Setup Moodle Centos 7

I user this specification for this guide, detail VM :

  • Moodle
    • CPU : 2 core
    • Ram : 4 GB
    • IP : 10.1.0.11
    • OS : CentOS 7
    • Disk
      • vda : 10GB

Setup Moodle

  1. Package Repositories
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    $ sudo yum update -y
    $ sudo yum install https://repo.ius.io/ius-release-el7.rpm https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm -y
    $ sudo yum install vim git wget -y
  2. Install Webserver
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    $ sudo yum install nginx -y
    $ sudo systemctl enable --now nginx
  3. Install and Configure Database
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    $ sudo yum install mariadb104-server mariadb104 -y
    $ sudo systemctl enable --now mariadb
    $ mysql_secure_installation 
    ---
    Switch to unix_socket authentication [Y/n] y

    ...
    Change the root password? [Y/n] y
    New password: 
    Re-enter new password: 
    Password updated successfully!

    ...
    Remove anonymous users? [Y/n] y
     ... Success!

    ...
    Disallow root login remotely? [Y/n] y
     ... Success!

    ...
    Remove test database and access to it? [Y/n] y
    Reload privilege tables now? [Y/n] y
    ---
    $ mysql -uroot -p
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    > CREATE DATABASE moodledb DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
    > CREATE USER 'moodleuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'fkvXpf9QOnY';
    > GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON moodledb.* TO 'moodleuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'fkvXpf9QOnY';
    > FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
    ---
  4. Install and Configure PHP-FPM
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    $ sudo yum install graphviz aspell php74-fpm php74-cli php74-pspell php74-common php74-gd php74-intl php74-mysqlnd php74-xml php74-xmlrpc php74-ldap php74-pecl-zip php74-json php74-opcache php74-mbstring php74-soap -y
    $ sudo vim /etc/php.ini
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    cgi.fix_pathinfo=0
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    $ sudo vim /etc/php-fpm.d/www.conf
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    user = nginx
    group = nginx

    ...
    listen = /run/php-fpm/php-fpm.sock

    ...
    listen.owner = nginx
    listen.group = nginx
    listen.mode = 0660

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    security.limit_extensions = .php

    ...
    env[HOSTNAME] = $HOSTNAME
    env[PATH] = /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin
    env[TMP] = /tmp
    env[TMPDIR] = /tmp
    env[TEMP] = /tmp
    ---

    $ sudo mkdir -p /var/lib/php/session/
    $ sudo chown -R nginx:nginx /var/lib/php/session/
    $ sudo systemctl enable --now php-fpm
    $ sudo chown -R nginx:nginx /run/php-fpm/
  5. Download and Configure Moodle
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    $ cd /app
    $ git clone https://github.com/moodle/moodle.git
    $ cd moodle/
    $ git branch -a
    $ git branch --track MOODLE_310_STABLE origin/MOODLE_310_STABLE
    $ git checkout MOODLE_310_STABLE
    $ mkdir -p /app/moodledata
    $ sudo chown -R nginx:nginx /app/moodledata
    $ sudo chmod 777 /app/moodledata
    $ sudo chown -R nginx:nginx /app/moodle/
    $ sudo chmod 777 /app/moodle/
  6. Configure Nginx
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    $ sudo vim /etc/nginx/conf.d/moodle.conf
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    server {
        listen   80;
        server_name  10.1.0.11;

        # note that these lines are originally from the "location /" block
        root   /app/se-prac-test/sepractest/moodle;
        index index.php index.html index.htm;

        location / {
            try_files $uri $uri/ =404;
        }
        error_page 404 /404.html;
        error_page 500 502 503 504 /50x.html;
        location = /50x.html {
            root /app/se-prac-test/sepractest/moodle;
        }

        location ~ \.php$ {
            try_files $uri =404;
            fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php-fpm/php-fpm.sock;
            fastcgi_index index.php;
            fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
            include fastcgi_params;
        }
    }
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    $ nginx -t
    $ sudo systemctl restart nginx
  7. Access Moodle
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    Access Moodle via browser http://10.1.0.11/install.php
  • Choose Language Instalation, Next
  • Confirmation Path Moodle and Moodledata Next
  • Choose Database Used Next
  • Database Configuration, Next
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    Database Host : localhost
    Database Name : moodledb
    Database User : moodleuser
    Database Password : fkvXpf9QOnY
    Tables prefix : moodle_
    Database Port : 3306
    Unix Socket : /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock
  • Moodle Copyright, Next
  • Server Check Plugin Moodle, Next
  • If there is an update regarding the Moodle Plugin, Upgrade Moodle database now
  • Process Upgrade Done, Continue
  • User Configuration, fill in as needed, Continue and Save
  • Try logging in using the user and password previously created