https://docs.moodle.org/19/en/api.php?action=feedcontributions&user=Alexpearce&feedformat=atomMoodleDocs - User contributions [en]2024-03-29T07:29:39ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.39.6https://docs.moodle.org/19/en/index.php?title=Administrator_documentation&diff=81792Administrator documentation2011-03-08T09:35:34Z<p>Alexpearce: /* Moodle 2 */</p>
<hr />
<div>The purpose of this page is to list useful links by general topics for administrators of a Moodle site.<br />
__TOC__<br />
<br />
== Installation & Upgrading ==<br />
<br />
*[[Installation Quickstart]] for an overview of the installation steps<br />
*[[Installing Moodle]] for detailed installation instructions<br />
*[[Installation FAQ]]<br />
*[[Installing AMP|Options for installing Apache, MySQL and PHP]]<br />
*[[Upgrading|Upgrading Moodle]]<br />
*[[Installing contributed modules or plugins]]<br />
<br />
== System-specific Instructions & Packages ==<br />
<br />
===Unix/Linux-based===<br />
* [[SUSE Linux Server 10|Automated Installation Guide for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10]] operating system<br />
* [[RedHat Linux installation|Step-by-step Installation Guide for RedHat]] operating system<br />
* [[Debian GNU/Linux installation|Step-by-step Installation Guide for Debian GNU/Linux]] operating system<br />
* [[Step-by-step Installation Guide for Ubuntu]]<br />
* [[Manual_installation_on_Ubuntu|Manual Installation on Ubuntu]]<br />
* [[Step-by-step Install Guide for Zenwalk-5.0|Step-by-step Installation Guide for Zenwalk-5.0]]<br />
* [[OLPC XS installation|Step-by-step Installation Guide for the One Laptop per Child XS Server (Beta)]]<br />
* [[Step-by-step Install Guide for Solaris 10 with Oracle 10|Step-by-step Installation Guide for Solaris 10 with Oracle 10]]<br />
* [[Installation Guide for Installing on Amazon EC2]]<br />
<br />
===Windows===<br />
* [[Windows installation|Windows installations with instructions for Windows NT/2000/2003 servers]]<br />
* [[Windows installation using XAMPP|Windows installation using XAMPP: Apache, MySQL and PHP]]<br />
* [[Development:Windows_Installer_anywhere|MoodleAnywhere]] another Windows installation package<br />
* [[Installing Moodle on Windows Vista]] - how to<br />
* [http://www.bfcnetworks.com/whitepapers/installing-moodle-on-windows-server-iis-sql/ Installing Moodle on Windows Server 2008 x86]<br />
* [http://www.bfcnetworks.com/whitepapers/installing-moodle-on-windows-server-2008-r2-x64-sql-iis/ Installing Moodle on Windows Server 2008 R2]<br />
* [http://www.bfcnetworks.com/whitepapers/implementing-moodle-on-a-windows-high-availability-environment// Implementing Moodle on a Windows High Availability Environment] Implementing Moodle 1.9 on 2 Microsoft Load Balanced Web Front End Server and a Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Cluster environment<br />
<br />
Moodle 2<br />
* [http://www.bfcnetworks.com/whitepapers/installing-moodle-2-on-windows-server-mysql-php-and-iis7/ Installing Moodle 2 on Windows Server, MySQL, PHP and IIS7]<br />
* [http://www.bfcnetworks.com/whitepapers/installing-moodle-2-on-windows-server-2008-r2-x64-sql-iis/ Installing Moodle 2 on Windows Server, Microsoft SQL Server, PHP and IIS7]<br />
<br />
===Mac===<br />
* [[Step by Step Installation on a Mac OS X Server|Step by step Installation on a Mac OS X Server 10.5/10.6]]<br />
* [[Complete Install Packages for Mac OS X | Complete Install Packages for Mac OS X Clients 10.4/10.5/10.6]]<br />
* [[Step-by-step Guide for Installing Moodle on Mac OS X 10.4 Client|Step by Step Installation on a Mac OS X 10.4 Client using the internal web server]]<br />
<br />
===Web Hosts===<br />
* [[1and1_MySQL_installation | Installation on '''1and1''' web hosting]]<br />
* [[powweb_MySQL_installation | Step-by-step Installation on '''Powweb''' web hosting]]<br />
* [[Step-by-step Installation using the old version of CPanel]]<br />
* [[Step-by-step Installation using the new version of CPanel]]<br />
<br />
===Appliances===<br />
Some users may prefer to skip manual installation by using a pre-integrated [[Moodle appliance]].<br />
<br />
===Database===<br />
* [[Installing Oracle for PHP]]<br />
* [[Installing MSSQL for PHP]]<br />
* [[Installing Postgres for PHP]]<br />
<br />
===Plugins===<br />
* [[Installing contributed modules or plugins]]<br />
<br />
==Security, Performance and Roles==<br />
<br />
*[[Security]] contains important security procedures for a production site<br />
*[[Performance]] for ideas on improving the speed of your installation<br />
*[[Manage roles]] For Moodle 1.7 and later.<br />
*[[Reducing spam in Moodle]]<br />
*[[suhosin]] is an advanced protection system for PHP installation. It was designed to protect servers and users from known and unknown flaws in PHP applications and the PHP core.<br />
*[[nagios]] Open source software to monitor servers<br />
<br />
== FAQs ==<br />
<br />
*[[Installation FAQ]]<br />
*[[Beginning Administration FAQ]]<br />
*[[Administration FAQ]]<br />
*[[Performance FAQ]]<br />
*[[Backup and restore FAQ]]<br />
*[[Errors FAQ]]<br />
*[[:Category:FAQ|List of FAQs]]<br />
<br />
== Configuration Settings ==<br />
=== Site administration setting===<br />
[[Site administration block]] contains most site configuration settings including:<br />
*[[Front Page settings]]- initial or home page of a Moodle site<br />
*[[Themes]] - user interface packages of XHTML and CSS controls<br />
*[[Language]] - default and additional language packs<br />
*[[Activity modules administration]]<br />
*[[Blocks administration]]<br />
*[[Filters]] - Text and Multimedea plugins <br />
*[[Backup settings]]<br />
*[[HTML editor settings]]<br />
*[[Calendar settings]]<br />
*[[Maintenance mode]]<br />
*[[Notification page]] used to update versions<br />
*[[Settings block]] Moodle 2.0 site settings location<br />
<br />
===Other settings===<br />
*[[Course settings]] for course home page configuration<br />
**Each type of [[Activities|activity]], [[resource]] and [[:Category:Block|block]] has their own settings<br />
*Older versions settings<br />
**[[Site settings]] pre 1.7<br />
**[[Variables]] pre 1.6 <br />
**[[Location of admin settings in 1.7|Comparison between configuration settings in Moodle 1.6 & 1.7]]<br />
<br />
