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diff --git a/www/moodle31/files/pkg-message.in b/www/moodle31/files/pkg-message.in new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..f23faec17d77 --- /dev/null +++ b/www/moodle31/files/pkg-message.in @@ -0,0 +1,65 @@ +POST-INSTALL CONFIGURATION FOR MOODLE +===================================== + +1) Create a user and a database for Moodle to store all + its tables in (or choose an existing database). + It doesn't matter what the database or user names are, + as this will be configured in a later step. + NOTE: this package assumes that either the phpX-pgsql, + phpX-mysql, or phpX-mssql packages are installed. + +2) Add the following to your Apache configuration file + httpd.conf, and restart the server: + + For Apache versions earlier than 2.4: + + Alias /moodle %%PREFIX%%/%%MOODLEDIR%%/ + AcceptPathInfo On + <Directory %%PREFIX%%/%%MOODLEDIR%%> + AllowOverride None + Order Allow,Deny + Allow from all + </Directory> + + For Apache version 2.4.x or above: + + Alias /moodle %%PREFIX%%/%%MOODLEDIR%%/ + AcceptPathInfo On + <Directory %%PREFIX%%/%%MOODLEDIR%%/> + AllowOverride None + Require all granted + </Directory> + +3) Visit your Moodle site with a browser (i.e., + http://your.server.com/moodle/), and you should + be taken to the install.php script, which will lead + you through creating a config.php file and then + setting up Moodle, creating an admin account, etc. + + At one step, you will get a message saying that the + installer script was not able to automatically create + the config.php file. Just download it and copy it to + %%PREFIX%%/%%MOODLEDIR%%/config.php. Beware that it + will contain the database password in cleartext, so + set up whatever file permissions you deem more adequate. + For instance, user=root, group=www, mask=640. + +4) Set up a cron task to invoke the file admin/cron.php + every five minutes or so. For instance: + */5 * * * * fetch http://your.server.com/moodle/admin/cron.php + +For more information, see the INSTALL DOCUMENTATION: + + http://docs.moodle.org/en/Installing_Moodle + +It may be worth reading the installation docs even if Moodle seems +to be working at first, to ensure your PHP settings and database +configuration will allow Moodle to operate properly. + +If you are upgrading from an earlier version of Moodle, check out +possible additional steps at: + + https://docs.moodle.org/30/en/Upgrading + +If you have real trouble, please visit the Moodle course +"Using Moodle" on moodle.org. |