Step-by-step Install Guide for Debian
What you need to start
- etch CD-1
- A test x86 desktop computer, keyboard, monitor, mouse, and firewalled internet connection.
- One hour of time. (seriously!)
Directions
Install Debian
Follow the official guide:
http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/installmanual
Log in the root account and edit the /etc/apt/sources.list file adding the official repository nearest to your connection.
# nano /etc/apt/sources.list
For example, from chili:
deb http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main contrib
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main contrib
deb http://ftp.cl.debian.org/debian/ etch main contrib
deb-src http://ftp.cl.debian.org/debian/ etch main contrib
Now to get all the security updates.
# aptitude update # aptitude dist-upgrade
And reboot to run on the new kernel! (if it is the case)
# reboot
Install web server
Install Apache (skip lighttpd)
At this point we'll need to log in again to the server as root and type:
# aptitude install apache2 libapache2-mod-php5
Press Y to continue the install apache2 with php5 enabled.
Install php5 with some modules:
# aptitude install php5-cgi php5-gd php5-curl php5-xmlrpc php5-cli
Press Y to continue the install.
Restart Apache
# /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
Install lighttpd (skip apache)
At this point we'll need to log in again to the server as root and type:
# aptitude install lighttpd
Press Y to continue the install.
We need enable FastCGI scripts for php5, for this we need change 10-fastcgi.conf file:
# cat /etc/lighttpd/conf-available/10-fastcgi.conf | sed s/'php4'/'php'/g > 10-fastcgi.conf # mv 10-fastcgi.conf /etc/lighttpd/conf-available/10-fastcgi.conf
then enable FastCGI module in lighttpd:
# lighty-enable-mod fastcgi # /etc/init.d/lighttpd force-reload
and install php5 with some modules:
# aptitude install php5-cgi php5-gd php5-curl php5-xmlrpc php5-cli
Press Y to continue the install.
Bug's lighttpd
This is for me, since we saw an bug exists in fastcgi, but also another bug exists on having used cgi, if it is enabled,
# lighty-enable-mod cgi # /etc/init.d/lighttpd force-reload
the installation can that it does not work, and if it works, the use is going to be terrible.
---Luis Saavedra.
Install Database
Install MySQL (skip Postgresql)
At this point we'll need to log in again to the server and type:
# aptitude install mysql-server php5-mysql
Press Y to continue the install.
Replace the following string NewRootDatabasePassword with a secure password of your own choosing.
There is no space between the -p and the password on the second command.
# mysqladmin -u root password NewRootDatabasePassword # mysqladmin -u root -h localhost password NewRootDatabasePassword -pNewRootDatabasePassword
We now need to create the Moodle database and Moodle user in MySQL.
The mysql command will prompt for your NewRootDatabasePassword (from above). Replace NewMoodleDatabasePassword with a secure password of your own choosing.
# mysql -u root -p > CREATE DATABASE moodle DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci; > GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON moodle.* TO moodleuser@localhost IDENTIFIED BY 'NewMoodleDatabasePassword'; > GRANT SELECT,LOCK TABLES on moodle.* TO moodlebackup@localhost IDENTIFIED BY 'MoodleBackupPassword'; > FLUSH PRIVILEGES; > QUIT
The above also creates a backup user moodlebackup so that you can use mysqldump to make database backups without accident.
Restart the database so everything is fine.
# /etc/init.d/mysql restart
Install Postgresql (skip MySQL)
Log in again to the server as root and type:
# aptitude install postgresql-8.1 php5-pgsql
Press Y to continue the install.
We now need to create the database user 'moodleuser'.
# su - postgres $ createuser -D -A -P moodleuser $ exit
Enter in a NewMoodleDatabasePassword here, then answer 'N' to the question.
We now need to create the database 'moodle' for the user 'moodleuser'.
# su - postgres $ createdb -E utf8 -O moodleuser moodle $ exit
Let's now secure the postgresql database with an admin password.
# su - postgres $ psql template1 # ALTER USER postgres WITH PASSWORD 'NewAdminDatabasePassword'; # \q $ exit
Edit the file '/etc/postgresql/8.1/main/pg_hba.conf' and on line 79 change the words ident sameuser to md5.
# nano /etc/postgresql/8.1/main/pg_hba.conf
Restart the database so everything is fine.
# /etc/init.d/postgresql-8.1 restart
Install Moodle
Log in again to the server as root and type:
# cd /var/www # wget http://download.moodle.org/stable19/moodle-latest-19.tgz # tar -xzf moodle-latest-19.tgz # chown www-data.www-data /var/www/moodle # mkdir /var/moodledata # chown www-data.www-data /var/moodledata
Configure Moodle website
Log in again to the server as root and type:
# ifconfig
look for your server’s ip address on the 2nd line. On another computer open a web browser and put in your server address:
http://yourIP/moodle
Complete the Moodle install using a secure username and password
Go to a bar for a few hours.
Come back and tell your boss that you FINALLY got the test server running.
Install other software
Virus checking
On the command line, type:
# aptitude install clamav
Press Y to continue the install after each of these apt-get commands.
May have to run it again to configure properly, for this, type:
# mkdir /var/moodledata/quarantinedir # chown www-data:www-data /var/moodledata/quarantinedir
Word Reading
On the command line, type:
# aptitude install antiword
LaTeX
On the command line, type:
# aptitude install tetex-extra imagemagick
Spell
On the command line, type:
# aptitude install aspell-es
Compression
On the command line, type:
# aptitude install zip unzip