==User Management==<br />
<br />
*[[Authentication]] of user on a site<br />
*[[Add new user|Add a new user]] - on a site<br />
*[[Upload users]] - from a file to a site, and into existing course and group, some existing user global updates<br />
*[[User_profile_fields]]<br />
*[[Enrolment plugins]]<br />
**[[Flat file]] - enrol existing users in a course<br />
*[[Roles and capabilities|Assigning user a role]] - typical assignments include:<br />
**[[Students|Enrol students in a course]]<br />
**[[Unenrolment]] Student<br />
**[[Courses (administrator)|Assign teachers]] - to a course<br />
**[[Assign creators|Assign course creators]] - in a site<br />
**[[Assign administrators]] - in a site<br />
<br />
==Other==<br />
<br />
*[[Courses (administrator)|Courses]] and [[Course formats|course formats]]<br />
*[[Reports (administrator)]] and [[Logs]]<br />
*[[Site files]]<br />
*[[Moodle database|Moodle site database]] <br />
*[[Environment]]<br />
*[[MNet|Moodle Network]] and Moodle [[Community hub]]<br />
*[[Streaming Media]]<br />
*[[Case studies (administrator)]]<br />
*[[Anti-virus]]<br />
*[[System Monitoring and Server Statistic Software]]<br />
*[[Integrate Moodle, LDAP and SIMS.net]]<br />
*[[How to rebuild context paths]]<br />
*[[Hacking the Moodle 2.0 database transfer script to convert a Moodle 1.9 site]]<br />
*[[Category:ProxyProblems]]<br />
<br />
==See also==<br />
<br />
*[[:Category:Administrator | Index of all Administrator-related pages]]<br />
*[[Integrations]]<br />
*[[CVS for Administrators]]<br />
*[[Email processing]]<br />
*[[Search engine optimization]]<br />
*[[Messaging]]<br />
*[[Migration]]<br />
*[[Metacourses]]<br />
*[[Block layout]]<br />
*[[Customizing Moodle]]<br />
*[[Administrator do's and don'ts]]<br />
*[[Using Moodle book]] Chapter 16: Moodle Administration<br />
*[[Administration hacks]]<br />
*[[Git]] Version control, upgrading <br />
<br />
[[Category: Administrator]]<br />
[[cs:Rukověť správce]]<br />
[[es:Documentación para Administradores]]<br />
[[eu:Kudeatzaileentzako dokumentazioa]]<br />
[[fr:Documentation administrateur]]<br />
[[ja:管理者ドキュメント]]<br />
[[ko:관리자 문서]]<br />
[[nl:Documentatie voor beheerders]]<br />
[[pt:Documentação para administradores]]<br />
[[ru:Администраторам]]<br />
[[sk:Dokumentácia pre správcov]]<br />
[[zh:管理员文档]]<br />
[[pl:Administrator documentation]]<br />
[[fi:Ylläpitäjän opas]]<br />
[[de:Dokumentation für Administratoren]]</div>Alexpearcehttps://docs.moodle.org/19/en/index.php?title=Administrator_documentation&diff=81791Administrator documentation2011-03-08T09:34:52Z<p>Alexpearce: /* Moodle 2 */</p>
<hr />
<div>The purpose of this page is to list useful links by general topics for administrators of a Moodle site.<br />
__TOC__<br />
<br />
== Installation & Upgrading ==<br />
<br />
*[[Installation Quickstart]] for an overview of the installation steps<br />
*[[Installing Moodle]] for detailed installation instructions<br />
*[[Installation FAQ]]<br />
*[[Installing AMP|Options for installing Apache, MySQL and PHP]]<br />
*[[Upgrading|Upgrading Moodle]]<br />
*[[Installing contributed modules or plugins]]<br />
<br />
== System-specific Instructions & Packages ==<br />
<br />
===Unix/Linux-based===<br />
* [[SUSE Linux Server 10|Automated Installation Guide for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10]] operating system<br />
* [[RedHat Linux installation|Step-by-step Installation Guide for RedHat]] operating system<br />
* [[Debian GNU/Linux installation|Step-by-step Installation Guide for Debian GNU/Linux]] operating system<br />
* [[Step-by-step Installation Guide for Ubuntu]]<br />
* [[Manual_installation_on_Ubuntu|Manual Installation on Ubuntu]]<br />
* [[Step-by-step Install Guide for Zenwalk-5.0|Step-by-step Installation Guide for Zenwalk-5.0]]<br />
* [[OLPC XS installation|Step-by-step Installation Guide for the One Laptop per Child XS Server (Beta)]]<br />
* [[Step-by-step Install Guide for Solaris 10 with Oracle 10|Step-by-step Installation Guide for Solaris 10 with Oracle 10]]<br />
* [[Installation Guide for Installing on Amazon EC2]]<br />
<br />
===Windows===<br />
* [[Windows installation|Windows installations with instructions for Windows NT/2000/2003 servers]]<br />
* [[Windows installation using XAMPP|Windows installation using XAMPP: Apache, MySQL and PHP]]<br />
* [[Development:Windows_Installer_anywhere|MoodleAnywhere]] another Windows installation package<br />
* [[Installing Moodle on Windows Vista]] - how to<br />
* [http://www.bfcnetworks.com/whitepapers/installing-moodle-on-windows-server-iis-sql/ Installing Moodle on Windows Server 2008 x86]<br />
* [http://www.bfcnetworks.com/whitepapers/installing-moodle-on-windows-server-2008-r2-x64-sql-iis/ Installing Moodle on Windows Server 2008 R2]<br />
* [http://www.bfcnetworks.com/whitepapers/implementing-moodle-on-a-windows-high-availability-environment// Implementing Moodle on a Windows High Availability Environment] Implementing Moodle 1.9 on 2 Microsoft Load Balanced Web Front End Server and a Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Cluster environment<br />
<br />
=Moodle 2=<br />
* [http://www.bfcnetworks.com/whitepapers/installing-moodle-2-on-windows-server-mysql-php-and-iis7/ Installing Moodle 2 on Windows Server, MySQL, PHP and IIS7]<br />
* [http://www.bfcnetworks.com/whitepapers/installing-moodle-2-on-windows-server-2008-r2-x64-sql-iis/ Installing Moodle 2 on Windows Server, Microsoft SQL Server, PHP and IIS7]<br />
<br />
===Mac===<br />
* [[Step by Step Installation on a Mac OS X Server|Step by step Installation on a Mac OS X Server 10.5/10.6]]<br />
* [[Complete Install Packages for Mac OS X | Complete Install Packages for Mac OS X Clients 10.4/10.5/10.6]]<br />
* [[Step-by-step Guide for Installing Moodle on Mac OS X 10.4 Client|Step by Step Installation on a Mac OS X 10.4 Client using the internal web server]]<br />
<br />
===Web Hosts===<br />
* [[1and1_MySQL_installation | Installation on '''1and1''' web hosting]]<br />
* [[powweb_MySQL_installation | Step-by-step Installation on '''Powweb''' web hosting]]<br />
* [[Step-by-step Installation using the old version of CPanel]]<br />
* [[Step-by-step Installation using the new version of CPanel]]<br />
