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Documentation: Installing Moodle, Installation FAQ, Upgrading and Upgrading FAQ
Forum moderator: Howard Miller

Before starting a new discussion topic, please check the Installation FAQ and Upgrading FAQ and try a forum search.

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List of discussions. Showing 100 of 20606 discussions
Status	Discussion	Started by	Last post	Replies	Actions
	Upgrading Moodle Version 1.3.3 to latest- Urgent!! Locked	Divya Bansal 3 Nov 2010	Divya Bansal 30 Nov 2010	34
	Install stops with blank page after asking for directories Locked	Jon Holmes 7 July 2008	Carlos Blanco 13 July 2008	34
	Unable to upgrade to Moodle 1.5 on a Mac Locked	Jim Hardy 20 June 2005	Jim Hardy 27 July 2005	34
	Installing moodle in Bluehost	Sanvidha Herath 14 Dec 2023	Sanvidha Herath 20 Dec 2023	33
	Error DDL sql execution error (mod_h5pactivity) Locked	Benjamin Waller 21 June 2020	Hermann Schwarz 5 Oct 2021	33
	Web installation of moodle Locked	Anup Raj 24 May 2016	Usman Asar 8 June 2016	33
	Requiring slasharguments in Moodle 2.9 - will anybody be seriously affected? Locked	Marina Glancy 23 Jan 2015	Paul Verrall 1 June 2015	33
	unicode is required to be installed/enabled Check Locked	huseyin durak 10 May 2007	Richard Enison 20 Sept 2008	33
	'Data Directory' cannot be found or created Locked	Steve S. 28 Mar 2006	Ajit Jain 15 Jan 2010	33
	Plugins kill my Moodle Site	james walls 5 Sept 2023	Visvanath Ratnaweera 18 Sept 2023	32
	Blank page - no access to Moodle - again after restoring a copy!	Bente Olsen 22 July 2023	Bente Olsen 4 Sept 2023	32
	Upgrade to 4.2 Fails	Dennis Fulton 26 Apr 2023	Alan Cherwinski 5 Mar 2024	32
	m401: plugin updating missing 'click to update' Locked	Garth Brady 25 May 2022	Visvanath Ratnaweera 16 June 2022	32
	moodle 3.10 installation problem Locked	Panupong Prueksa 28 Jan 2021	Matt T 17 Apr 2021	32
	Guest login fails after update Locked	Doug Henner 16 Feb 2020	Ken Task 28 Feb 2020	32
	Unexpected end of JSON input after migrating/upgrading Locked	Kalle Isotalus 12 Feb 2020	Leon Stringer 27 Mar 2021	32
	Planet Hoster, Softaculous, Moodle and Gapfill Locked	Giralda M 13 Sept 2019	Usman Asar 19 Sept 2019	32
	Can not create local file pool file, please verify permissions in dataroot and available disk space. Locked	Deleted user 15 Sept 2013	Matteo Scaramuccia 10 Feb 2015	32
	install errors please help Locked	Christopher Johnson 13 May 2007	Richard Enison 13 Nov 2007	32
	Serious Error! Could not set up the site! Locked	Joachim Korte-Bernard 6 Oct 2005	Steve Henderson 25 May 2006	32
	MySQL problems Locked	Eric Kemsley 21 May 2005	Eric Kemsley 3 June 2005	32
	After migration images are not displayed	Gabri Z 28 Aug 2023	Emma Richardson 29 Aug 2023	31
	Unsure of directions for Moodle 3.9 on RHEL 8.5	cyber sec 17 Aug 2023	Visvanath Ratnaweera 4 Mar 2024	31
	Upgrading to 4.1.0 gives me this cron error!	Ardian Deari 29 Nov 2022	Eric Albert 16 Oct 2023	31
	Upgrading from 3.7 to 4.0.4- Newbie Locked	Obi Okonkwo 14 Oct 2022	Ken Task 19 Oct 2022	31
	(104)Connection reset by peer errors only when accessing Edit Quiz after upgrade. Locked	Stuart Anderson 29 July 2022	Ken Task 12 Aug 2022	31
	Installing Moodle with Jitsi on Ubuntu 18.04 Locked	Christopher Garwood 21 Apr 2020	Ken Task 4 May 2020	31
	Installing ICONV extension is required Locked	Nawaraj Ghimire 8 Mar 2020	cyber sec 26 Jan 2021	31
	Can"t login afther updat 3.5.2+ 10-11-2018 Locked	Bas van Kollenburg 10 Nov 2018	Debbie Unterseher 27 Nov 2018	31
	Upgrade 2.7 Antelope to Barracuda Locked	Annie Price 6 Mar 2017	Stuart Mealor 9 Jan 2018	31
	FreeTDS php_dblib.dll for PHP 5.5 Locked	David Aylmer 19 July 2013	Josh Urbain 14 Nov 2015	31
	having problem with installing Moodle 2.5 Locked	Mia Cruz 7 June 2013	Mia Cruz 25 June 2013	31
