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Title of the script: Server setup before installing Moodle

Author: Nancy Varkey

Keywords: Moodle, Moodle LMS, LMS, Learning Management System, Educational LMS, Open-source LMS, server setup for Moodle installation, Moodle installation, Moodle server setup

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|| '''Visual Cue'''
|| '''Narration'''

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||Title Slide
||Welcome to the spoken tutorial on the '''Server setup''' before '''installing Moodle'''.

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||Pre-requisite slide:

You will need:
*A machine with Ubuntu 22.04 OS
*Minimum 50 GB of free space on your machine
*Internet connection
||To follow this tutorial, you will need a '''machine''' with '''Ubuntu 22.04 OS'''.

You will need minimum '''50 GB''' of '''free space''' on your '''machine'''.

You will also need '''internet connection'''. 

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||Press Ctrl + Alt + T keys together.
||Open the '''terminal''' by pressing '''Ctrl + Alt + T keys''' together.

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||On-screen-text inside the terminal window >>

“Press Enter to run every command on the terminal.”
||Please note: After '''typing''' each '''command''', press '''Enter''' to run it.

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||Slide: server-setup.txt file

For your convenience, a text file named server-setup.txt has been provided to you.

Please copy-paste the commands from that file.
||A '''text file''' named '''server-setup.txt''' has been provided for your convenience.

Please copy-paste the '''commands''' from that '''file''' as you follow this tutorial.

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||Copy-paste: sudo apt update >> type the system password
||First, we will '''update''' the '''system packages'''.

To do so '''run: sudo apt update'''

Whenever prompted, type the '''system password'''.

This '''command''' refreshes your '''package list'''.

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||Copy-paste: sudo apt install nginx
||Next, we will '''install''' the '''web server, nginx.
'''
So '''run: sudo apt install nginx'''

'''Nginx''' will '''serve''' your '''Moodle site'''. 

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||Copy-paste: sudo rm -f /etc/apt/sources.list.d/php.list
||Now, we will clean up old '''PHP sources''' to avoid conflicts.

So '''run: sudo rm -f /etc/apt/sources.list.d/php.list'''

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||Copy-paste: sudo rm -f /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ondrej-php*
||We also need to remove any '''Ondrej PHP repository files'''.

So '''run: sudo rm -f /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ondrej-php*'''

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||Copy-paste: sudo apt update
||After this, we will '''update''' the '''package list''' again.

So type: '''sudo apt update'''

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||Copy-paste: sudo apt install -y software-properties-common ca-certificates lsb-release apt-transport-https
||The next step is to '''install''' tools needed for adding '''repositories'''.

So '''run: sudo apt install -y software-properties-common ca-certificates lsb-release apt-transport-https'''

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||Copy-paste: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php -y
||Add the '''PHP repository''' from '''Ondrej''' by typing this '''command: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php -y'''

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||Copy-paste: sudo apt update
||'''Update''' the '''package list''' once more by typing:

'''sudo apt update'''

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||Copy-paste: sudo apt install -y php8.3 php8.3-fpm php8.3-cli php8.3-mysql php8.3-xml php8.3-curl php8.3-mbstring php8.3-zip php8.3-intl php8.3-soap php8.3-gd php8.3-bcmath php8.3-xmlrpc php8.3-imagick
||Next, we will '''install PHP 8.3''' and the necessary '''extensions''' for '''Moodle'''.

So '''run''' this '''command'''.

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||Type: php -v

Point to PHP 8.3.27
||After '''installation''', check your '''PHP version''' by typing this '''command:'''

'''php -v'''

You should see '''PHP 8.3.27.''' 

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||Copy-paste: sudo apt install software-properties-common
||Now, we need to ensure that we have the latest '''software''' properties.  

So '''run: sudo apt install software-properties-common'''

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||Type: sudo apt update
||'''Update''' the '''package list''' once again by typing:

'''sudo apt update'''

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||Copy-paste: sudo apt install mariadb-server mariadb-client
||Next, we’ll '''install MariaDB''', the '''database server''' for '''Moodle'''.

So '''run: sudo apt install mariadb-server mariadb-client'''

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||Type: mysql --version

Point to version 15.1. 

||Let’s verify that '''MariaDB''' is '''installed''' by typing:

'''mysql --version'''

It should show '''version 15.1.''' 

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||Type: sudo mysql_secure_installation
||To secure your '''database''', run this '''command''':

'''sudo mysql_secure_installation'''

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||Point to password for spoken, enter for none, switch to unix_socket authentication Y/n 
||Do the needful actions as suggested by the '''prompts''' on the '''terminal'''.

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||Type: sudo mariadb
||Next, we will create a '''Moodle database''' and '''user'''. 

Log into '''MariaDB''' by typing '''sudo mariadb'''

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||Once inside, Copy-paste and press Enter after each command:

CREATE DATABASE '''moodledb''' DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;

CREATE USER ''''moodleuser''''@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY ''''moodle123'''';
||Once inside, '''run''' these 2 '''commands''' one after the other.

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||Point to the bold-text words in the commands executed in the above row.
||Please note, we have named the '''database''' as '''moodledb'''.

Also, we have named the '''admin user''' as '''moodleuser'''.

And given the '''password''' as '''moodle123'''.

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||Copy-paste: GRANT SELECT,INSERT,UPDATE,DELETE,CREATE,CREATE TEMPORARY TABLES,DROP,INDEX,ALTER ON moodledb.* TO moodleuser@'localhost';
||The next step is to grant '''permissions'''.

So '''run''' this '''command'''.

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||Type: FLUSH PRIVILEGES; >> press Enter

Type: exit; >> press Enter
||Then we will apply these changes by '''running''': 

'''FLUSH PRIVILEGES;'''

'''exit;'''

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||Terminal prompt
||We are back to the '''terminal prompt'''.

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||Copy-paste: sudo ufw allow http   >> press Enter

Copy-paste: sudo ufw allow https  >> press Enter
||Next, we will configure our '''firewall'''. 

Allow '''HTTP traffic''' by typing:
'''sudo ufw allow http'''

And allow '''HTTPS traffic''' by typing:
'''sudo ufw allow https'''

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||Type: sudo ufw status

Point to “inactive”
||After this, let’s check the '''firewall status''' by typing:

'''sudo ufw status'''

It should be '''inactive'''.

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||Copy-paste: sudo gedit /etc/php/8.3/fpm/pool.d/www.conf
||Next, we have to '''configure PHP-FPM settings. 
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Open the '''configuration file''' by typing:
'''sudo gedit /etc/php/8.3/fpm/pool.d/www.conf'''

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||Press Ctrl+F to find these lines if you cannot locate them easily with a visual search
||'''Set''' or verify these lines of '''code''':
'''user = www-data'''
'''group = www-data'''
'''listen.owner = www-data'''
'''listen.group = www-data'''
'''listen = /run/php/php8.3-fpm.sock'''

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||Copy-paste: sudo systemctl restart php8.3-fpm
||Finally, '''restart PHP-FPM''' to apply changes:

'''sudo systemctl restart php8.3-fpm'''

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||Only narration
||This completes the essential '''server setup''' steps.

After this, we will '''install''' and '''configure Moodle'''.

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||Slide: Acknowledgement
||Thank you for following along.  You are now on your way to '''hosting Moodle 4.5''' on '''Ubuntu 22.04!'''

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||Slide: Acknowledgement

Domain Expert: Nancy Varkey
||This spoken tutorial is brought to you by '''EduPyramids Educational Services Private Limited, SINE, IIT Bombay.'''
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