MoodleZope

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Goal

To run moodle (http://moodle.org/) and zope2.7 (http://www.zope.org/) on port 80 of our school computer science web server (http://linus.yhspatriot.net). We are behind a firewall with only port 80 open, so I needed to setup virtual hosting with apache2 to make this work. I wanted linus.yhspatriot.net to point to a zope2.7 instance, and moodle.yhspatriot.net to point to a moodle instance. I found it convenient to have mysql.yhspatriot.net point to mysql-admin as well.

Setting up the server

install ubuntu 5.04 server

edit /etc/network/interfaces for static ip address by changing the primary interface to:

    # The primary network interface
    iface eth0 inet static
        address 158.59.195.113
        netmask 255.255.252.0
        gateway 158.59.192.1

edit /etc/apt/sources.list removing cdrom source at top and uncommenting universe sources
do the apt-get dance (apt-get update and apt-get upgrade)
install the following using apt-get:
- ssh
- apache2
- mysql-server
- phpmyadmin

Configuring mysql

Point a web brower at http://158.59.195.113/phpmyadmin/
By default, username root with no password is enabled
Login, click on "Change password", and change the password

Installing moodle

My goal was to use packages from the ubuntu and universe repositories whenever possible, but the after several unsuccessful attempts to use the moodle package I found it much easier to install moodle from source, using the following proceedure:
1. Download the latest moodle source
  - (wget http://download.moodle.org/stable15/moodle-1.5.2.tgz worked at the time this was written
2. Untar it in /var/www
3. Point a web browser at http://158.59.195.113/moodle
4. Run through all the setup pages

Installing zope2.7

Configuring Apache Modules

As root, run the following:
- ln -s /etc/apache2/mods-available/proxy.conf /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/proxy.conf
Repeat with proxy_connect.load and proxy.load

Configuring virtual hosts

Edit /etc/apache2/apache2.conf, adding a NameVirtualHost line, so that the last three lines of the file look like this:

    # Include the virtual host configurations
    NameVirtualHost 158.59.195.113:80
    Include /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/[^.#]*

Create a file named azi.conf in /etc/apache2/sites-available with the following:

    <VirtualHost 158.59.195.113:80>
    ServerName linus.yhspatriot.net
    ServerAdmin jeff@elkner.net
    ProxyRequests off
    <Proxy *>
    Order deny,allow
    Allow from all
    </Proxy>
    ProxyPass / http://158.59.195.113:8080/
    ProxyPassReverse / http://158.59.195.113:8080/
    ProxyPass /misc_ http://158.59.195.113:8080/misc_
    ProxyPassReverse /misc_ http://158.59.195.113:8080/misc_
    ProxyPass /p_ http://158.59.195.113:8080/p_
    ProxyPassReverse /p_ http://158.59.195.113:8080/p_
    </VirtualHost>

    <VirtualHost 158.59.195.113:80>
    ServerName mysql.yhspatriot.net
    ServerAdmin jeff@elkner.net
    ProxyRequests off
    <Proxy *>
    Order deny,allow
    Allow from all
    </Proxy>

    DocumentRoot /var/www/phpmyadmin/

    Options +FollowSymLinks

    <IfModule mod_php4.c>
            php_flag magic_quotes_gpc On
            php_flag magic_quotes_runtime Off
            php_flag file_uploads On
            php_flag short_open_tag On
            php_flag session.auto_start Off
            php_flag session.bug_compat_warn Off

            php_value upload_max_filesize 2M
            php_value post_max_size 2M
    </IfModule>

    <IfModule mod_dir.c>
            DirectoryIndex index.php
    </IfModule>
    </VirtualHost>


    <VirtualHost 158.59.195.113:80>
    ServerName moodle.yhspatriot.net
    ServerAdmin jeff@elkner.net
    ProxyRequests off
    <Proxy *>
    Order deny,allow
    Allow from all
    </Proxy>

    DocumentRoot /var/www/moodle/

    Options +FollowSymLinks

    <IfModule mod_php4.c>
            php_flag magic_quotes_gpc On
            php_flag magic_quotes_runtime Off
            php_flag file_uploads On
            php_flag short_open_tag On
            php_flag session.auto_start Off
            php_flag session.bug_compat_warn Off

            php_value upload_max_filesize 2M
            php_value post_max_size 2M
    </IfModule>

    <IfModule mod_dir.c>
            DirectoryIndex index.php
    </IfModule>
    </VirtualHost>

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MoodleZope (last edited 2008-08-06 16:24:07 by localhost)

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-. edit {{{/etc/apt/sources.list}}} removing cdrom source at top and uncommenting universe sources.
  0. do the apt-get dance ({{{apt-get update}}} and {{{apt-get upgrade}}}).
+. edit {{{/etc/apt/sources.list}}} removing cdrom source at top and uncommenting universe sources
  0. do the apt-get dance ({{{apt-get update}}} and {{{apt-get upgrade}}})
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-. Point a web brower at {{{http://158.59.195.113/phpmyadmin/}}}.
  0. By default, username {{{root}}} with no password is enabled.
  0. Login, click on "Change password", and change the password.
+. Point a web brower at {{{http://158.59.195.113/phpmyadmin/}}}
  0. By default, username {{{root}}} with no password is enabled
  0. Login, click on "Change password", and change the password
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-       ({{{wget http://download.moodle.org/download.php/stable15/moodle-1.5.2.tgz}}} worked at the time this
       was written.
    0. Untar it in {{{/var/www}}}.
    0. Point a web browser at {{{http://158.59.195.113/moodle}}}.
+       ({{{wget http://download.moodle.org/stable15/moodle-1.5.2.tgz}}} worked at the time this
       was written
    0. Untar it in {{{/var/www}}}
    0. Point a web browser at {{{http://158.59.195.113/moodle}}}
    0. Run through all the setup pages

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