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OPcache

2014-03-07T15:38:51Z

Pavel-k: /* Configuration */

{{Environment}}
{{New features}}
The standard OPcache extension is strongly recommended; since Moodle 2.6, it is the only solution officially supported by PHP developers. The benefits are increased performance and significantly lower memory usage.

==Installation==

The OPcache extension is distributed as part of PHP 5.5.0 and later. It is available also for older stable PHP releases from PECL under the original name ZendOPcache.

'''NOTE: If you are running PHP 5.3 or 5.4 you can safely ignore the Environment Check message about OpCache. Nonetheless, [https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=245885 it might be useful] to upgrade Operating System/PHP and get to 5.5 or newer; as there have been all sorts of problems described on PHP 5.2 and 5.3, and upgrading PHP turned out to be the easier solution. '''

==Configuration==

PHP.ini settings:

<code ini>
[opcache]
opcache.enable = 1
opcache.memory_consumption = 128
opcache.max_accelerated_files = 4000
opcache.revalidate_freq = 60

; Required for Moodle
opcache.use_cwd = 1
opcache.validate_timestamps = 1
opcache.save_comments = 1
opcache.enable_file_override = 0

; If something does not work in Moodle
;opcache.revalidate_path = 1 ; May fix problems with include paths
;opcache.mmap_base = 0x20000000 ; (Windows only) fix OPcache crashes with event id 487

; Experimental for Moodle 2.6 and later
;opcache.fast_shutdown = 1
;opcache.enable_cli = 1 ; Speeds up CLI cron
;opcache.load_comments = 0 ; May lower memory use, might not be compatible with add-ons and other apps.
</code>

When using non-Windows platforms, you have to use the ''zend_extension'' configuration to load the OPcache extension into PHP by adding to php.ini.
<code ini>
zend_extension=/full/path/to/opcache.so
</code>

When using IIS you will need PHP 5.5 and you will need to add the extension for opcache under the ''ExtensionList'' section of the php.ini file. For PHP 5.3 and 5.4 you can download the binaries separately from [http://windows.php.net/downloads/pecl/releases/opcache] and you will also need to enter full absolute path to the module dll in php.ini.

<code ini>
[ExtensionList]
...
zend_extension=php_opcache.dll
</code>

==See also==
* [http://pecl.php.net/package/ZendOpcache PECL ZendOPcache]
* [http://windows.php.net/downloads/pecl/releases/opcache/ Windows builds for PHP 5.3-5.4]

Forum discussions:
* [https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=244133 OPcache: Memory Usage = 100% (is this good or bad?)]
* [https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=245885 OPCode cache]

[[Category:Environment]]
[[Category:Installation]]
[[Category:Performance]]

[[es:OPcache]]

OPcache

2014-03-07T15:38:09Z

Pavel-k: /* See also */

{{Environment}}
{{New features}}
The standard OPcache extension is strongly recommended; since Moodle 2.6, it is the only solution officially supported by PHP developers. The benefits are increased performance and significantly lower memory usage.

==Installation==

The OPcache extension is distributed as part of PHP 5.5.0 and later. It is available also for older stable PHP releases from PECL under the original name ZendOPcache.

'''NOTE: If you are running PHP 5.3 or 5.4 you can safely ignore the Environment Check message about OpCache. Nonetheless, [https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=245885 it might be useful] to upgrade Operating System/PHP and get to 5.5 or newer; as there have been all sorts of problems described on PHP 5.2 and 5.3, and upgrading PHP turned out to be the easier solution. '''

==Configuration==

PHP.ini settings:

<code ini>
[opcache]
opcache.enable = 1
opcache.memory_consumption = 128
opcache.max_accelerated_files = 4000
opcache.revalidate_freq = 60

; Required for Moodle
opcache.use_cwd = 1
opcache.validate_timestamps = 1
opcache.save_comments = 1
opcache.enable_file_override = 0

