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Select your '''language''', '''country''', and '''keyboard layout''' (i.e. English, United States, American English)
Select your '''language''', '''country''', and '''keyboard layout''' (i.e. English, United States, American English)


Select '''autodetect network''', if you have DHCP. Should be made a static IP in a development or production environment.
Select '''autodetect network''', if you have DHCP. Should be a static IP in a development or production environment.


Enter your servername (i.e. moodletest)
Enter your servername (i.e. moodletest)
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Select to '''manually edit the partition table'''.  I’m doing my testing on a standard 40GB harddrive and will modify these sizes for production.
Select to '''manually edit the partition table'''.  I’m doing my testing on a standard 40GB harddrive and will modify these sizes for production.


::/boot     ext3 200MB bootable (needs to be on the first part of the drive)
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::/         ext3   10GB           (files are relatively static)
:<tr><td>/boot</td><td>ext3</td><td>200MB</td><td>bootable</td><td>(needs to be on the first part of the drive)</td></tr>
::swap             4GB           (4x if you don't have much memory, 1x if you have gobs of memory)
:<tr><td>/</td><td>ext3</td><td>10GB</td><td></td><td>(files are relatively static)</td></tr>
::/var     ext3   26GB           (variable content – uses rest of the drive)
:<tr><td>swap</td><td></td><td>4GB</td><td></td><td>(4x if you don't have much memory, 1x if you have gobs of memory)</td></tr>
:<tr><td>/var</td><td>ext3</td><td>26GB</td><td></td><td>(variable content – uses rest of the drive)</td></tr>
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Select your '''timezone'''. (i.e. Central)
Select your '''timezone'''. (i.e. Central)
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Set clock to '''Universal Time'''.
Set clock to '''Universal Time'''.


Enter Administrators '''Full name'''. (i.e. Joe Smith)
Enter Administrators '''full name'''. (i.e. Joe Smith)


Enter '''account name'''. (i.e. joesmith)
Enter '''account name'''. (i.e. joesmith)
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sudo apt-get dselect-upgrade
sudo apt-get dselect-upgrade
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Just press OK to install all the updates.
Just press Y to install all the updates.


and finally reboot!
And reboot!
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sudo reboot
sudo reboot

Revision as of 05:09, 24 January 2007


What you need to start

  • Ubuntu 6.06 LTS server CD
  • x86 desktop computer, keyboard, monitor, mouse, and firewalled internet connection.
  • One hour of time. (seriously!)

Directions:

Install Ubuntu

Start computer and use F12 to boot from CD.

Select Install to hard drive.

Select your language, country, and keyboard layout (i.e. English, United States, American English)

Select autodetect network, if you have DHCP. Should be a static IP in a development or production environment.

Enter your servername (i.e. moodletest)

Select to manually edit the partition table. I’m doing my testing on a standard 40GB harddrive and will modify these sizes for production.

/bootext3200MBbootable(needs to be on the first part of the drive)
/ext310GB(files are relatively static)
swap4GB(4x if you don't have much memory, 1x if you have gobs of memory)
/varext326GB(variable content – uses rest of the drive)

Select your timezone. (i.e. Central)

Set clock to Universal Time.

Enter Administrators full name. (i.e. Joe Smith)

Enter account name. (i.e. joesmith)

Enter a secure password. (‘abcde’ is not a good one!)

Let the computer restart.

Log in your account.

Type the following on the command line. Uncomment line Twenty-Two to enable access to the universe package source. You will need to re-enter your account password when sudo asks for it. 

sudo vi /etc/apt/sources.list

Now to get all the security updates. 

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get dselect-upgrade

Just press Y to install all the updates.

And reboot! 

sudo reboot

Install MySQL

sudo apt-get install mysql-server

mysqladmin –u root password ''YourDatabasePassword''

OTHER MYSQL PASSWORD COMMAND

Install Apache

sudo apt-get install apache2 libapache2-mod-php5 php5-gd php5-mysqli 

sudo apt-get install ntp ntp-simple unattended-upgrades

sudo apt-get install clamav unzip zip aspell-en

sudo apt-get install libapache2-mod-security php5-ldap php5-odbc

The last line installs optional packages for our moodle site.

Install Moodle

cd /var/www

sudo wget http://download.moodle.org/stable17/moodle-latest-17.tgz

sudo tar –zxf moodle-latest-17.tgz

sudo mkdir /var/moodledata

sudo chown –R www-data.www-data /var/moodledata /var/www/moodle

sudo vi /etc/apache2/sites-available/default

(modify lines 4 and 9 from /var/www to /var/www/moodle)

mysql -u root -p (enter your MySQL root password)

CREATE DATABASE moodle; GRANT SELECT,INSERT,UPDATE,DELETE,CREATE,DROP,INDEX,ALTER ON moodle.* TO moodle@localhost IDENTIFIED BY 'moodlepassword'; FLUSH PRIVILEGES; QUIT;

Configure Moodle website

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

Complete the Moodle install using a secure username and password

Reboot

Go to a bar for a few hours.

Come back and tell your boss that you FINALLY got the test server running.

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