<br />
===Appliances===<br />
Some users may prefer to skip manual installation by using a pre-integrated [[Moodle appliance]].<br />
<br />
===Database===<br />
* [[Installing Oracle for PHP]]<br />
* [[Installing MSSQL for PHP]]<br />
* [[Installing Postgres for PHP]]<br />
<br />
===Plugins===<br />
* [[Installing contributed modules or plugins]]<br />
<br />
==Security, Performance and Roles==<br />
<br />
*[[Security]] contains important security procedures for a production site<br />
*[[Performance]] for ideas on improving the speed of your installation<br />
*[[Manage roles]] For Moodle 1.7 and later.<br />
*[[Reducing spam in Moodle]]<br />
*[[suhosin]] is an advanced protection system for PHP installation. It was designed to protect servers and users from known and unknown flaws in PHP applications and the PHP core.<br />
*[[nagios]] Open source software to monitor servers<br />
<br />
== FAQs ==<br />
<br />
*[[Installation FAQ]]<br />
*[[Beginning Administration FAQ]]<br />
*[[Administration FAQ]]<br />
*[[Performance FAQ]]<br />
*[[Backup and restore FAQ]]<br />
*[[Errors FAQ]]<br />
*[[:Category:FAQ|List of FAQs]]<br />
<br />
== Configuration Settings ==<br />
=== Site administration setting===<br />
[[Site administration block]] contains most site configuration settings including:<br />
*[[Front Page settings]]- initial or home page of a Moodle site<br />
*[[Themes]] - user interface packages of XHTML and CSS controls<br />
*[[Language]] - default and additional language packs<br />
*[[Activity modules administration]]<br />
*[[Blocks administration]]<br />
*[[Filters]] - Text and Multimedea plugins <br />
*[[Backup settings]]<br />
*[[HTML editor settings]]<br />
*[[Calendar settings]]<br />
*[[Maintenance mode]]<br />
*[[Notification page]] used to update versions<br />
*[[Settings block]] Moodle 2.0 site settings location<br />
<br />
===Other settings===<br />
*[[Course settings]] for course home page configuration<br />
**Each type of [[Activities|activity]], [[resource]] and [[:Category:Block|block]] has their own settings<br />
*Older versions settings<br />
**[[Site settings]] pre 1.7<br />
**[[Variables]] pre 1.6 <br />
**[[Location of admin settings in 1.7|Comparison between configuration settings in Moodle 1.6 & 1.7]]<br />
<br />
==User Management==<br />
<br />
*[[Authentication]] of user on a site<br />
*[[Add new user|Add a new user]] - on a site<br />
*[[Upload users]] - from a file to a site, and into existing course and group, some existing user global updates<br />
*[[User_profile_fields]]<br />
*[[Enrolment plugins]]<br />
**[[Flat file]] - enrol existing users in a course<br />
*[[Roles and capabilities|Assigning user a role]] - typical assignments include:<br />
**[[Students|Enrol students in a course]]<br />
**[[Unenrolment]] Student<br />
**[[Courses (administrator)|Assign teachers]] - to a course<br />
**[[Assign creators|Assign course creators]] - in a site<br />
**[[Assign administrators]] - in a site<br />
<br />
==Other==<br />
<br />
*[[Courses (administrator)|Courses]] and [[Course formats|course formats]]<br />
*[[Reports (administrator)]] and [[Logs]]<br />
*[[Site files]]<br />
*[[Moodle database|Moodle site database]] <br />
*[[Environment]]<br />
*[[MNet|Moodle Network]] and Moodle [[Community hub]]<br />
*[[Streaming Media]]<br />
*[[Case studies (administrator)]]<br />
*[[Anti-virus]]<br />
*[[System Monitoring and Server Statistic Software]]<br />
*[[Integrate Moodle, LDAP and SIMS.net]]<br />
*[[How to rebuild context paths]]<br />
*[[Hacking the Moodle 2.0 database transfer script to convert a Moodle 1.9 site]]<br />
*[[Category:ProxyProblems]]<br />
<br />
==See also==<br />
<br />
*[[:Category:Administrator | Index of all Administrator-related pages]]<br />
*[[Integrations]]<br />
*[[CVS for Administrators]]<br />
*[[Email processing]]<br />
*[[Search engine optimization]]<br />
*[[Messaging]]<br />
*[[Migration]]<br />
*[[Metacourses]]<br />
*[[Block layout]]<br />
*[[Customizing Moodle]]<br />
*[[Administrator do's and don'ts]]<br />
*[[Using Moodle book]] Chapter 16: Moodle Administration<br />
*[[Administration hacks]]<br />
*[[Git]] Version control, upgrading <br />
<br />
[[Category: Administrator]]<br />
[[cs:Rukověť správce]]<br />
[[es:Documentación para Administradores]]<br />
[[eu:Kudeatzaileentzako dokumentazioa]]<br />
[[fr:Documentation administrateur]]<br />
[[ja:管理者ドキュメント]]<br />
[[ko:관리자 문서]]<br />
[[nl:Documentatie voor beheerders]]<br />
[[pt:Documentação para administradores]]<br />
[[ru:Администраторам]]<br />
[[sk:Dokumentácia pre správcov]]<br />
[[zh:管理员文档]]<br />
[[pl:Administrator documentation]]<br />
[[fi:Ylläpitäjän opas]]<br />
[[de:Dokumentation für Administratoren]]</div>Alexpearcehttps://docs.moodle.org/19/en/index.php?title=Administrator_documentation&diff=81790Administrator documentation2011-03-08T09:34:33Z<p>Alexpearce: /* Windows */</p>
<hr />
<div>The purpose of this page is to list useful links by general topics for administrators of a Moodle site.<br />
__TOC__<br />
<br />
== Installation & Upgrading ==<br />
<br />
*[[Installation Quickstart]] for an overview of the installation steps<br />
*[[Installing Moodle]] for detailed installation instructions<br />
*[[Installation FAQ]]<br />
*[[Installing AMP|Options for installing Apache, MySQL and PHP]]<br />
*[[Upgrading|Upgrading Moodle]]<br />
*[[Installing contributed modules or plugins]]<br />
<br />
== System-specific Instructions & Packages ==<br />
<br />
===Unix/Linux-based===<br />
* [[SUSE Linux Server 10|Automated Installation Guide for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10]] operating system<br />
* [[RedHat Linux installation|Step-by-step Installation Guide for RedHat]] operating system<br />
* [[Debian GNU/Linux installation|Step-by-step Installation Guide for Debian GNU/Linux]] operating system<br />
* [[Step-by-step Installation Guide for Ubuntu]]<br />
* [[Manual_installation_on_Ubuntu|Manual Installation on Ubuntu]]<br />
* [[Step-by-step Install Guide for Zenwalk-5.0|Step-by-step Installation Guide for Zenwalk-5.0]]<br />
* [[OLPC XS installation|Step-by-step Installation Guide for the One Laptop per Child XS Server (Beta)]]<br />