; If something does not work in Moodle
;opcache.revalidate_path = 1 ; May fix problems with include paths
;opcache.mmap_base = 0x20000000 ; (Windows only) fix OPcache crashes with event id 487

; Experimental for Moodle 2.6 and later
;opcache.fast_shutdown = 1
;opcache.enable_cli = 1 ; Speeds up CLI cron
;opcache.load_comments = 0 ; May lower memory use, might not be compatible with add-ons and other apps.
</code>

When using non-Windows platforms, you have to use the ''zend_extension'' configuration to load the OPcache extension into PHP by adding to php.ini.
<code ini>
zend_extension=/full/path/to/opcache.so
</code>

When using IIS you will need PHP 5.5 and you will need to add the extension for opcache under the ''ExtensionList'' section of the php.ini file. For PHP 5.3 and 5.4 you can download the binaries separately from [http://windows.php.net/downloads/pecl/snaps/opcache] and you will also need to enter full absolute path to the module dll in php.ini.

<code ini>
[ExtensionList]
...
zend_extension=php_opcache.dll
</code>

==See also==
* [http://pecl.php.net/package/ZendOpcache PECL ZendOPcache]
* [http://windows.php.net/downloads/pecl/releases/opcache/ Windows builds for PHP 5.3-5.4]

Forum discussions:
* [https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=244133 OPcache: Memory Usage = 100% (is this good or bad?)]
* [https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=245885 OPCode cache]

[[Category:Environment]]
[[Category:Installation]]
[[Category:Performance]]

[[es:OPcache]]

OPcache

2014-01-20T13:29:33Z

Pavel-k: /* Configuration */

{{Environment}}
{{New features}}
The standard OPcache extension is strongly recommended; since Moodle 2.6, it is the only solution officially supported by PHP developers. The benefits are increased performance and significantly lower memory usage.

==Installation==

The OPcache extension is distributed as part of PHP 5.5.0 and later. It is available also for older stable PHP releases from PECL under the original name ZendOPcache.

'''NOTE: If you are running PHP 5.3 or 5.4 you can safely ignore the Environment Check message about OpCache. Nonetheless, [https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=245885 it might be useful] to upgrade Operating System/PHP and get to 5.5 or newer; as there have been all sorts of problems described on PHP 5.2 and 5.3, and upgrading PHP turned out to be the easier solution. '''

==Configuration==

PHP.ini settings:

<code ini>
[opcache]
opcache.enable = 1
opcache.memory_consumption = 128
opcache.max_accelerated_files = 4000
opcache.revalidate_freq = 60

; Required for Moodle
opcache.use_cwd = 1
opcache.validate_timestamps = 1
opcache.save_comments = 1
opcache.enable_file_override = 0

; If something does not work in Moodle
;opcache.revalidate_path = 1 ; May fix problems with include paths
;opcache.mmap_base = 0x20000000 ; (Windows only) fix OPcache crashes with event id 487

; Experimental for Moodle 2.6 and later
;opcache.fast_shutdown = 1
;opcache.enable_cli = 1 ; Speeds up CLI cron
;opcache.load_comments = 0 ; May lower memory use, might not be compatible with add-ons and other apps.
</code>

When using IIS you will need PHP 5.5 and you will need to add the extension for opcache under the ''ExtensionList'' section of the php.ini file. For PHP 5.3 and 5.4 you can download the binaries separately from [http://windows.php.net/downloads/pecl/snaps/opcache] and you will also need to enter full absolute path to the module dll in php.ini.

<code ini>
[ExtensionList]
...
zend_extension=php_opcache.dll
</code>

==See also==
* [http://pecl.php.net/package/ZendOpcache PECL ZendOPcache]
* [http://windows.php.net/downloads/pecl/snaps/opcache Windows builds for PHP 5.3-5.4]

Forum discussions:
* [https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=244133 OPcache: Memory Usage = 100% (is this good or bad?)]
* [https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=245885 OPCode cache]

[[Category:Environment]]
[[Category:Installation]]
[[Category:Performance]]

[[es:OPcache]]

OPcache

2014-01-13T15:03:08Z

Pavel-k: /* Configuration */

{{Environment}}
{{New features}}
The standard OPcache extension is strongly recommended; since Moodle 2.6, it is the only solution officially supported by PHP developers. The benefits are increased performance and significantly lower memory usage.

