Deploying Moodle through the Linode Marketplace
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Moodle is the most widely used open source learning management system. It is aimed to provide learners, educators, and administrators with a single robust, secure, and integrated solution to develop customized learning environments.
Deploying the Moodle Marketplace App
The Linode Marketplace allows you to easily deploy software on a Linode using the Linode Cloud Manager.
Log in to the Cloud Manager and select the Marketplace link from the left navigation menu. This displays the Linode Compute Create page with the Marketplace tab pre-selected.
Under the Select App section, select the app you would like to deploy.
Fill out all required Options for the selected app as well as any desired Advanced Options (which are optional). See the Configuration Options section for details.
Complete the rest of the form as discussed within the Getting Started > Create a Linode.
Click the Create Linode button. Once the Linode has provisioned and has fully powered on, wait for the software installation to complete. If the Linode is powered off or restarted before this time, the software installation will likely fail. To determine if the installation has completed, open the Linode’s Lish console and wait for the system login prompt to appear.
Follow the instructions within the Getting Started After Deployment section.
Software installation should complete within 5-10 minutes after the Linode has finished provisioning.
Configuration Options
Moodle Options
You can configure your Moodle App by providing values for the following fields:
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Admin Password | Moodle Admin Password. Required. |
| Admin Email | Moodle Admin email. Required. |
| MySQL Root Password | MySQL Root Password. Required. |
| MySQL Password | MySQL Moodle Database Password. Required. |
| The limited sudo user to be created for the Linode | This is the limited user account to be created for the Linode. This account has sudo user privileges. |
| The password for the limited sudo user | Set a password for the limited sudo user. The password must meet the complexity strength validation requirements for a strong password. This password can be used to perform any action on your server, similar to root, so make it long, complex, and unique. |
| The SSH Public Key that will be used to access the Linode | If you wish to access SSH via Public Key (recommended) rather than by password, enter the public key here. |
| Disable root access over SSH? | Select Yes to block the root account from logging into the server via SSH. Select No to allow the root account to login via SSH. |
| Your Linode API Token | Your Linode API Token is needed to create DNS records. If this is provided along with the subdomain and domain fields, the installation attempts to create DNS records via the Linode API. If you don’t have a token, but you want the installation to create DNS records, you must
create one before continuing. |
| Subdomain | The subdomain you wish the installer to create a DNS record for during setup. The suggestion given is www. The subdomain should only be provided if you also provide a domain and API Token. |
| Domain | The domain name where you wish to host your Moodle site. The installer creates a DNS record for this domain during setup if you provide this field along with your API Token. |
General Options
For advice on filling out the remaining options on the Create a Linode form, see Getting Started > Create a Linode. That said, some options may be limited or recommended based on this Marketplace App:
- Supported distributions: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Recommended minimum plan: All plan types and sizes can be used.
Getting Started After Deployment
Access Your Moodle App
To access your Moodle instance, Open a browser and navigate to your Linode rDNS domain https://203-0-113-0.ip.linodeusercontent.com. Replace https://203-0-113-0.ip.linodeusercontent.com with your
Linode’s RDNS domain.
From there, you can login by clicking the box on the top right of the page. Once you see the login page, you can enter moodle as the username and the password that was entered during the creation of the Linode.
Now that you’ve accessed your dashboard, checkout the official Moodle documentation to learn how to further configure your instance.
NoteCurrently, Linode does not manage software and systems updates for Marketplace Apps. It is up to the user to perform routine maintenance on software deployed in this fashion.
More Information
You may wish to consult the following resources for additional information on this topic. While these are provided in the hope that they will be useful, please note that we cannot vouch for the accuracy or timeliness of externally hosted materials.
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