About

This is a module, which integrates etherpad-lite in Moodle 3.5 or higher

Features:

• Add / View / Delete Pads
• Users have the same name & writing color in all pads
• Moodle Import / Export support
• optional guest allowance
• It supports etherpad-lite servers, which can only be accessed through the API (access only through Moodle)
• It can check the HTTPS certificate of the ep-lite server for full security (man in the middle attacks)

Prerequirement

You need an etherpad-lite server, which is running on at least the same 2nd-level-domain as your moodle server.

On the github page you'll find all information you need, to install the server: https://github.com/ether/etherpad-lite

We recommend to use the etherpad-lite version 1.8.0 or higher

It's also recommended to use the latest stable release of nodejs (http://nodejs.org/)

we are using nodejs 0.8.26. But we test new ep-lite versions always with this node version, before updating productive

When you want, that the server is only accessible via Moodle, then I recommend to install ep_remove_embed over the ep-lite admin interface. This removes the embed link.
To access the admin area, uncomment the user section in settings.json

Working ep-lite installation

• Ubuntu 12.04
• apt-get git, nginx, abiword, make, g++
• donwload nodejs from nodejs.org and compile it (you can use 'n' to switch between versions https://www.npmjs.org/package/n)
• etherpad-lite from git
• ep-lite settings.json:
  • "requireSession":true
  • "editOnly":true
  • "abiword": "/usr/bin/abiword"
• ep-lite plugin: ep_remove_embed via admin interface
• upstart script
• logrotate
• nginx as reverse proxy with https

INSTALLATION

1. Copy this repository to the moodle subfolder: mod/etherpadlite

2. open your admin/index.php page and follow the instructions

Configuration

1. Server Url from your etherpadlite server Make sure, that your moodle server can access this URL (don't forget to include a trailing slash!)
2. ApiKey: this is stored in the file: APIKEY.txt on your etherpadlite server
3. Padname: this is optional and maybe just for debugging the databse
4. Cookie Domain: Enter the domain as described
5. Session elapse time: How long should one session be valid?
6. Https Redirect: This redirects moodle to https, so that the user feels secure
   (later this should be used to delete sessions on the etherpadlite server)
7. Verify HTTPS cert: This lets curl check, if the https cert of the etherpadlite server is valid, to prevent man in the middle attacks
8. Guests allowed to write?: As described

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