DDNS, Port forwarding, and access to moodle throught web

DDNS, Port forwarding, and access to moodle throught web

by Brandon McEntire -
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I have set up DDNS services through my home network. I have also forwarded my port through my router. I am trying to change the domain name of my moodle site to exclude "/moodle". For example, I want the moodle address to be "xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx" instead of "xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/moodle". I am hoping by changing the domain name to exclude "/moodle", this would allow me to access my home moodle server from the web using my DDNS and port forwarding techniques at my home network. Prior to this, I was using TeamViewer, which I do not want to do anymore. Any suggestions for changing the url of moodle and the possibility of accessing my Moodle site from the web using this technique?


Thanks

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Re: DDNS, Port forwarding, and access to moodle throught web

by Mark Johnson -
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You'll need to configure your web server (Apache, nginx or whatever) to use the /moodle directory as the root directory for your domain name.  How you actually do this depends on your specific server set-up, so you'll need to find appropriate instructions.

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Re: DDNS, Port forwarding, and access to moodle throught web

by Brandon McEntire -

I am using apache. Do i change my "document root" line in the 000-default.conf file? if so, what do i change that path to?

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Re: DDNS, Port forwarding, and access to moodle throught web

by Brandon McEntire -

I figured it out. 

After updating the config file in Apache. You must go to "moodleip"/admin/tool/replace/index.php

Then you replace your old moodle url with the new one (http://serverip/moodle) with (http://serverip)

Then all of the icons, pictures, and features will render.

Now all you have to do is go to http://ip and moodle will work just fine

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