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The purpose of this page is to list useful links by general topics for administrators of a Moodle site.
The purpose of this page is to list useful links by general topics for administrators of a Moodle site.
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== Alternative to manual installation ==
Some users may prefer to skip manual installation by using a pre-integrated [[Moodle appliance]].


== Installation & Upgrading ==
== Installation & Upgrading ==
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* [[Debian GNU/Linux installation|Step-by-step Installation Guide for Debian GNU/Linux]] operating system
* [[Debian GNU/Linux installation|Step-by-step Installation Guide for Debian GNU/Linux]] operating system
* [[Step-by-step Installation Guide for Ubuntu]]
* [[Step-by-step Installation Guide for Ubuntu]]
* [[Manual installation of Moodle 2.0 on Mythbuntu using Git|Manual installation of Moodle 2.0 on Mythbuntu (and Ubuntu 10.10, 11.04) using Git]]
* [[Manual_installation_on_Ubuntu|Manual Installation on Ubuntu]]
* [[Manual_installation_on_Ubuntu|Manual Installation on Ubuntu]]
* [[Step-by-step Install Guide for Zenwalk-5.0|Step-by-step Installation Guide for Zenwalk-5.0]]
* [[Step-by-step Install Guide for Zenwalk-5.0|Step-by-step Installation Guide for Zenwalk-5.0]]
* [[OLPC XS installation|Step-by-step Installation Guide for the One Laptop per Child XS Server (Beta)]]
* [[OLPC XS installation|Step-by-step Installation Guide for the One Laptop per Child XS Server (Beta)]]
* [[Step-by-step Install Guide for Solaris 10 with Oracle 10|Step-by-step Installation Guide for Solaris 10 with Oracle 10]]
* [[Step-by-step Install Guide for Solaris 10 with Oracle 10|Step-by-step Installation Guide for Solaris 10 with Oracle 10]]
* [[Installation Guide for Installing on Amazon EC2]]


===Windows===
===Windows===
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* [[Development:Windows_Installer_anywhere|MoodleAnywhere]] another Windows installation package
* [[Development:Windows_Installer_anywhere|MoodleAnywhere]] another Windows installation package
* [[Installing Moodle on Windows Vista]] - how to
* [[Installing Moodle on Windows Vista]] - how to
* [http://www.bfcnetworks.com/whitepapers/installing-moodle-on-windows-server-iis-sql/ Installing Moodle on Windows Server 2008 x86]
* [http://www.bfcnetworks.com/whitepapers/installing-moodle-on-windows-server-2008-r2-x64-sql-iis/ Installing Moodle on Windows Server 2008 R2]
* [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


===Mac===
===Mac===
* [[Complete Install Packages for Mac OS X | Complete Install Packages for Mac OS X 10.3/10.4/10.5]]
* [[Step by Step Installation on a Mac OS X Server|Step by step Installation on a Mac OS X Server 10.5/10.6]]
* [[Complete Install Packages for Mac OS X | Complete Install Packages for Mac OS X Clients 10.4/10.5/10.6]]
* [[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]]
* [[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]]
* [[Step by Step Installation on a Mac OS X 10.5 Server|Step by step Installation on a Mac OS X 10.5 Server]]


===Web Hosts===
===Web Hosts===
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* [[Step-by-step Installation using the old version of CPanel]]
* [[Step-by-step Installation using the old version of CPanel]]
* [[Step-by-step Installation using the new version of CPanel]]
* [[Step-by-step Installation using the new version of CPanel]]
===Appliances===
Some users may prefer to skip manual installation by using a pre-integrated [[Moodle appliance]].


===Database===
===Database===
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*[[Maintenance mode]]
*[[Maintenance mode]]
*[[Notification page]] used to update versions
*[[Notification page]] used to update versions
*[[Settings block]] Moodle 2.0 site settings location


===Other settings===
===Other settings===
*[[Course settings]] for course home page configuration
*[[Course settings]] for course home page configuration
**Each type of [[Activities|activity]], [[resource]] and [[:Category:Block|block]] has their own settings
**Each type of [[Activities|activity]], [[resource]] and [[:Category:Block|block]] has their own settings
*Older versions settings
*[[Location of admin settings in 1.7|Comparison between configuration settings in Moodle 1.6 & 1.7]]
**[[Site settings]] pre 1.7
**[[Variables]] pre 1.6
**[[Location of admin settings in 1.7|Comparison between configuration settings in Moodle 1.6 & 1.7]]


==User Management==
==User Management==

Latest revision as of 13:25, 7 July 2011

The purpose of this page is to list useful links by general topics for administrators of a Moodle site.

Installation & Upgrading

System-specific Instructions & Packages

Unix/Linux-based

Windows

Mac

Web Hosts

Appliances

Some users may prefer to skip manual installation by using a pre-integrated Moodle appliance.

Database

Plugins

Security, Performance and Roles

  • Security contains important security procedures for a production site
  • Performance for ideas on improving the speed of your installation
  • Manage roles For Moodle 1.7 and later.
  • Reducing spam in Moodle
  • 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.
  • nagios Open source software to monitor servers

FAQs

Configuration Settings

Site administration setting

Site administration block contains most site configuration settings including:

Other settings

User Management

Other

See also