 Requires Apache/PHP  DB  MySQL  PostgreSQL  MSSQL  Systems  Mac  Linux  Windows

 MySQL  Open Source  Big Community  Support Available

 Download from moodle.org  Checkout from CVS  Allows direct updates  See docs.moodle.org/en/CVS

 Create DB  Place in web-directory  Create data-directory  Set permissions  Run Installer

 Four main types:  Activities  Blocks  Enrollment (Enrolment)  Authentication  Find at

 Try to narrow down  Search tracker.moodle.org  Patch may be available  May be in newer version  Sometime you just have to fix it yourself

 Can be easy to make  Hard to maintain  Moodle updates become hard  Use CVS

 Look in tracker.moodle.org  Patch Files  Contain only differences  Track Changes  Apply with command line

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 Command line:  update –dP  In place  Shows conflicts

 Download from Moodle  More complicated  Copy all modules  Apply any code modifications ▪ If still needed  Copy config file

 Single Server  All services on one system  Two Servers  Split DB from web-server  Many Servers  Cluster DB  Cluster web-server  VMWare

 Interfaces  IDE  SATA  SCSI  Raid  Stripe (0)  Mirror (1)  Parity (5)