* [[Step-by-step Install Guide for Solaris 10 with Oracle 10|Step-by-step Installation Guide for Solaris 10 with Oracle 10]]<br />
* [[Installation Guide for Installing on Amazon EC2]]<br />
<br />
===Windows===<br />
* [[Windows installation|Windows installations with instructions for Windows NT/2000/2003 servers]]<br />
* [[Windows installation using XAMPP|Windows installation using XAMPP: Apache, MySQL and PHP]]<br />
* [[Development:Windows_Installer_anywhere|MoodleAnywhere]] another Windows installation package<br />
* [[Installing Moodle on Windows Vista]] - how to<br />
* [http://www.bfcnetworks.com/whitepapers/installing-moodle-on-windows-server-iis-sql/ Installing Moodle on Windows Server 2008 x86]<br />
* [http://www.bfcnetworks.com/whitepapers/installing-moodle-on-windows-server-2008-r2-x64-sql-iis/ Installing Moodle on Windows Server 2008 R2]<br />
* [http://www.bfcnetworks.com/whitepapers/implementing-moodle-on-a-windows-high-availability-environment// Implementing Moodle on a Windows High Availability Environment] Implementing Moodle 1.9 on 2 Microsoft Load Balanced Web Front End Server and a Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Cluster environment<br />
<br />
==Moodle 2==<br />
* [http://www.bfcnetworks.com/whitepapers/installing-moodle-2-on-windows-server-mysql-php-and-iis7/ Installing Moodle 2 on Windows Server, MySQL, PHP and IIS7]<br />
* [http://www.bfcnetworks.com/whitepapers/installing-moodle-2-on-windows-server-2008-r2-x64-sql-iis/ Installing Moodle 2 on Windows Server, Microsoft SQL Server, PHP and IIS7]<br />
<br />
===Mac===<br />
* [[Step by Step Installation on a Mac OS X Server|Step by step Installation on a Mac OS X Server 10.5/10.6]]<br />
* [[Complete Install Packages for Mac OS X | Complete Install Packages for Mac OS X Clients 10.4/10.5/10.6]]<br />
* [[Step-by-step Guide for Installing Moodle on Mac OS X 10.4 Client|Step by Step Installation on a Mac OS X 10.4 Client using the internal web server]]<br />
<br />
===Web Hosts===<br />
* [[1and1_MySQL_installation | Installation on '''1and1''' web hosting]]<br />
* [[powweb_MySQL_installation | Step-by-step Installation on '''Powweb''' web hosting]]<br />
* [[Step-by-step Installation using the old version of CPanel]]<br />
* [[Step-by-step Installation using the new version of CPanel]]<br />
<br />
===Appliances===<br />
Some users may prefer to skip manual installation by using a pre-integrated [[Moodle appliance]].<br />
<br />
===Database===<br />
* [[Installing Oracle for PHP]]<br />
* [[Installing MSSQL for PHP]]<br />
* [[Installing Postgres for PHP]]<br />
<br />
===Plugins===<br />
* [[Installing contributed modules or plugins]]<br />
<br />
==Security, Performance and Roles==<br />
<br />
*[[Security]] contains important security procedures for a production site<br />
*[[Performance]] for ideas on improving the speed of your installation<br />
*[[Manage roles]] For Moodle 1.7 and later.<br />
*[[Reducing spam in Moodle]]<br />
*[[suhosin]] is an advanced protection system for PHP installation. It was designed to protect servers and users from known and unknown flaws in PHP applications and the PHP core.<br />
*[[nagios]] Open source software to monitor servers<br />
<br />
== FAQs ==<br />
<br />
*[[Installation FAQ]]<br />
*[[Beginning Administration FAQ]]<br />
*[[Administration FAQ]]<br />
*[[Performance FAQ]]<br />
*[[Backup and restore FAQ]]<br />
*[[Errors FAQ]]<br />
*[[:Category:FAQ|List of FAQs]]<br />
<br />
== Configuration Settings ==<br />
=== Site administration setting===<br />
[[Site administration block]] contains most site configuration settings including:<br />
*[[Front Page settings]]- initial or home page of a Moodle site<br />
*[[Themes]] - user interface packages of XHTML and CSS controls<br />
*[[Language]] - default and additional language packs<br />
*[[Activity modules administration]]<br />
*[[Blocks administration]]<br />
*[[Filters]] - Text and Multimedea plugins <br />
*[[Backup settings]]<br />
*[[HTML editor settings]]<br />
*[[Calendar settings]]<br />
*[[Maintenance mode]]<br />
*[[Notification page]] used to update versions<br />
*[[Settings block]] Moodle 2.0 site settings location<br />
<br />
===Other settings===<br />
*[[Course settings]] for course home page configuration<br />
**Each type of [[Activities|activity]], [[resource]] and [[:Category:Block|block]] has their own settings<br />
*Older versions settings<br />
**[[Site settings]] pre 1.7<br />
**[[Variables]] pre 1.6 <br />
**[[Location of admin settings in 1.7|Comparison between configuration settings in Moodle 1.6 & 1.7]]<br />
<br />
==User Management==<br />
<br />
*[[Authentication]] of user on a site<br />
*[[Add new user|Add a new user]] - on a site<br />
*[[Upload users]] - from a file to a site, and into existing course and group, some existing user global updates<br />
*[[User_profile_fields]]<br />
*[[Enrolment plugins]]<br />
**[[Flat file]] - enrol existing users in a course<br />
*[[Roles and capabilities|Assigning user a role]] - typical assignments include:<br />
**[[Students|Enrol students in a course]]<br />
**[[Unenrolment]] Student<br />
**[[Courses (administrator)|Assign teachers]] - to a course<br />
**[[Assign creators|Assign course creators]] - in a site<br />
**[[Assign administrators]] - in a site<br />
<br />
==Other==<br />
<br />
*[[Courses (administrator)|Courses]] and [[Course formats|course formats]]<br />
*[[Reports (administrator)]] and [[Logs]]<br />
*[[Site files]]<br />
*[[Moodle database|Moodle site database]] <br />
*[[Environment]]<br />
*[[MNet|Moodle Network]] and Moodle [[Community hub]]<br />
*[[Streaming Media]]<br />
*[[Case studies (administrator)]]<br />
*[[Anti-virus]]<br />
*[[System Monitoring and Server Statistic Software]]<br />
*[[Integrate Moodle, LDAP and SIMS.net]]<br />
*[[How to rebuild context paths]]<br />
*[[Hacking the Moodle 2.0 database transfer script to convert a Moodle 1.9 site]]<br />
*[[Category:ProxyProblems]]<br />
<br />
==See also==<br />
<br />
*[[:Category:Administrator | Index of all Administrator-related pages]]<br />
*[[Integrations]]<br />
*[[CVS for Administrators]]<br />
*[[Email processing]]<br />
*[[Search engine optimization]]<br />
*[[Messaging]]<br />
*[[Migration]]<br />
*[[Metacourses]]<br />
