Step-by-step Install Guide for Ubuntu

2007-09-13T15:09:02Z

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== What you need to start ==

*[http://www.ubuntu.com/products/GetUbuntu/download#lts Ubuntu 6.06 LTS server CD]
*A test 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 '''[http://help.ubuntu.com/6.06/ubuntu/serverguide/C/network-configuration.html manually configure]''' and set an IP address (or autoconfig if you don't know).

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.

:<table>
:<tr><td width=%10>/boot</td><td width=%10>ext3</td><td align=right width=%10>200MB</td><td align=center width=%10>bootable</td>
<td>([http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-4-Manual/ref-guide/s1-grub-whatis.html may need to be under cylinder 1024 on your harddrive to be bootable])</td></tr>
:<tr><td>/</td><td>ext3</td><td align=right>10GB</td><td></td><td>(files are relatively static)</td></tr>
:<tr><td>swap</td><td></td><td align=right>4GB</td><td></td>
<td>(4xRAM if you don't have much memory, down to 1xRAM if you have gobs of memory)</td></tr>
:<tr><td>/var</td><td>ext3</td><td align=right>26GB</td><td></td><td>(variable content – uses rest of the drive)</td></tr>
:</table>

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.

Edit the ''/etc/apt/sources.list'' file. Remove the ''#'' mark on lines 22 and 38 to enable access to the universe package source and universe security updates. You will need to re-enter your account password when ''sudo'' asks for it.
<pre>
sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list
</pre>
Now to get all the security updates.
<pre>
sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get dselect-upgrade
</pre>
Normally you would just use ''[http://help.ubuntu.com/6.06/ubuntu/serverguide/C/apt-get.html sudo apt-get upgrade]''.

And reboot to run on the new kernel!
<pre>
sudo reboot
</pre>

=== Install MySQL (skip Postgresql) ===
At this point we'll need to log in again to the server and type:

<pre>
sudo apt-get install mysql-server php5-mysqli
</pre>
Press ''Y'' to continue the install.

Replace the following string ''NewRootDatabasePassword'' with a secure password of your own choosing.

There is no space between the ''-p'' and the password on the second command.
<pre>
mysqladmin –u root password NewRootDatabasePassword

mysqladmin -u root -h localhost password NewRootDatabasePassword -pNewRootDatabasePassword
</pre>

We now need to create the Moodle database and Moodle user in MySQL.

The mysql command will prompt for your ''NewRootDatabasePassword'' (from above).
Replace ''NewMoodleDatabasePassword'' with a secure password of your own choosing.
<pre>
mysql -u root -p
> CREATE DATABASE moodle;
> GRANT ALL ON moodle.* TO moodle@localhost IDENTIFIED BY 'NewMoodleDatabasePassword';
> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
> QUIT
</pre>

=== Install Postgresql (skip MySQL) ===

At this point we'll need to log in again to the server and type:
<pre>
sudo apt-get install postgresql-8.1 php5-pgsql
</pre>
Press Y to continue the install.

We now need to create the database user 'moodle'.
<pre>
sudo -u postgres createuser -D -A -P moodle
</pre>
Enter in a ''NewMoodleDatabasePassword here'', then answer 'N' to the question.

We now need to create the database 'moodle' for the user 'moodle'. You'll need to enter the password that you just created.
<pre>
sudo -u postgres createdb -E utf8 -O moodle moodle
</pre>
Let's now secure the postgresql database with an admin password.
<pre>
sudo -u postgres psql template1
# ALTER USER postgres WITH PASSWORD 'NewAdminDatabasePassword';
# \q
</pre>
Edit the file '/etc/postgresql/8.1/main/pg_hba.conf' and on line 79 change the words ''ident sameuser'' to ''md5''.
<pre>
sudo nano /etc/postgresql/8.1/main/pg_hba.conf
</pre>
Restart the database so everything is fine.
<pre>
sudo /etc/init.d/postgresql-8.1 restart
</pre>

=== Install Apache ===

The following mod-security, ldap, and odbc libraries are optional.
<pre>
sudo apt-get install apache2 libapache2-mod-php5 php5-gd

sudo apt-get install libapache2-mod-security php5-ldap php5-odbc
</pre>

Restart Apache
<pre>
sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
</pre>

=== Install other software ===
On the command line, type:
<pre>
sudo apt-get install ntp-simple openssh-server unattended-upgrades

sudo apt-get install unzip zip aspell-en aspell-fr aspell-de aspell-es

sudo apt-get install curl libcurl3 libcurl3-dev php5-curl

sudo apt-get install clamav-base clamav-freshclam clamav
</pre>
Press ''Y'' to continue the install after each of these apt-get commands.

The clamav package will support virus checking on file uploads into Moodle. May have to run it again to configure properly.

Additional languages are available for aspell.

=== Install Moodle ===
On the command line, type:
<pre>
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
</pre>

We now need to edit the location of the default web site. On lines five and ten, replace ''/var/www/'' with ''/var/www/moodle/''. Restart Apache.
<pre>
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/default

sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
</pre>

=== 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

Go to a bar for a few hours.

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

== Other Resources ==

* Setting up the [http://www.howtoforge.com/perfect_setup_ubuntu_6.06 Perfect Ubuntu 6.06 server]
* Ubuntu 6.06 Server Guide - [http://help.ubuntu.com/6.06/ubuntu/serverguide/C/index.html HTML] [http://help.ubuntu.com/6.06/pdf/ubuntu/C/serverguide.pdf PDF]
* Ubuntu - [http://help.ubuntu.com/community/Security 1] [http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=printArticleBasic&articleId=9002691 2] security
* Debian - [http://www.debian.org/security/ 1] [http://www.us.debian.org/doc/user-manuals#securing 2] security
* Linux - [http://www.linux-sec.net/ 1] [http://www.puschitz.com/SecuringLinux.shtml 2] [http://www.linuxsecurity.com/docs/LDP/Security-HOWTO/ 3] security
* MySQL - [http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/security.html 1] [http://www.securityfocus.com/infocus/1667 2] security
* Apache - [http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/misc/security_tips.html 1] [http://www.cisecurity.org/bench_apache.html 2] security
* [http://www.modsecurity.org/documentation/index.html Modsecurity apache2 module]
* Another [http://help.ubuntu.com/community/MySQLMoodle Ubuntu and Moodle install] document
* Moodle [[Security]]

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Step-by-step Install Guide for Ubuntu