You must have consulted the documentation https://docs.moodle.org/25/en/LDAP_authentication.
If that didn't help, the authentication experts are, you guessed it, in the Authentication forum: https://moodle.org/mod/forum/view.php?id=42.
On a side topic, for two issues, it makes sense to start two threads.
Visvanath Ratnaweera
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Moodle in English -> General developer forum -> Real time testing for Moodle2.9 -> Re: Real time testing for Moodle2.9
by Visvanath Ratnaweera -
Duplicate in the Hardware and performance forum: https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=321427.
Moodle in English -> Installing and upgrading help -> Upgrading advice -> Re: Upgrading advice
by Visvanath Ratnaweera -
> I don't mean to criticise open source software. I understand how much time/effort goes into it, for free.
We are not talking of OSS in general, about Moodle rather.
> However, I've used Mango -> Joomla, Drupal and Wordpress, and they're all more 'developed' than Moodle.
For a piece of software that is built specifically to handle bulk courses and users, it hasn't got great
functionality for handling bulk courses and users! At least, not what I imagined.
I can't claim to know Joomla and Drupal, but manage Wordpress. Though all these are CMSes, some are
content management systems, others course management systems.
Talking of advanced administration, you must have seen https://docs.moodle.org/25/en/Administration_via_command_line and https://docs.moodle.org/29/en/Administration_via_command_line.
> So admin capability has 'hardly' been enhanced, but it's also a 'big change'. Hmmm.
For details, see https://docs.moodle.org/dev/Category:Release_notes.
> Four full versions later and there's not a massively definitive reason for upgrading (except bug fixes)?
Did I say that?
Your impression however is not far away from my impression as a teacher. The "massively definitive reason" which is often quoted is old versions, up to and including 2.6 as of today, do not get security updates. See https://docs.moodle.org/dev/index.php?title=Releases.
> That answers my original question very nicely, thanks!
Others may differ.
We are not talking of OSS in general, about Moodle rather.
> However, I've used Mango -> Joomla, Drupal and Wordpress, and they're all more 'developed' than Moodle.
For a piece of software that is built specifically to handle bulk courses and users, it hasn't got great
functionality for handling bulk courses and users! At least, not what I imagined.
I can't claim to know Joomla and Drupal, but manage Wordpress. Though all these are CMSes, some are
content management systems, others course management systems.
Talking of advanced administration, you must have seen https://docs.moodle.org/25/en/Administration_via_command_line and https://docs.moodle.org/29/en/Administration_via_command_line.
> So admin capability has 'hardly' been enhanced, but it's also a 'big change'. Hmmm.
For details, see https://docs.moodle.org/dev/Category:Release_notes.
> Four full versions later and there's not a massively definitive reason for upgrading (except bug fixes)?
Did I say that?
Your impression however is not far away from my impression as a teacher. The "massively definitive reason" which is often quoted is old versions, up to and including 2.6 as of today, do not get security updates. See https://docs.moodle.org/dev/index.php?title=Releases.
> That answers my original question very nicely, thanks!
Others may differ.
Moodle in English -> Installing and upgrading help -> Which is better for moodle installation 2.9 - Bitnami or WAMP? -> Re: Which is better for moodle installation 2.9 - Bitnami or WAMP?
by Visvanath Ratnaweera -
Hi
You wrote:
> We have to run moodle in some underprivileged schools which might don't have internet connectivity.
So _many_ schools, none connected to the Internet? So no remote maintenance, Each school having its own system administrator? Going to be an administrative nightmare.
> Accessing the server through LAN is working fine using WAMP installation for moodle 1.9.
>
> It is just about the installation part for bitnami 2.9 that I am worried about ...
Why Bitnami then? To go for 2.9? Why 2.9?
> ... because the server system may not be as robust as we see around us.
Then go for Linux. Make one "image" if a virtual machine, say on VirtualBox, and take copies to the schools. See, for example, "Video Tutorial - Install Moodle on a virtual Box from scratch" https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=199542.
You wrote:
> We have to run moodle in some underprivileged schools which might don't have internet connectivity.
So _many_ schools, none connected to the Internet? So no remote maintenance, Each school having its own system administrator? Going to be an administrative nightmare.
> Accessing the server through LAN is working fine using WAMP installation for moodle 1.9.
>
> It is just about the installation part for bitnami 2.9 that I am worried about ...
Why Bitnami then? To go for 2.9? Why 2.9?
> ... because the server system may not be as robust as we see around us.
Then go for Linux. Make one "image" if a virtual machine, say on VirtualBox, and take copies to the schools. See, for example, "Video Tutorial - Install Moodle on a virtual Box from scratch" https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=199542.
Deutsche Moodler -> Moodle-Technikforum -> Moodle auf einem virtuellen Server installieren -> Re: Moodle auf einem virtuellen Server installieren
by Visvanath Ratnaweera -
Hallo Hiltrud
Die kurze Antwort ist, wenn das Moodle ueber HTTP angeboten wird, z.B. http://moodle.example.com, dann Port 80. Wenns HTTPS ist, , z.B. https://moodle.example.com, dann Port 443.
Unklar ist mir dabei folgendes.
Fuer den Betrieb eines Moodle-Servers sind drei Rollen zustaendig:
A. Hardware und Infrastruktur
B. Systemadminstration
C. Moodle-Administration
Im Formular geht es um A, denke ich. Konkret den Betrieb vom vSphere, Erstellung und Backups eines virtuellen Servers und die Uebergabe des Admin-Zugangs. Anschluss ans Netwerk bzw. Internet, die dazwischen liegenden Firewalls.
Die Aufgabe C uebernimmst du, nehme ich an. Gemeint ist, alles was man mit dem 'admin' Konto in Moodle machen kann.
Dazwischen gibts die Schicht B. Stellvertretend sind Site-Backups und/oder Kurs-Backups, Ueberwachung (Security, Performance), Anbindung an Uni-weite Authentisierung, Installation von Plug-ins, Themes Dritthersteller, deren Anpassung, Anpassung Memory-Limiten, Dateiupload-Limiten. Wer mache diese?
Die kurze Antwort ist, wenn das Moodle ueber HTTP angeboten wird, z.B. http://moodle.example.com, dann Port 80. Wenns HTTPS ist, , z.B. https://moodle.example.com, dann Port 443.
Unklar ist mir dabei folgendes.
Fuer den Betrieb eines Moodle-Servers sind drei Rollen zustaendig:
A. Hardware und Infrastruktur
B. Systemadminstration
C. Moodle-Administration
Im Formular geht es um A, denke ich. Konkret den Betrieb vom vSphere, Erstellung und Backups eines virtuellen Servers und die Uebergabe des Admin-Zugangs. Anschluss ans Netwerk bzw. Internet, die dazwischen liegenden Firewalls.
Die Aufgabe C uebernimmst du, nehme ich an. Gemeint ist, alles was man mit dem 'admin' Konto in Moodle machen kann.
Dazwischen gibts die Schicht B. Stellvertretend sind Site-Backups und/oder Kurs-Backups, Ueberwachung (Security, Performance), Anbindung an Uni-weite Authentisierung, Installation von Plug-ins, Themes Dritthersteller, deren Anpassung, Anpassung Memory-Limiten, Dateiupload-Limiten. Wer mache diese?