*[[Block layout]]<br />
*[[Customizing Moodle]]<br />
*[[Administrator do's and don'ts]]<br />
*[[Using Moodle book]] Chapter 16: Moodle Administration<br />
*[[Administration hacks]]<br />
*[[Git]] Version control, upgrading <br />
<br />
[[Category: Administrator]]<br />
[[cs:Rukověť správce]]<br />
[[es:Documentación para Administradores]]<br />
[[eu:Kudeatzaileentzako dokumentazioa]]<br />
[[fr:Documentation administrateur]]<br />
[[ja:管理者ドキュメント]]<br />
[[ko:관리자 문서]]<br />
[[nl:Documentatie voor beheerders]]<br />
[[pt:Documentação para administradores]]<br />
[[ru:Администраторам]]<br />
[[sk:Dokumentácia pre správcov]]<br />
[[zh:管理员文档]]<br />
[[pl:Administrator documentation]]<br />
[[fi:Ylläpitäjän opas]]<br />
[[de:Dokumentation für Administratoren]]</div>Alexpearcehttps://docs.moodle.org/19/en/index.php?title=Administrator_documentation&diff=81789Administrator documentation2011-03-08T09:33:48Z<p>Alexpearce: /* Windows */</p>
<hr />
<div>The purpose of this page is to list useful links by general topics for administrators of a Moodle site.<br />
__TOC__<br />
<br />
== Installation & Upgrading ==<br />
<br />
*[[Installation Quickstart]] for an overview of the installation steps<br />
*[[Installing Moodle]] for detailed installation instructions<br />
*[[Installation FAQ]]<br />
*[[Installing AMP|Options for installing Apache, MySQL and PHP]]<br />
*[[Upgrading|Upgrading Moodle]]<br />
*[[Installing contributed modules or plugins]]<br />
<br />
== System-specific Instructions & Packages ==<br />
<br />
===Unix/Linux-based===<br />
* [[SUSE Linux Server 10|Automated Installation Guide for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10]] operating system<br />
* [[RedHat Linux installation|Step-by-step Installation Guide for RedHat]] operating system<br />
* [[Debian GNU/Linux installation|Step-by-step Installation Guide for Debian GNU/Linux]] operating system<br />
* [[Step-by-step Installation Guide for Ubuntu]]<br />
* [[Manual_installation_on_Ubuntu|Manual Installation on Ubuntu]]<br />
* [[Step-by-step Install Guide for Zenwalk-5.0|Step-by-step Installation Guide for Zenwalk-5.0]]<br />
* [[OLPC XS installation|Step-by-step Installation Guide for the One Laptop per Child XS Server (Beta)]]<br />
* [[Step-by-step Install Guide for Solaris 10 with Oracle 10|Step-by-step Installation Guide for Solaris 10 with Oracle 10]]<br />
* [[Installation Guide for Installing on Amazon EC2]]<br />
<br />
===Windows===<br />
* [[Windows installation|Windows installations with instructions for Windows NT/2000/2003 servers]]<br />
* [[Windows installation using XAMPP|Windows installation using XAMPP: Apache, MySQL and PHP]]<br />
* [[Development:Windows_Installer_anywhere|MoodleAnywhere]] another Windows installation package<br />
* [[Installing Moodle on Windows Vista]] - how to<br />
* [http://www.bfcnetworks.com/whitepapers/installing-moodle-on-windows-server-iis-sql/ Installing Moodle on Windows Server 2008 x86]<br />
* [http://www.bfcnetworks.com/whitepapers/installing-moodle-on-windows-server-2008-r2-x64-sql-iis/ Installing Moodle on Windows Server 2008 R2]<br />
* [http://www.bfcnetworks.com/whitepapers/implementing-moodle-on-a-windows-high-availability-environment// Implementing Moodle on a Windows High Availability Environment] Implementing Moodle 1.9 on 2 Microsoft Load Balanced Web Front End Server and a Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Cluster environment<br />
<br />
Moodle 2<br />
* [http://www.bfcnetworks.com/whitepapers/installing-moodle-2-on-windows-server-mysql-php-and-iis7/ Installing Moodle 2 on Windows Server, MySQL, PHP and IIS7]<br />
* [http://www.bfcnetworks.com/whitepapers/installing-moodle-2-on-windows-server-2008-r2-x64-sql-iis/ Installing Moodle 2 on Windows Server, Microsoft SQL Server, PHP and IIS7]<br />
<br />
===Mac===<br />
* [[Step by Step Installation on a Mac OS X Server|Step by step Installation on a Mac OS X Server 10.5/10.6]]<br />
* [[Complete Install Packages for Mac OS X | Complete Install Packages for Mac OS X Clients 10.4/10.5/10.6]]<br />
* [[Step-by-step Guide for Installing Moodle on Mac OS X 10.4 Client|Step by Step Installation on a Mac OS X 10.4 Client using the internal web server]]<br />
<br />
===Web Hosts===<br />
* [[1and1_MySQL_installation | Installation on '''1and1''' web hosting]]<br />
* [[powweb_MySQL_installation | Step-by-step Installation on '''Powweb''' web hosting]]<br />
* [[Step-by-step Installation using the old version of CPanel]]<br />
* [[Step-by-step Installation using the new version of CPanel]]<br />
<br />
===Appliances===<br />
Some users may prefer to skip manual installation by using a pre-integrated [[Moodle appliance]].<br />
<br />
===Database===<br />
* [[Installing Oracle for PHP]]<br />
* [[Installing MSSQL for PHP]]<br />
* [[Installing Postgres for PHP]]<br />
<br />
===Plugins===<br />
* [[Installing contributed modules or plugins]]<br />
<br />
==Security, Performance and Roles==<br />
<br />
*[[Security]] contains important security procedures for a production site<br />
*[[Performance]] for ideas on improving the speed of your installation<br />
*[[Manage roles]] For Moodle 1.7 and later.<br />
*[[Reducing spam in Moodle]]<br />
*[[suhosin]] is an advanced protection system for PHP installation. It was designed to protect servers and users from known and unknown flaws in PHP applications and the PHP core.<br />
*[[nagios]] Open source software to monitor servers<br />
<br />
== FAQs ==<br />
<br />
*[[Installation FAQ]]<br />
*[[Beginning Administration FAQ]]<br />
*[[Administration FAQ]]<br />
*[[Performance FAQ]]<br />
*[[Backup and restore FAQ]]<br />
*[[Errors FAQ]]<br />
*[[:Category:FAQ|List of FAQs]]<br />
<br />
== Configuration Settings ==<br />
=== Site administration setting===<br />
[[Site administration block]] contains most site configuration settings including:<br />
*[[Front Page settings]]- initial or home page of a Moodle site<br />
*[[Themes]] - user interface packages of XHTML and CSS controls<br />
*[[Language]] - default and additional language packs<br />
*[[Activity modules administration]]<br />
*[[Blocks administration]]<br />
*[[Filters]] - Text and Multimedea plugins <br />
*[[Backup settings]]<br />
*[[HTML editor settings]]<br />
