UserGuide

Moodle

Moodle v2.8.x, v2.9.x for AMI.

Platform

• Amazon Linux 2015.03.0
• httpd 2.4.x
• php 5.6.x
• mysql 5.5.x

Usage

Once your AMI is running, enter the Public DNS into your web browser to access the Moodle interface. Login account is “Admin” and the initial password is the instance ID.

Log in via Web

• https://${public_hostname}
  • Administrator Login: admin / YOUR_INSTANCE_ID

Manage Service

httpd process

service httpd (start|stop|status)

mysql process

service mysqld (start|stop|status)

MySQL Admin Login: root / YOUR_INSTANCE_ID

System paths for moodle

• Path to du: /usr/bin/du
• Path to aspell: /usr/bin/aspell
• Path to dot: /usr/bin/dot
• Path to ghostscript: /usr/bin/gs

Administration

How to change setting of language?

1. install pack of your language.
   • > Home > Site administration > Language > Language packs
2. change default setting
   • Home > Site administration > Language > Language settings

How to use signed certificates ?

The moodle AMI provides https with Self-Signed-Certificates by default. If you want to use your certificates, please replace like below steps.

1. Upload your pemset to an instance.
2. edit lines of /etc/httpd/conf.d/ssl.conf
   • SSLCertificateFile
   • SSLCertificateKeyFile
   • SSLCertificateChainFile(optional)
3. restart httpd by service httpd restart

Upgrade

Please see Official upgrade Guide - https://docs.moodle.org/29/en/Upgrading