==Installation==

The OPcache extension is distributed as part of PHP 5.5.0 and later. It is available also for older stable PHP releases from PECL under the original name ZendOPcache.

'''NOTE: If you are running PHP 5.3 or 5.4 you can safely ignore the Environment Check message about OpCache'''

==Configuration==

PHP.ini settings:

<code ini>
[opcache]
opcache.enable = 1
opcache.memory_consumption = 128
opcache.max_accelerated_files = 4000
opcache.revalidate_freq = 60

; Required for Moodle
opcache.use_cwd = 1
opcache.validate_timestamps = 1
opcache.save_comments = 1
opcache.enable_file_override = 0

; If something does not work in Moodle
;opcache.revalidate_path = 1 ; May fix problems with include paths

; Experimental for Moodle 2.6 and later
;opcache.fast_shutdown = 1
;opcache.enable_cli = 1 ; Speeds up CLI cron
;opcache.load_comments = 0 ; May lower memory use, might not be compatible with add-ons and other apps.
</code>

When using IIS you will need PHP 5.5 and you will need to add the extension for opcache under the ''ExtensionList'' section of the php.ini file. For PHP 5.3 and 5.4 you can download the binaries separately from [http://windows.php.net/downloads/pecl/snaps/opcache] and you will also need to enter full absolute path to the module dll in php.ini.

<code ini>
[ExtensionList]
...
zend_extension=php_opcache.dll
</code>

==See also==
* [http://pecl.php.net/package/ZendOpcache PECL ZendOPcache]
* [http://windows.php.net/downloads/pecl/snaps/opcache Windows builds for PHP 5.3-5.4]

Forum discussions:
* [https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=244133 OPcache: Memory Usage = 100% (is this good or bad?)]
* [https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=245885 OPCode cache]

[[Category:Environment]]
[[Category:Installation]]
[[Category:Performance]]

[[es:OPcache]]

OPcache

2014-01-13T14:59:15Z

Pavel-k: /* See also */

{{Environment}}
{{New features}}
The standard OPcache extension is strongly recommended; since Moodle 2.6, it is the only solution officially supported by PHP developers. The benefits are increased performance and significantly lower memory usage.

==Installation==

The OPcache extension is distributed as part of PHP 5.5.0 and later. It is available also for older stable PHP releases from PECL under the original name ZendOPcache.

'''NOTE: If you are running PHP 5.3 or 5.4 you can safely ignore the Environment Check message about OpCache'''

==Configuration==

PHP.ini settings:

<code ini>
[opcache]
opcache.enable = 1
opcache.memory_consumption = 128
opcache.max_accelerated_files = 4000
opcache.revalidate_freq = 60

; Required for Moodle
opcache.use_cwd = 1
opcache.validate_timestamps = 1
opcache.save_comments = 1
opcache.enable_file_override = 0

; If something does not work in Moodle
;opcache.revalidate_path = 1 ; May fix problems with include paths

; Experimental for Moodle 2.6 and later
;opcache.fast_shutdown = 1
;opcache.enable_cli = 1 ; Speeds up CLI cron
;opcache.load_comments = 0 ; May lower memory use, might not be compatible with add-ons and other apps.
</code>

When using IIS you will need PHP 5.5 and you will need to add the extension for opcache under the ''ExtensionList'' section of the php.ini file.