*[[Calendar settings]]<br />
*[[Maintenance mode]]<br />
*[[Notification page]] used to update versions<br />
*[[Settings block]] Moodle 2.0 site settings location<br />
<br />
===Other settings===<br />
*[[Course settings]] for course home page configuration<br />
**Each type of [[Activities|activity]], [[resource]] and [[:Category:Block|block]] has their own settings<br />
*Older versions settings<br />
**[[Site settings]] pre 1.7<br />
**[[Variables]] pre 1.6 <br />
**[[Location of admin settings in 1.7|Comparison between configuration settings in Moodle 1.6 & 1.7]]<br />
<br />
==User Management==<br />
<br />
*[[Authentication]] of user on a site<br />
*[[Add new user|Add a new user]] - on a site<br />
*[[Upload users]] - from a file to a site, and into existing course and group, some existing user global updates<br />
*[[User_profile_fields]]<br />
*[[Enrolment plugins]]<br />
**[[Flat file]] - enrol existing users in a course<br />
*[[Roles and capabilities|Assigning user a role]] - typical assignments include:<br />
**[[Students|Enrol students in a course]]<br />
**[[Unenrolment]] Student<br />
**[[Courses (administrator)|Assign teachers]] - to a course<br />
**[[Assign creators|Assign course creators]] - in a site<br />
**[[Assign administrators]] - in a site<br />
<br />
==Other==<br />
<br />
*[[Courses (administrator)|Courses]] and [[Course formats|course formats]]<br />
*[[Reports (administrator)]] and [[Logs]]<br />
*[[Site files]]<br />
*[[Moodle database|Moodle site database]] <br />
*[[Environment]]<br />
*[[MNet|Moodle Network]] and Moodle [[Community hub]]<br />
*[[Streaming Media]]<br />
*[[Case studies (administrator)]]<br />
*[[Anti-virus]]<br />
*[[System Monitoring and Server Statistic Software]]<br />
*[[Integrate Moodle, LDAP and SIMS.net]]<br />
*[[How to rebuild context paths]]<br />
*[[Hacking the Moodle 2.0 database transfer script to convert a Moodle 1.9 site]]<br />
*[[Category:ProxyProblems]]<br />
<br />
==See also==<br />
<br />
*[[:Category:Administrator | Index of all Administrator-related pages]]<br />
*[[Integrations]]<br />
*[[CVS for Administrators]]<br />
*[[Email processing]]<br />
*[[Search engine optimization]]<br />
*[[Messaging]]<br />
*[[Migration]]<br />
*[[Metacourses]]<br />
*[[Block layout]]<br />
*[[Customizing Moodle]]<br />
*[[Administrator do's and don'ts]]<br />
*[[Using Moodle book]] Chapter 16: Moodle Administration<br />
*[[Administration hacks]]<br />
*[[Git]] Version control, upgrading <br />
<br />
[[Category: Administrator]]<br />
[[cs:Rukověť správce]]<br />
[[es:Documentación para Administradores]]<br />
[[eu:Kudeatzaileentzako dokumentazioa]]<br />
[[fr:Documentation administrateur]]<br />
[[ja:管理者ドキュメント]]<br />
[[ko:관리자 문서]]<br />
[[nl:Documentatie voor beheerders]]<br />
[[pt:Documentação para administradores]]<br />
[[ru:Администраторам]]<br />
[[sk:Dokumentácia pre správcov]]<br />
[[zh:管理员文档]]<br />
[[pl:Administrator documentation]]<br />
[[fi:Ylläpitäjän opas]]<br />
[[de:Dokumentation für Administratoren]]</div>Alexpearcehttps://docs.moodle.org/19/en/index.php?title=Administrator_documentation&diff=81637Administrator documentation2011-02-28T19:21:08Z<p>Alexpearce: </p>
<hr />
<div>The purpose of this page is to list useful links by general topics for administrators of a Moodle site.<br />
__TOC__<br />
<br />
== Installation & Upgrading ==<br />
<br />
*[[Installation Quickstart]] for an overview of the installation steps<br />
*[[Installing Moodle]] for detailed installation instructions<br />
*[[Installation FAQ]]<br />
*[[Installing AMP|Options for installing Apache, MySQL and PHP]]<br />
*[[Upgrading|Upgrading Moodle]]<br />
*[[Installing contributed modules or plugins]]<br />
<br />
== System-specific Instructions & Packages ==<br />
<br />
===Unix/Linux-based===<br />
* [[SUSE Linux Server 10|Automated Installation Guide for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10]] operating system<br />
* [[RedHat Linux installation|Step-by-step Installation Guide for RedHat]] operating system<br />
* [[Debian GNU/Linux installation|Step-by-step Installation Guide for Debian GNU/Linux]] operating system<br />
* [[Step-by-step Installation Guide for Ubuntu]]<br />
* [[Manual_installation_on_Ubuntu|Manual Installation on Ubuntu]]<br />
* [[Step-by-step Install Guide for Zenwalk-5.0|Step-by-step Installation Guide for Zenwalk-5.0]]<br />
* [[OLPC XS installation|Step-by-step Installation Guide for the One Laptop per Child XS Server (Beta)]]<br />
* [[Step-by-step Install Guide for Solaris 10 with Oracle 10|Step-by-step Installation Guide for Solaris 10 with Oracle 10]]<br />
* [[Installation Guide for Installing on Amazon EC2]]<br />
<br />
===Windows===<br />
* [[Windows installation|Windows installations with instructions for Windows NT/2000/2003 servers]]<br />
* [[Windows installation using XAMPP|Windows installation using XAMPP: Apache, MySQL and PHP]]<br />
* [[Development:Windows_Installer_anywhere|MoodleAnywhere]] another Windows installation package<br />
* [[Installing Moodle on Windows Vista]] - how to<br />
* [http://www.bfcnetworks.com/whitepapers/installing-moodle-on-windows-server-iis-sql/ Installing Moodle on Windows Server 2008 x86]<br />
* [http://www.bfcnetworks.com/whitepapers/installing-moodle-on-windows-server-2008-r2-x64-sql-iis/ Installing Moodle on Windows Server 2008 R2]<br />
* [http://www.bfcnetworks.com/whitepapers/implementing-moodle-on-a-windows-high-availability-environment// Implementing Moodle on a Windows High Availability Environment] Implementing Moodle 1.9 on 2 Microsoft Load Balanced Web Front End Server and a Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Cluster environment<br />
* [http://www.bfcnetworks.com/whitepapers/implementing-moodle-on-a-windows-high-availability-environment/ Installing Moodle 2 on Windows Server, MySQL, PHP and IIS7]<br />
<br />
===Mac===<br />
* [[Step by Step Installation on a Mac OS X Server|Step by step Installation on a Mac OS X Server 10.5/10.6]]<br />
* [[Complete Install Packages for Mac OS X | Complete Install Packages for Mac OS X Clients 10.4/10.5/10.6]]<br />
* [[Step-by-step Guide for Installing Moodle on Mac OS X 10.4 Client|Step by Step Installation on a Mac OS X 10.4 Client using the internal web server]]<br />
