Hi Don,
1and1 has improved fairly recently. I have been able to do Moodle installations and upgrades with very few if any problems.
Below is an example of the type of information needed in the "config" file. Remember to add the "o" in the user name.
Also you need to create an installation of "phpMyAdmin" if you intend to add other programs to the server. Moodle has a file in Modules/AddOn page which can add a form of phpMyAdmin to a Moodle installation. (You could probably use that one for other programs as well but you would have to enter Moodle each time to do so.)
How to set up phpMyAdmin (at 1and1)
http://faq.1and1.com/advanced_functions_php_mysql_perl_ssh_/php/2.html
CONFIG SETTINGS
//=========================================================================
// 1. DATABASE SETUP
//=========================================================================
$CFG->dbtype = 'mysql'; // mysql or postgres7 (for now)
$CFG->dbhost = 'db92.jipora.net'; // eg localhost or db.isp.com
$CFG->dbname = 'db95345999'; // database name, eg moodle
$CFG->dbuser = 'dbo95345999'; // your database username
$CFG->dbpass = 'ABCdEfgh'; // your database password
$CFG->prefix = 'mdl_'; // Prefix to use for all table names
$CFG->dbpersist = false; // Should database connections be reused?
// "false" is the most stable setting
// "true" can improve performance sometimes
//=========================================================================
// 2. WEB SITE LOCATION
//=========================================================================
$CFG->wwwroot = 'http://s12345678.onlinehome.us/moodle';
//=========================================================================
// 3. SERVER FILES LOCATION
//=========================================================================
$CFG->dirroot = '/homepages/22/d12345999/htdocs/moodle';
//=========================================================================
// 4. DATA FILES LOCATION
//=========================================================================
$CFG->dataroot = '/homepages/22/dd12345999/htdocs/moodledata';
Hope this helps,
WP1
Hardware and performance
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