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For medium to large installations (e.g. a college or university), it is best practice to install Moodle on your server manually.  
For medium to large installations (e.g. a college or university), it is best practice to install Moodle on your server manually.  


* Plan your '''system capacity''' by obtain appropriate hardware to support the number of users in your organisation. See [[Installing Moodle]] in the How Many Users section for a method to estimate the required hardware.
* Plan your '''system capacity''' by obtaining appropriate hardware to support the number of users in your organisation. See [[Installing Moodle]] in the How Many Users section for a method to estimate the required hardware.
* Install your '''database server'''. You have a choice of [http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/ MySQL] (recommended), [[Installing MSSQL for PHP | Microsoft SQL Server 2005]] (only for Moodle 1.7 or later) or Oracle.
* Install your '''database server'''. You have a choice of [http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/ MySQL] (recommended), [[Installing MSSQL for PHP | Microsoft SQL Server 2005]] (only for Moodle 1.7 or later) or Oracle.
* Install '''PHP'''. See [http://www.peterguy.com/php/install_IIS6.html How to install PHP 5.x on Windows Server 2003 with IIS 6] for instructions.
* Install '''PHP'''. See [http://www.peterguy.com/php/install_IIS6.html How to install PHP 5.x on Windows Server 2003 with IIS 6] for instructions.
* Install your '''web server'''. You require either Apache 2 or IIS 6. Instructions for [[Installing Apache on Windows |manually installing Apache 2 on Windows]] are available.
* Install your '''web server'''. You have several choices - the decision as to which one to use will depend on your in-house expertise and your required level of sustainability:
**Apache 2 is recommended as the most tested and popular for Moodle installations. See these instructions for [[Installing Apache on Windows |manually installing Apache 2 on Windows]].
**IIS 6 can also be used. See the Windows forum for guidance on installation and, in particular, permission settings for using Moodle with IIS.
**Other webservers are known to install on Windows, e.g. Lighttpd, so you may wish to experiment with these if available memory is low on your server.
* Install '''Moodle''' by getting the standard installation for Moodle from [http://download.moodle.org/ http://download.moodle.org/] and read [[Installing Moodle]] which has detailed generic information.
* Install '''Moodle''' by getting the standard installation for Moodle from [http://download.moodle.org/ http://download.moodle.org/] and read [[Installing Moodle]] which has detailed generic information.
* Once Moodle is setup and configured, you should '''setup backups''' of the system in case of failure or loss of data.  
* Once Moodle is setup and configured, you should '''setup backups''' of the system in case of failure or loss of data.  

Revision as of 21:47, 17 January 2007

Installation Packages

If you are running a small (less than 30 users) Moodle server or just want to test Moodle on your Windows XP PC, pre-built packages are available for you to use. Here are links to pages containing step-by-step instructions for installing Moodle using install packages:

Manual Installation

For medium to large installations (e.g. a college or university), it is best practice to install Moodle on your server manually.

  • Plan your system capacity by obtaining appropriate hardware to support the number of users in your organisation. See Installing Moodle in the How Many Users section for a method to estimate the required hardware.
  • Install your database server. You have a choice of MySQL (recommended), Microsoft SQL Server 2005 (only for Moodle 1.7 or later) or Oracle.
  • Install PHP. See How to install PHP 5.x on Windows Server 2003 with IIS 6 for instructions.
  • Install your web server. You have several choices - the decision as to which one to use will depend on your in-house expertise and your required level of sustainability:
    • Apache 2 is recommended as the most tested and popular for Moodle installations. See these instructions for manually installing Apache 2 on Windows.
    • IIS 6 can also be used. See the Windows forum for guidance on installation and, in particular, permission settings for using Moodle with IIS.
    • Other webservers are known to install on Windows, e.g. Lighttpd, so you may wish to experiment with these if available memory is low on your server.
  • Install Moodle by getting the standard installation for Moodle from http://download.moodle.org/ and read Installing Moodle which has detailed generic information.
  • Once Moodle is setup and configured, you should setup backups of the system in case of failure or loss of data.
  • Check your server security and performance. It is also good practice to read the Performance and Security documentation. Although this is targetted at Linux/Unix users, there is much which can be applied to Windows systems.
  • Set-up your Active Directory authentication. You can use the standard LDAP authentication which prompts users with a username/password, or integrated NTLM authentication which does not require campus users to enter their credentials.

See also