<br />
===Web Hosts===<br />
* [[1and1_MySQL_installation | Installation on '''1and1''' web hosting]]<br />
* [[powweb_MySQL_installation | Step-by-step Installation on '''Powweb''' web hosting]]<br />
* [[Step-by-step Installation using the old version of CPanel]]<br />
* [[Step-by-step Installation using the new version of CPanel]]<br />
<br />
===Appliances===<br />
Some users may prefer to skip manual installation by using a pre-integrated [[Moodle appliance]].<br />
<br />
===Database===<br />
* [[Installing Oracle for PHP]]<br />
* [[Installing MSSQL for PHP]]<br />
* [[Installing Postgres for PHP]]<br />
<br />
===Plugins===<br />
* [[Installing contributed modules or plugins]]<br />
<br />
==Security, Performance and Roles==<br />
<br />
*[[Security]] contains important security procedures for a production site<br />
*[[Performance]] for ideas on improving the speed of your installation<br />
*[[Manage roles]] For Moodle 1.7 and later.<br />
*[[Reducing spam in Moodle]]<br />
*[[suhosin]] is an advanced protection system for PHP installation. It was designed to protect servers and users from known and unknown flaws in PHP applications and the PHP core.<br />
*[[nagios]] Open source software to monitor servers<br />
<br />
== FAQs ==<br />
<br />
*[[Installation FAQ]]<br />
*[[Beginning Administration FAQ]]<br />
*[[Administration FAQ]]<br />
*[[Performance FAQ]]<br />
*[[Backup and restore FAQ]]<br />
*[[Errors FAQ]]<br />
*[[:Category:FAQ|List of FAQs]]<br />
<br />
== Configuration Settings ==<br />
=== Site administration setting===<br />
[[Site administration block]] contains most site configuration settings including:<br />
*[[Front Page settings]]- initial or home page of a Moodle site<br />
*[[Themes]] - user interface packages of XHTML and CSS controls<br />
*[[Language]] - default and additional language packs<br />
*[[Activity modules administration]]<br />
*[[Blocks administration]]<br />
*[[Filters]] - Text and Multimedea plugins <br />
*[[Backup settings]]<br />
*[[HTML editor settings]]<br />
*[[Calendar settings]]<br />
*[[Maintenance mode]]<br />
*[[Notification page]] used to update versions<br />
*[[Settings block]] Moodle 2.0 site settings location<br />
<br />
===Other settings===<br />
*[[Course settings]] for course home page configuration<br />
**Each type of [[Activities|activity]], [[resource]] and [[:Category:Block|block]] has their own settings<br />
*Older versions settings<br />
**[[Site settings]] pre 1.7<br />
**[[Variables]] pre 1.6 <br />
**[[Location of admin settings in 1.7|Comparison between configuration settings in Moodle 1.6 & 1.7]]<br />
<br />
==User Management==<br />
<br />
*[[Authentication]] of user on a site<br />
*[[Add new user|Add a new user]] - on a site<br />
*[[Upload users]] - from a file to a site, and into existing course and group, some existing user global updates<br />
*[[User_profile_fields]]<br />
*[[Enrolment plugins]]<br />
**[[Flat file]] - enrol existing users in a course<br />
*[[Roles and capabilities|Assigning user a role]] - typical assignments include:<br />
**[[Students|Enrol students in a course]]<br />
**[[Unenrolment]] Student<br />
**[[Courses (administrator)|Assign teachers]] - to a course<br />
**[[Assign creators|Assign course creators]] - in a site<br />
**[[Assign administrators]] - in a site<br />
<br />
==Other==<br />
<br />
*[[Courses (administrator)|Courses]] and [[Course formats|course formats]]<br />
*[[Reports (administrator)]] and [[Logs]]<br />
*[[Site files]]<br />
*[[Moodle database|Moodle site database]] <br />
*[[Environment]]<br />
*[[MNet|Moodle Network]] and Moodle [[Community hub]]<br />
*[[Streaming Media]]<br />
*[[Case studies (administrator)]]<br />
*[[Anti-virus]]<br />
*[[System Monitoring and Server Statistic Software]]<br />
*[[Integrate Moodle, LDAP and SIMS.net]]<br />
*[[How to rebuild context paths]]<br />
*[[Hacking the Moodle 2.0 database transfer script to convert a Moodle 1.9 site]]<br />
*[[Category:ProxyProblems]]<br />
<br />
==See also==<br />
<br />
*[[:Category:Administrator | Index of all Administrator-related pages]]<br />
*[[Integrations]]<br />
*[[CVS for Administrators]]<br />
*[[Email processing]]<br />
*[[Search engine optimization]]<br />
*[[Messaging]]<br />
*[[Migration]]<br />
*[[Metacourses]]<br />
*[[Block layout]]<br />
*[[Customizing Moodle]]<br />
*[[Administrator do's and don'ts]]<br />
*[[Using Moodle book]] Chapter 16: Moodle Administration<br />
*[[Administration hacks]]<br />
*[[Git]] Version control, upgrading <br />
<br />
[[Category: Administrator]]<br />
[[cs:Rukověť správce]]<br />
[[es:Documentación para Administradores]]<br />
[[eu:Kudeatzaileentzako dokumentazioa]]<br />
[[fr:Documentation administrateur]]<br />
[[ja:管理者ドキュメント]]<br />
[[ko:관리자 문서]]<br />
[[nl:Documentatie voor beheerders]]<br />
[[pt:Documentação para administradores]]<br />
[[ru:Администраторам]]<br />
[[sk:Dokumentácia pre správcov]]<br />
[[zh:管理员文档]]<br />
[[pl:Administrator documentation]]<br />
[[fi:Ylläpitäjän opas]]<br />
[[de:Dokumentation für Administratoren]]</div>Alexpearcehttps://docs.moodle.org/19/en/index.php?title=Administrator_documentation&diff=75489Administrator documentation2010-09-06T13:16:21Z<p>Alexpearce: Added Windows Server Installation for 2008 and 2008 R2</p>
<hr />
<div>The purpose of this page is to list useful links by general topics for administrators of a Moodle site.<br />
__TOC__<br />
<br />
== Installation & Upgrading ==<br />
<br />
*[[Installation Quickstart]] for an overview of the installation steps<br />
*[[Installing Moodle]] for detailed installation instructions<br />
*[[Installation FAQ]]<br />
*[[Installing AMP|Options for installing Apache, MySQL and PHP]]<br />
*[[Upgrading|Upgrading Moodle]]<br />
*[[Installing contributed modules or plugins]]<br />
<br />
== System-specific Instructions & Packages ==<br />
<br />
===Unix/Linux-based===<br />
* [[SUSE Linux Server 10|Automated Installation Guide for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10]] operating system<br />
* [[RedHat Linux installation|Step-by-step Installation Guide for RedHat]] operating system<br />
* [[Debian GNU/Linux installation|Step-by-step Installation Guide for Debian GNU/Linux]] operating system<br />
