actually i am an e learning developer and using moodle for a course development and transfer the moodle in client pc which is a device without internet connection so during testing i am not getting any solid way to transfer moodle environment i.e mysql php apache2. i tried apt repository method but it failed if anyone experienced in transfering moodle from one pc to another offline pc please help me
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We would greatly appreciate structured guidance on setting up PHP properly in a fully air-gapped environment.The AI solution to a client machine which can't use the apt package manager? Download on another machine, transfer with a USB drive and then use the package manager on the client machine we couldn't use before to resolve dependencies. Electricity wasted.
Windows are making updates impossible on older computers. Grab one of these obsolete machines, learn some Linux, install a LAMP stack and sidestep the air gapped machine. I presume the air gap is for security, for a critical client application and you aren't allowed to monkey with it? Another old machine removes the problem and a dedicated box will work fine for Moodle.
Just occurred to me, it would really help to know exactly what kind of device the, "client PC is?" Is it possible to give it temporary Internet access?
I think the simplest method would be to take the offline PC and if necessary relocate it, temporarily connect it to the Internet, setup your Moodle server and get it working the way you want it to, then disconnect the Internet connection and relocate the PC to the use location.
Hmmm ...
According to profile for poster:
Account suspended Friday 27th February 2:49 PM after being blocked from posting (error code: 8GLTC).
The problem:
"the target system has no internet:"
"We are migrating Moodle from our local Ubuntu system to a client’s Ubuntu machine that has no internet connectivity at all (air-gapped environment)."
Possible solution involves connectivity at client location.
From Gemini: "Starlink grant connect remote location"
Starlink
is actively used to connect remote, rural, and underserved locations, with increasing support from government grants to bridge the digital divide. It provides high-speed, low-latency internet to areas with no traditional infrastructure, such as remote farms, mountain cabins, and villages.
Installation: Requires an unobstructed view of the sky, often installed on roofs or in open areas.
Power Requirements: In locations without grid power, systems can be powered by solar or wind energy.
Flexibility: The "Roam" service allows users to take their equipment to different remote locations.
Am not able to provide specific contacts for such a program grant but take a look at
https://starlink.com/support/article/c977d85e-ae57-e59c-6051-5689fb7a9cd7#:~:text=Starlink%20offers%20both%20fixed%20and%20mobile%20service,more%20data%2C%20and%20add%20additional%20service%20locations.
https://eulerapp.com/starlink
offers a search form where one can choose country, language, industry
'SoS', Ken
What's the error code mean?
Doesn't mean a 'gamer' can't have a valid and useful project for education purposes!
"a whole team of Boomers spiralling" ... not spun out here! Just pointed to possible resources for solution. But don't think I'll engage individually either!
'SoS', Ken
'air_gap' ... if the poster is truely GenZ, they tend to think of networking in terms of wireless ... not wire.
Actually, many moons ago, in former working life in which I connected school districts to the internet for the first time ... the following 'experience' happened ...
Got a call from a campus technologist one week and requested I meet him on his campus Saturday AM. He had an internet server with a static private IP address and a public IP address assigned and configured - a web server. Worked from Monday thru Friday ... but not on weekends and he could not figure out why.
The district Technology Directory/Network administrator 'air_gapped' his entire wide area private network every weekend, beginning 5PM Friday until 8AM Monday by unplugging the one cat 6 wire that connected the upstream router to the wide area LAN.
Reason ... he didn't want to get emails or phone calls about internet issues on weekends.
That Tech Director/Network admin didn't finish the year in that position - which, at the time, was unusual as Tech Directors/Network Admins held more power in a local ISD than the Superintendent of the ISD.
'SoS', Ken
Hi Ken
On:
Doesn't mean a 'gamer' can't have a valid and useful project for education purposes!
But the complication was that the OP was allegedly not a 'gamer' rather an e-learning developer.
"a whole team of Boomers spiralling" ... not spun out here!
Luckily. Can't help thinking of the The Lobster Quadrille.
if the poster is truely GenZ, they tend to think of networking in terms of wireless ... not wire.
LOL. Made my day!
Got a call from a campus technologist one week [..]
Belongs to the category WHO? ME?
If you are jailed, there’s no technology solutions affordable, you can’t connect anywhere, dot.
I was talking about physical prison/jail, not about computer jails… I did in the past a project to support people behind bars who would like to study to change their life at the term of the sentence.
A typical constraint it’s not to connect their PCs to internet neither temporarily and you can’t get the PCs out of the prison to install anything…
@Rick ... thanks for confirming StarLink would work in OP's case.
Can't tell from the pics, but I'll offer one more piece of advice if you do what you described often .... find a way to anchor your power supply and starlink so that someone couldn't 'walk away with them' late at night and you are sound asleep. OR, add security cameras that monitor that external equipment and would give a loud alert as well as video the activity. Just can't trust folks there days, sad to say!
'SoS', Ken
Yes, we had Internet in remote places, like this. This was "no place" in the state of Wyoming.
