Use subdomain as (readonly) repository

Use subdomain as (readonly) repository

by poorya md -
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Hi,

Is it possible to use a subdomain as a (readonly) repository?

I have (a/another) fast download hosting and I put my video files there so that my server which is low in space, does not fill with videos. I did restricted direct access to files so they are only accessible inside my Moodle.

I'm thinking that if I need to change base url of my download server, (for example from dl.site.com to dl2.site.com), I will need to change them all. Since I do not have WebDav access to my Download server, I want to know if there is any alternative.


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Re: Use subdomain as (readonly) repository

by Visvanath Ratnaweera -
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I don't think I understand your problem. Are you saying that your Moodle, say http://moodle.example.com, has video content which are delivered from another server, say http://download.example.com, and all that works satisfactorily. Your worry is, if you change the second server in the future, say to http://download2.example.com, how to handle the hardcoded links to http://download.example.com, correct?

In that case the script behind http://moodle.example.com/admin/tool/replace/ could be a quick solution.

Warning: That script will display a big warning. Take it seriously.
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Re: Use subdomain as (readonly) repository

by poorya md -

You exactly understood my problem.

Thank you for your response. That is a good solution that I did not know about.


But, I was thinking if there is a filter or something like that, to handle this on the fly. So it would be safer than DB manipulation and easier to do and undo.


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Re: Use subdomain as (readonly) repository

by Visvanath Ratnaweera -
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I'm glad that it helped.

About the "filter": No, the old URLs in the DB need to be replaced with the new URLs. So it is a DB manupulation whatever the method you use. If you are comfortable with dumping the DB, do a text search-and-replace and feed the dump back in to the DB, you can do just that.

Having said that, a https://docs.moodle.org/en/Filter could do the same on-the-fly as you say. To my knowledge there is no ready-made one.
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