<code ini>
[ExtensionList]
...
zend_extension=php_opcache.dll
</code>

==See also==
* [http://pecl.php.net/package/ZendOpcache PECL ZendOPcache]
* [http://windows.php.net/downloads/pecl/snaps/opcache Windows builds for PHP 5.3-5.4]

Forum discussions:
* [https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=244133 OPcache: Memory Usage = 100% (is this good or bad?)]
* [https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=245885 OPCode cache]

[[Category:Environment]]
[[Category:Installation]]
[[Category:Performance]]

[[es:OPcache]]

Installations 1000 plus

2011-04-23T09:59:25Z

Pavel-k: /* Czech Republic */

This page has descriptions and links by country to Moodle sites with between 1000 and 5000 users.
{{Template:Large Installations}}

==Australia==

*Monte Sant' Angelo Mercy College - [http://montenet.monte.nsw.edu.au MonteNet] is used as our colleges student intranet and e-learning portal. Currently running 1.6dev with a few extra custom features thrown in.

*Monte Sant' Angelo Mercy College - [http://compass.monte.nsw.edu.au Compass] takes moodle and uses it for a purpose that is a little outside the square. Compass is used as the staff intranet. Each course is refered to as a "Space" and is used by each departmentr to store meating minutes, agendas and teaching documentation. Communications tools such as forums allow to facilitate better teacher communication and the events are used to keep the teachers events online and targeted (e.g. year 9 teachers all know when excursions are on, all english teachers know when reports are due, etc).

*Vermont Secondary College - [http://moodle.vermontsc.vic.edu.au] is used as the college intranet, portal and eLearning since 2004. There are approximately 1500 users consisting of teachers and years 7-12 students. Although using Moodle is an option, over 180 courses have been created across all learning areas and staff administration. All events within the college are constantly being added to the calendar to inform the school community.

*Saint Ignatius' College, Riverview - [http://www.riverview.nsw.edu.au ] - Jesuit College in Sydney, Australia, with 1,600 students. Adopted Moodle in 2007.

==Belgium==

*[http://www.ritacollege.be Sint-Ritacollege] We are a school for 12-18 year old students. Currently our database contains about 1600 active users and 130 courses. Always running latest Moodle code since version 1.0.8.

==Catalonia==

*[http://www.iesterrassa.cat/ IES de TERRASSA ] - [http://moodle.iesterrassa.cat MOODLE de l'IES de TERRASSA] - Institut d'Enseyament Secundari de Terrassa. Tenim més de 1300 usuaris.

==Czech Republic==

*Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University, Brno - [http://www.phil.muni.cz/elf/ ELF], 16,000+ users total, 4,000+ active users in Spring Term 2006, 600+ courses; using Moodle from April 2003.

*Faculty of Education, Masaryk University, Brno - [http://moodlinka.ped.muni.cz/ Mood-link-a], 23,000+ users total, 3,400+ active users in Spring Term 2011, 900+ total enrollable courses, 220 courses updated within last year; using Moodle from 2004, currently 1.8.x with Shibboleth SSO.

==Finland==

*Tampere Polytechnic or Tampereen ammattikorkeakoulu ([http://www.tamk.fi www.tamk.fi]), is a around 5000 student college or "a university of applied sciences" located at Tampere, Finland. Our moodle installation hosts around 2500 active students.

==India==
* [http://www.doeaccmantra.com DOEACCMantra] is a website for [http://www.doeaccmantra.com DOEACC] students currently (as of July 2007) having 44 courses, 4928 users and 5965 posts.

==Italy==

* University of Rome "Roma Tre" - [http://ltaonline.learning.uniroma3.it/ Laboratorio di Tecnologie Audiovisive] hosts two faculties with more than 3700 students. (April, 9th 2009)

==Japan==

* Future University-Hakodate - [http://vle.c.fun.ac.jp/moodle/]

* Kyoto Sangyo University - [http://www3.kyoto-su.ac.jp/index-e.html] First university in Japan to completely host all courses in Moodle.

* Osaka International University - [http://moodle.oiu.ac.jp/] Over 3000 users.

* Sapporo Gakuin University - [http://elearning.sgu.ac.jp] About 40 active courses using Moodle, plus 150 courses using it for attendance taking. Over 3000 registered users. Now using LDAP, so all 5000 students can login with their standard school ID and password. 1000 students take an English placement test using Moodle upon entrance to the school.

