It's a bit more complex. One needs to be able to switch from Antelop to Barracuda. This is somewhat of a back-end
database issue, and on many of these hosted servers, but not all, this is not allowed. Some later versions of
MariaDB don't need this change, which is why I mentioned MariaDB. I think (maybe Usman mentioned in another discussion) that some companies like Bluehost are now using MariaDB as their default instead of
MySQL. This situation has caught a lot of folks who want to run Moodle on a low-cost hosted
server. Many years ago, I ran my Moodle on a GoDaddy hosted server, but then I upgraded to a VPS before this Barracuda stuff happened.
To minimize your headache, search around a little because Usman had offered some ideas (maybe solutions) to a few other folks discussing the same problem. (Usman, hope that I am not misrepresenting you.)
My guess is that this problem might go away with time. But until then...
"Terminal" is a way of saying "SSH" access. Yes, GoDaddy supports SSH and
FTP access to these hosted servers. In cPanel, search for either "SSH" and "
FTP." Sometimes you must "enable" these. Then, one needs client (meaning on your local computer) means of doing SSH and FTP. There are many FTP products that one can pick, and some are free (and quite good.) For SSH, if you are using a Mac, you actually already have an SSH product called "Terminal" so nothing else is really required. On a PC, one very popular SSH client is "Putty." And there are others. Knowing how to SSH and FTP into your server, and use these means of access are a bit technical, nothing too hard, and are skills that are recommended for working with bigger servers, such as a VPS. If you don't know, or learn how to use these, it becomes much more difficult to manage a server. There are folks here, like Usman and Ken, who are really good at helping people with commands. I am not a server-admin, but know enough to be dangerous.
GoDaddy will answer questions like "How do I enable SSH?" or "How do I enable FTP?" But GoDaddy is a server company, and they don't support the many open-source products directly, so you can't ask them "How do I install Moodle?" If you are looking for this kind of support, you have to search around, or get a
Moodle partner involved.
Many of these fast one-click installer programs, like Installatron, are third-party products. They are not GoDaddy software products, they are only provided to try to help people less familiar with servers get something up and going. Even cPanel is third-party product, not GoDaddy. There have been times when I phone GoDaddy for cPanel help and they say "that's not our product, contact cPanel." (Actually, it might be cPanel that gives you the Installatron product, but I am not sure if Installatron is produced by cPanel.)
Some folks like Ken, Usman, and Howard I really respect because they can manage their servers without any of these helper utilities... they know Linux. I am amazed with what they can do.
Having said all of this, I have learned enough so that I can run my Moodle on a GoDaddy VPS, at a reasonable cost, and the server is rock-solid. I have been using a GoDaddy VPS for around 6-7 years. Someday I plan to make a video of how I do that, but I have been too busy teaching for my school.
