What skills does a server admin need?

What skills does a server admin need?

by Bob Majors -
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Hi,

I've just been given the job of setting up and administering a Moodle server, and it will most likely be tied into an organization using Windows Server 2003 w/ IIS. I have years of experience with W2K server and Mac OS X server. I have no experience administering MySQL/PHP.

Are there any recommended training courses and/or books for MySQL/PHP, and/or Moodle administration in general? Thanks.

Bob M
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Re: What skills does a server admin need?

by reg phenna -
XAMPP from www.apachefriends.org is a great way of getting mysql/php onto your server. I'm pretty sure Moodle doesn't work with IIS but XAMPP adds apache as well so no worries there.
I started trying to install Moodle about 3-4 months ago and now I am hooked.

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Re: What skills does a server admin need?

by lee asson -

i too have recently been playing with moodle and installing on various platforms.

have had no problems at all installing on linux & apache (of course) and also IIS 5 and 6 on Windows Server 2000 & 2003 respectively.

sorry i cant help with courses or books. i have some mySQL experience but no php experience until a few weeks ago and i'm finding my way without too many problems so far!!

good luck

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