==Netherlands==

* We are a 5000 people school, one server, 9 locations and using Moodle for almost three years now: https://studiewijzerplus.nl Every schoolyear we start again with counting the number of users and the automatic counter (thanks Penny!) is now pointing at 3103

==Norway==

* ASP Hedmark - [http://pdl.asp-hedmark.no/ pdl.asp-hedmark.no] Region with 20 primary and lower-secondary schools have an installation with something above 2000 users. PDL=Platform for Digital Learning.

==Philippines==
* [http://www.e-extension.gov.ph/elearning/ e-Learning for agriculture and fisheries] Currently over 3000 registered users. We offer certificate courses as well as free digital resources in various agriculture and fisheries topics. All our online courses are in rolling mode. The site is maintained by the [http://www.ati.da.gov.ph/ Agricultural Training Institute] of the country's Department of Agriculture.

== Russia ==
*Moscow State Institute of International Relations (University) - distance education programme [http://www.globalcompetence.ru Management of Global Processes]

==Spain==
*[http://www.cicei.com CICEI] - Center of Innovation for the Information Society. We have a production [http://cursos.cicei.com Moodle server] having currently 1,042 users in 72 courses covering a wide range of applications (as of February 6, 2006).

==Switzerland==

*[http://moodle.fri-tic.ch/ Centre fri-tic] - Center for ICT Integration of Canton de Fribourg. Currently running 1 moodle for teachers and students from k-12 to High school, with more than 2000 users and about 130 courses. The [http://www.fri-tic.ch/ Centre fri-tic] is also hosting 9 other moodle installations for specific schools.

==United Kingdom==

* [http://moodle.altoncollege.ac.uk/ Alton College] - a Beacon sixth form college with over 2,500 active users.

* [http://egglescliffe.org.uk/ Egglescliffe School and Sixth Form] - a specialist arts school with over 2,000 active moodlers and 345 courses whose usage was the basis of this [http://education.guardian.co.uk/elearning/story/0,,1583832,00.html Guardian article]

* [http://vle.gloscol.ac.uk/ Gloucestershire College] - a general FE college in the south west, with nearly five thousand users and nearly eight hundred users, we have presented at many Moodle events in the UK.

* [http://learn.gold.ac.uk Goldsmiths College, London] - over 2,500 active users. See also this [http://www.alt.ac.uk/altc2004/timetable/abstract.php?abstract_id=270 presentation at a 2004 conference].

* [https://moodle.plumsteadmanor.com/ Plumstead Manor School] - A specialist Sports, Performing arts and Vocational secondary school in South East London. 1,700 active students.

* [http://www.thanet.ac.uk/ Thanet College] - a "medium sized general FE college", using Moodle as documented in [http://ferl.becta.org.uk/display.cfm?resID=13423 this Ferl case study]

* [http://www.westnotts.ac.uk West Nottingahmshire College] - an FE college in the East Midlands.

* [http://www.lifeintheuk.org Prepare: Life in the United Kingdom Test] - a free website dedicated to Life in the UK Test.

==United States of America==
*[http://www.glyphdoctors.com Glyphdoctors] is a site with over 1200 registered users (as of Feb. 2006) on a shared server host, [http://www.opensourcehost.com Open Source Host]. It will offer online courses in Egyptology and Egyptian hieroglyphs to the general public. Currently, there is one free public course available and a course in Egyptian hieroglyphs under beta testing with a small number of students.

*[http://moodle.mcm.edu/ McMurry University]has several Moodle instances, the first begun as a pilot project in June, 2005. McMurry is a small (1400 FTE) undergraduate-only institution affiliated with the United Methodist church. Currently the main instance supports 1700 users (650 active), some 60 instructors, and approximately 180 active courses.

* [http://ahshornets.org Aiken High School]has over 2000 registered users in grades 9 - 12 (Feb. 2006).