* [[Step-by-step Installation Guide for Ubuntu]]<br />
* [[Manual_installation_on_Ubuntu|Manual Installation on Ubuntu]]<br />
* [[Step-by-step Install Guide for Zenwalk-5.0|Step-by-step Installation Guide for Zenwalk-5.0]]<br />
* [[OLPC XS installation|Step-by-step Installation Guide for the One Laptop per Child XS Server (Beta)]]<br />
* [[Step-by-step Install Guide for Solaris 10 with Oracle 10|Step-by-step Installation Guide for Solaris 10 with Oracle 10]]<br />
<br />
===Windows===<br />
* [[Windows installation|Windows installations with instructions for Windows NT/2000/2003 servers]]<br />
* [[Windows installation using XAMPP|Windows installation using XAMPP: Apache, MySQL and PHP]]<br />
* [[Development:Windows_Installer_anywhere|MoodleAnywhere]] another Windows installation package<br />
* [[Installing Moodle on Windows Vista]] - how to<br />
* [http://www.bfcnetworks.com/whitepapers/installing-moodle-on-windows-server-iis-sql/ Installing Moodle on Windows Server 2008 x86]<br />
* [http://www.bfcnetworks.com/whitepapers/installing-moodle-on-windows-server-2008-r2-x64-sql-iis/ Installing Moodle on Windows Server 2008 R2]<br />
<br />
===Mac===<br />
* [[Complete Install Packages for Mac OS X | Complete Install Packages for Mac OS X 10.3/10.4/10.5]]<br />
* [[Step-by-step Guide for Installing Moodle on Mac OS X 10.4 Client|Step by Step Installation on a Mac OS X 10.4 Client using the internal web server]]<br />
* [[Step by Step Installation on a Mac OS X 10.5 Server|Step by step Installation on a Mac OS X 10.5 Server]]<br />
<br />
===Web Hosts===<br />
* [[1and1_MySQL_installation | Installation on '''1and1''' web hosting]]<br />
* [[powweb_MySQL_installation | Step-by-step Installation on '''Powweb''' web hosting]]<br />
* [[Step-by-step Installation using the old version of CPanel]]<br />
* [[Step-by-step Installation using the new version of CPanel]]<br />
<br />
===Appliances===<br />
Some users may prefer to skip manual installation by using a pre-integrated [[Moodle appliance]].<br />
<br />
===Database===<br />
* [[Installing Oracle for PHP]]<br />
* [[Installing MSSQL for PHP]]<br />
* [[Installing Postgres for PHP]]<br />
<br />
===Plugins===<br />
* [[Installing contributed modules or plugins]]<br />
<br />
==Security, Performance and Roles==<br />
<br />
*[[Security]] contains important security procedures for a production site<br />
*[[Performance]] for ideas on improving the speed of your installation<br />
*[[Manage roles]] For Moodle 1.7 and later.<br />
*[[Reducing spam in Moodle]]<br />
*[[suhosin]] is an advanced protection system for PHP installation. It was designed to protect servers and users from known and unknown flaws in PHP applications and the PHP core.<br />
*[[nagios]] Open source software to monitor servers<br />
<br />
== FAQs ==<br />
<br />
*[[Installation FAQ]]<br />
*[[Beginning Administration FAQ]]<br />
*[[Administration FAQ]]<br />
*[[Performance FAQ]]<br />
*[[Backup and restore FAQ]]<br />
*[[Errors FAQ]]<br />
*[[:Category:FAQ|List of FAQs]]<br />
<br />
== Configuration Settings ==<br />
=== Site administration setting===<br />
[[Site administration block]] contains most site configuration settings including:<br />
*[[Front Page settings]]- initial or home page of a Moodle site<br />
*[[Themes]] - user interface packages of XHTML and CSS controls<br />
*[[Language]] - default and additional language packs<br />
*[[Activity modules administration]]<br />
*[[Blocks administration]]<br />
*[[Filters]] - Text and Multimedea plugins <br />
*[[Backup settings]]<br />
*[[HTML editor settings]]<br />
*[[Calendar settings]]<br />
*[[Maintenance mode]]<br />
*[[Notification page]] used to update versions<br />
*[[Settings block]] Moodle 2.0 site settings location<br />
<br />
===Other settings===<br />
*[[Course settings]] for course home page configuration<br />
**Each type of [[Activities|activity]], [[resource]] and [[:Category:Block|block]] has their own settings<br />
*Older versions settings<br />
**[[Site settings]] pre 1.7<br />
**[[Variables]] pre 1.6 <br />
**[[Location of admin settings in 1.7|Comparison between configuration settings in Moodle 1.6 & 1.7]]<br />
<br />
==User Management==<br />
<br />
*[[Authentication]] of user on a site<br />
*[[Add new user|Add a new user]] - on a site<br />
*[[Upload users]] - from a file to a site, and into existing course and group, some existing user global updates<br />
*[[User_profile_fields]]<br />
*[[Enrolment plugins]]<br />
**[[Flat file]] - enrol existing users in a course<br />
*[[Roles and capabilities|Assigning user a role]] - typical assignments include:<br />
**[[Students|Enrol students in a course]]<br />
**[[Unenrolment]] Student<br />
**[[Courses (administrator)|Assign teachers]] - to a course<br />
**[[Assign creators|Assign course creators]] - in a site<br />
**[[Assign administrators]] - in a site<br />
<br />
==Other==<br />
<br />
*[[Courses (administrator)|Courses]] and [[Course formats|course formats]]<br />
*[[Reports (administrator)]] and [[Logs]]<br />
*[[Site files]]<br />
*[[Moodle database|Moodle site database]] <br />
*[[Environment]]<br />
*[[MNet|Moodle Network]] and Moodle [[Community hub]]<br />
*[[Streaming Media]]<br />
*[[Case studies (administrator)]]<br />
*[[Anti-virus]]<br />
*[[System Monitoring and Server Statistic Software]]<br />
*[[Integrate Moodle, LDAP and SIMS.net]]<br />
*[[How to rebuild context paths]]<br />
*[[Hacking the Moodle 2.0 database transfer script to convert a Moodle 1.9 site]]<br />
*[[Category:ProxyProblems]]<br />
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==See also==<br />
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*[[:Category:Administrator | Index of all Administrator-related pages]]<br />
*[[Integrations]]<br />
*[[CVS for Administrators]]<br />
*[[Email processing]]<br />
*[[Search engine optimization]]<br />
*[[Messaging]]<br />
*[[Migration]]<br />
*[[Metacourses]]<br />
*[[Block layout]]<br />
*[[Customizing Moodle]]<br />
*[[Administrator do's and don'ts]]<br />
*[[Using Moodle book]] Chapter 16: Moodle Administration<br />
*[[Administration hacks]]<br />
*[[Git]] Version control, upgrading <br />
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