Install-on-IBM-Cloud

Get Moodle on IBM Cloud

We will deploy Moodle on an IBM Cloud Kubernetes Cluster

• Prerequisites
• You should have an IBM Cloud account, otherwise you can here.

1. Provisioning a new Kubernetes Cluster, if already have one skip to step **2**
2. Deploying the IBM Cloud Block Storage plug-in, if already have it skip to step **3**
3. Deploying Moodle

Step 1 provisioning a new Kubernetes Cluster

• Click the **Catalog** button on the top
• Select **Service** from the left in the catalog
• Search for **Kubernetes Service** and click on it

File:kubernetes-select.png

• At the Kubernetes deployment page, we will specify our deployment details
• Choose a plan **standard** or **free**, the free plan only has one worker node and no subnet, to provision a standard cluster, you will need to upgrade you account to Pay-As-You-Go
• To upgrade to a Pay-As-You-Go account, complete the following steps

          *    In the console, go to Manage > Account.
          *    Select Account settings, and click Add credit card.
          *    Enter your payment information, click Next, and submit your information

• Choose **classic** or **VPC**, read the [docs] and choose the most suitable type for yourself

![VPC](/infra-select.png)

• Please decide on your deployment's location parameters, for more information please visit [1]
• Choose **Geography** (continent)


• Choose **Single** or **Multizone**, in single zone your data is only kept in one datacenter, with Multizone your data is kept on multiple sites for more security


• Choose a **Worker Zone** if using Single zones or **Metro** if Multizone

![worker](/location-worker.png) 

• If you wish to use Multizone please set up your account with [2] or Vlan spanning
• At your current location selection, it is possible there is no Virtual LAN currently available, then a new Vlan will be created for you

• Choose a **Worker node setup** or use the preselected one, set **Worker node amount per zone**


• Choose **Master Service Endpoint**, In VRF-enabled accounts, you can choose private-only to make your master accessible on the private network or via VPN tunnel. Choose public-only to make your master publicly accessible. When you have a VRF-enabled account, your cluster is set up by default to use both private and public endpoints. For more information visit [3].


• Give cluster a **name**


• Give desired **tags** to your cluster, for more information visit [4]


• Click **create**


• Wait for you cluster to be provisioned


• Your cluster is ready for usage


Step 2 deploy IBM Cloud Block Storage plug-in

The Block Storage plug-in is a persistent, high-performance iSCSI storage that you can add to your apps by using Kubernetes Persistent Volumes (PVs).

• Click the **Catalog** button on the top
• Select **Software** from the catalog
• Search for **IBM Cloud Block Storage plug-in** and click on it


• On the application page Click in the _dot_ next to the cluster, you wish to use
• Click on **Enter or Select Namespace** and choose the default Namespace or use a custom one (if you get error please wait 30 minutes for the cluster to finalize)


• Give a **name** to this workspace
• Click **install** and wait for the deployment


Step 3 Deploy Moodle

In this step we will deploy Moodle on our cluster

• Click the **Catalog** button on the top
• Select **Software** from the left in the catalog
• Search for **Moodle** and click on it


• On the application page Click in the _dot_ next to the cluster we just created or use an existing one


• Click on **Enter or Select Namespace** and choose one of the default Namespaces or use a custom one


• Give a unique **name** to your workspace


• Select which resource group you want to use, it is for access control and billing purposes. For more information please visit groups


• Here you can give **tags** to your apache airflow workspace, which will affect your deployment. For more information visit [5]


• Click on **Parameters with default values**, You can set deployment values or use the default ones


• Please **tick** the box next to the agreements and click **install**


• Your apache airflow workspace will start installing, please wait a couple of minutes for the deployment to finish


• Your Moodle workspace has been successfully deployed


Verify Moodle installation

• Go to [Resources] in your browser
• Click on **Clusters**
• Click on your Cluster


• Now you are at you cluster's overview, here Click on **Actions** on the top right and click on **Web terminal** from the dropdown menu


• Click **install**, then wait couple of minutes


• Click on **Actions**
• Click **Web terminal** --> a terminal will open up

• **Type** in the terminal, please change NAMESPACE to the namespace you choose at the deployment setup:

 $ kubectl get ns


 $ kubectl get pod -n NAMESPACE -o wide 


 $ kubectl get service -n NAMESPACE


• Your running Moodle services will be visible

You successfully deployed Moodle on IBM Cloud!