* [http://academies.culver.org/moodle The Culver Academies] has over 1000 registered users in grades 9 - 12. The school has been using Moodle in the classroom since the 2002-2003 school year. Administratively we have a Moodle "course" for faculty-only announcements and materials.

* [http://online.warner.edu Warner Southern College] began using Moodle in early 2005 as an experiment to move from a simple webboard system into a full learning management system. The experiment went extremely well and a full transition to Moodle was accomplished in the fall term of 2005. Currently, Warner Southern College has one Moodle instance running with over 1200 registered users (500+ active students, 50+ instructors, 80+ courses and two system administrators) offering associate, bachelor and master of arts degree programs for both traditional site based and full online students. Warner Southern College is a small institution affiliated with the Church of God and accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.

* [http://moodle.westshore.edu West Shore Community College] currently has just under 2,000 registered users in its database and began as a potential alternative to our Blackboard system. Our site has been active for 3 years and we are now fully migrated to Moodle as our sole LMS. The transition was slow (and a bit painful at times), but now that we're here, things have gone quite well.

* [http://www.evergreen.edu The Evergreen State College] has over 4,000 registered users. The school has been using Moodle in since the 2005-2006 school year. We use CAS for authentication and get enrollment from Banner via a custom interface built on Banner and a customized version of the Moodle IMS plugin.

[[Category:Administrator]]

[[ja:ユーザ数1000名以上]]

{{Template:Large Installations}}

AuthMoodle

2006-09-11T19:58:08Z

Pavel-k: Added some unofficial fixes for mediawiki 1.7

=AuthMoodle.php=

* an extension of mediawiki's AuthPlugin class so that moodle users can sign in to a mediawiki with the same login/pw
* used in this https://docs.moodle.org mediawiki production site
* download from http://moodle.org/file.php/5/moddata/forum/366/196104/AuthMoodle.php
* first posted by Martin Dougiamas in april 2006 in http://moodle.org/mod/forum/post.php?reply=196104 as an attachment

quoting Martin's instructions based on the root folder of the wikimedia installation:

Save it in extensions/AuthMoodle.php.
Then you just put this in LocalSettings.php:

require_once( 'extensions/AuthMoodle.php' );
$wgAuth = new AuthMoodle();
$wgAuth->setAuthMoodleTablePrefix();
$wgAuth->setAuthMoodleDBServer('yoursite.org');
$wgAuth->setAuthMoodleDBName('yourdb');
$wgAuth->setAuthMoodleUser('yourdbuser');
$wgAuth->setAuthMoodlePassword('yourdbpass');

==Bugs with AuthMoodle in mediawiki 1.7==
* preferences are no longer sticky (they pretend to save but don't really save)<br>'''fix:''' disable this '''if''' in includes/SpecialPreferences.php around line 290:

'''/*'''
if (!$wgAuth->updateExternalDB($wgUser)) {
$this->mainPrefsForm( wfMsg( 'externaldberror' ) );
return;
}
'''*/'''
* if the moodle database prefix is different from the mediawiki database prefix must match (or be blank)<br>'''fix:''' edit the function tableName in includes/Database.php around line 1310 and 1313:

function tableName( $name ) {
global $wgSharedDB''', $wgAuth''';
# Skip quoted literals
if ( $name{0} != '`' ) {
if ( $this->mTablePrefix !== '' && strpos( '.', $name ) === false
'''&& strpos ($name, $wgAuth->mAuthMoodleTablePrefix) === false''' ) {

* for mediawiki 1.7, I had to change line 33 to '''includes/'''AuthPlugin.php and comment out line 223-226 (refers to a non-existent function)

==Useful Information==
* bugtracker conversation leading to creation of AuthMoodle http://moodle.org/bugs/bug.php?op=show&bugid=4666
* usage info: https://docs.moodle.org/en/MoodleDocs:Authentication
* based probably on http://svn.wikimedia.org/svnroot/mediawiki/trunk/extensions/auth/