cannot load the installer

cannot load the installer

by lyes lou -
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Hello,

I am doing a fresh installation and when accessing localhost, i get the apache2 welcome page displaying correctly ( IT WORKS ). However when i get to the final stage to launch the installer, it fails. Do i need to edit the document root before attempting to launch the installer ?

I have even edited The file  apache2/sites-available/000.default.config and changed the root to /html/moodle

Any feedback would be very much appreciated.


Lyes
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Re: cannot load the installer

by Ken Task -
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Is the fully qualified domain name for server in DNS and is DNS responding correctly?

'SoS', Ken

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Re: cannot load the installer

by lyes lou -
I get the apache welcome page at http://196.41.225.28/ ( my server's IP address ) or at 10.10.3.151 using my VPN

I am not using a domain name so far. Is this an issue ?
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by Ken Task -
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Am reminded of a saying ... 'begin with the end in mind'.

Think you do want to have the moodle accessible to the globe ... outside and inside private network.  And your server should have/use https ... which requires a valid certificate.

So get your server to respond to https by fully qualified domain name first with a valid certificate so you can access/start the install with https://FQDNofServer/.

Then install moodle.   Moodle will require wwwroot ... which is the url to your server.

That value is used to build internal links to the moodle.

Knowing that in advance means you do NOT have to go back and do https search and replace in the moodle DB.

'SoS', Ken

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Re: cannot load the installer

by lyes lou -
I see, but the installation process does not mention this requirement since i am working on a local host. I am accessing the local host through VPN.
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Re: cannot load the installer

by Ken Task -
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Docs are wrong, IMHO.   Again ... if one begins with end in mind ... 
You tell me ... how do you want the site to be accessed once installed?

By https://name?

or

By http://publicIPaddress"

The private IP 10. address is internal to Amazon only so am not including that one.
And am also excluding localhost because that, in DNS, is always 127.0.0.1 ... the loopback IP address.   That goes no where on internet.

'SoS', Ken


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