded file using the following command:
sudo unzip openeClass_3.8.5_210722.zip -d /var/www/html/
This command will extract the contents of the downloaded file to the /var/www/html/ directory.
After installing Open eClass, you need to configure it to work with your system. To configure Open eClass, navigate to the /var/www/html/openeClass/ directory and open the config file using your favorite text editor:
sudo nano config.php
In the config file, make the following changes:
To ensure that Open eClass works properly, you need to set the correct permissions for the Open eClass files and directories. To do this, run the following commands:
sudo chown www-data:www-data /var/www/html/openeClass -R
sudo chmod 755 /var/www/html/openeClass -R
These commands will set the ownership and permissions of the Open eClass files and directories to the Apache webserver user.
Finally, you need to configure Apache to serve the Open eClass files. To do this, create a new Apache virtual host configuration file by running the following command:
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/openeClass.conf
In the editor, paste the following lines:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin your_email@example.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/openeClass/
ServerName your_domain.com
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/openeClass_error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/openeClass_access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
Replace "your_email@example.com" and "your_domain.com" with your actual email address and domain name, respectively.
Save the changes and exit the editor.
Now, enable the new virtual host configuration and restart Apache by running the following commands:
sudo a2ensite openeClass.conf
sudo systemctl restart apache2
Now that Open eClass is installed and configured, you can access it from your web browser by typing your server's IP address or domain name in the address bar:
http://your_domain.com
You should see the Open eClass login page.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed and configured Open eClass on MXLinux Latest!
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