General help

Hi Nimasha,
I am also relatively new to moodle. http://docs.moodle.org/en/Installing_AMP#Windows should help or you could install the all in one package which I use to practice with Moodle on my desktop PC - goto http://download.moodle.org/windows/

Regards Eric

You've already installed MySQL and PHP. Make sure PHP is configured for Moodle (make sure you uncomment the necessary extensions in your php.ini file), and create a new database and database user for Moodle. Then all you need to do is make a website for Moodle, put the moodle distribution in your webiste either via CVS or download, and follow the Moodle installation/configuration instructions. If you don't want to have to specify index.php at the end of the URL, make sure you edit the website properties to accept index.php as a default page.

These are the instructions I provide for php, mssql & moodle installs running under IIS (on the same server).

PHP

• Extract the php archive to C:\Progam Files\php
• Rename C:\Program Files\php\php.ini-recommended to php.ini
• Add C:\Program Files\php and C:\Program Files\php\ext to the Default Path 
• Add Global Environment Variable PHPRC=C:\Program Files\php
• Edit php.ini

•  Enable (uncomment) extensions php_mysql, php_gd2, php_mbstring, php_ldap
• Set cgi.force_redirect=0
• Set SMTP=<smtp domain>
• Set smpt_port=25
• Set sendmail_From=<mail user>
• Set date.Timezone=<Country/City>

• Enable PHP in IIS

•  Add and Enable php5isapi.dll as a web service extension
•  Add php extension mapping (may do this for each web site)
• Restart IIS

MySQL

• Run the installer
• Select ‘Custom’ setup type
• Change the installation directory to C:\Program Files\MySQL\
• Elect to Configure MySQL instance
• Select ‘Detailed Configuration’
• Select ‘Server Machine’
• Select ‘Multi-Functional Database’
• Set the INNODB table space to D:/MySQL/
• Select Online Transaction Processing
• Enable TCP/IP networking
• Disable Strict Mode
• Select ‘utf8’ Default Character Set
• Select ‘Install as a Windows Service’
•  Select ‘Include BIN Directory in Windows Path’
• Set root password <password>
• Set ‘Enable root access from remote machines’
• Disable ‘Create an Anonymous Account’
• Edit my.ini

 

• datadir=D:\MySQL
• key_buffer_size=132M (64Mb per 256Mb free memory)
• default-storage-engine=INNODB
• innodb_buffer_pool_size=300M (30% free memory)
• innodb_file_per_table

• Finalise Setup

•  Stop mySQL service
• Copy D:\Program Files\mySQL\data\ to D:\mySQL (and sub directories)
• Restart mySQL

Moodle
 

• Extract Moodle archive into D:\Web
• Create D:\Web\MoodleData
• Ensure the IIS user has full rights to D:\Web\Moodle and D:\Web\MoodleData
• Create a mySQL database (moodle) and account to access (muser)
  • Create Database moodle Character Set utf8 Collate utf8_unicode_ci;

  • Grant Select,Insert,Update,Delete,Create,Drop,Index,Alter,Lock Tables on moodle.* to muser@localhost Identified by ‘<password>’;
• Create web site in IIS
  • Set Path to D:\Web\Moodle
  • Add Index.php to Default Documents
  • Enable php extension mapping (GET,HEAD,POST)
  • Enable Script execute permissions
• Launch the web site in the browser and follow the prompts.

I also advise them to test the php and mySQL components separately (and not to proceed until the expected results are obtained), viz.

PHP

• Create Website under IIS
  
• Create Index.php containing single line <?php phpinfo(); ?>
• Launch browser and access the web site. Confirm that the phpinfo screen is displayed and the enabled extensions are included.

MySQL

• Launch mySQL locally (all is ok if it launches)

Thank you very much for the valuable support you have given me. I appreciate the quick responce and all the advice.