	Moodle displays no theme when page is refreshed Locked	Lisa Thiessen 3 Sept 2011	Lisa Thiessen 27 Oct 2011	31
	Multiple moodles on one server Locked	walter waldner 4 Oct 2003	Martin Dougiamas 7 Nov 2003	31
	Moodle 4 Install Locked	Andreas Schubert 4 Jan 2023	Rick Jerz 8 Jan 2023	30
	Migrating Moodle, db error Locked	Gabri Z 16 May 2022	Gabri Z 19 May 2022	30
	Zoom Integration in Moodle - For More than one teacher	Ravi Rawat 22 May 2020	Irith Herman 20 Dec 2023	30
	ERR_TOO_MANY_REDIRECTS (Already tried every single tip on the Internet) Locked	Miguel Mora Hernández 1 Nov 2019	Howard Miller 2 Nov 2019	30
	upgrade from 3.1.3 to 3.7 via 3.2.9 plus MariaDB upgrade Locked	Marian Matus 5 Oct 2019	Ken Task 8 Oct 2019	30
	installing Moodle on Ubuntu Locked	Salvatore DeMaio 15 Mar 2016	Manvir Kaur 24 Mar 2016	30
	Cron Still giving me grief Locked	David Maldonado 27 Jan 2015	David Maldonado 12 Feb 2015	30
	Moodle 1.9.7 vs 2.4 Locked	Danielle Laplante 4 May 2013	Colin Fraser 7 May 2013	30
	Multiple Moodle Installs Sharing /moodledata/ Directory Locked	Logan Modine 16 Dec 2009	Guillermo Madero 27 Apr 2014	30
	Error: Database connection failed. It is possible that the database is overloaded or otherwise ... Locked	Jet Batung Bakal 10 Sept 2009	Bruce Goode 11 Mar 2016	30
	$$$ for installation assistance Locked	Dan Stein 19 June 2007	Richard Enison 25 June 2007	30
	Error reading database	William Laursen 15 Aug 2023	Rick Jerz 17 Aug 2023	29
	Step by Step Moodle Install on Debian	James Steerpike 31 July 2023	James Steerpike 9 Aug 2023	29
	Files not downloaded in IIS with special characters +++ Locked	Алексей Буренко 11 July 2022	Ken Task 16 July 2022	29
	Upgrading from 3.11 to 3.11.6 Locked	Ricardo Silvestri 10 Apr 2022	Ricardo Silvestri 11 Apr 2022	29
	Moodle Cleanup Locked	DeLoy Wilkins 13 July 2021	Visvanath Ratnaweera 18 July 2021	29
	Error upgrading from 3.8 to 3.10.3 latest release Locked	Perry Way 13 Apr 2021	Perry Way 17 Apr 2021	29
	RESOLVED: Hold off upgrading to Moodle 3.9.5 and 3.10.2 Locked	Sander Bangma 22 Mar 2021	Sander Bangma 9 May 2021	29
	Assigment files not been shown at assigment module after 1.9 to 3.7 moodle upgrade Locked	Daniel Rodriguez 7 Dec 2019	Ken Task 13 Dec 2019	29
	Moodle 3.4.1install issue Locked	Craig Warner 23 Mar 2018	Matteo Scaramuccia 5 Apr 2018	29
	Cron Job Locked	Mārtiņš Ķīsis 19 Apr 2016	Deleted user 26 Apr 2016	29
	Moodle site installation Locked	rana saad 10 Apr 2016	rana saad 15 Apr 2016	29
	FAILED Upgrade from 1.9.19 to 2.0.10 Locked	Myrrh Lynn 4 Aug 2013	Myrrh Lynn 7 Aug 2013	29
	dataroot is not writable, admin has to fix directory permissions Locked	Andrew Bergman 8 Jan 2011	Dean Thayer 10 Apr 2018	29
	Install Moodle 2.0 "Could not find a top-level course!" Locked	Fritz Richter 18 May 2010	Ricel Leite 5 Aug 2015	29
	Send notification emails function is not working in Moodle 1.9.5+. Locked	Shin Okada 14 Sept 2009	Jason Press 2 Feb 2014	29
	Moodle Installation Problem - Apache Syntax Locked	Brad Wilson 29 Jan 2009	Richard Enison 27 Mar 2009	29
	Upgarde from 1.5.4 to 1.6 latest Locked	Jon Witts 29 May 2007	Jon Witts 20 Aug 2007	29
	Editing course - moodle 1.8 Locked	Dean Gostisa 31 Mar 2007	Brent Phar 8 Dec 2007	29
	3.11.5 to 4.0.4+ Locked	Tim Widdup 24 Oct 2022	Sergio Rabellino 28 Oct 2022	28
	migrate www to subdomain on new server with php problem Locked	REMI PICARD (substitute) 30 Aug 2022	Visvanath Ratnaweera 3 Sept 2022	28
	Upgrading 10 year old Moodle Locked	Rick Hatton 19 Mar 2022	Rick Hatton 23 Mar 2022	28
	3.3.1 to 3.5.13 upgrade error Locked	Rob Nielson 10 Aug 2020	Ken Task 13 Aug 2020	28
	Is there a way to automatically upgrade moodle? Locked	Ram Freedman 25 May 2020	Marcus Green 28 May 2020	28
	Best way to upgrade very old sites Locked	Steve R 7 May 2020	Steve R 9 Sept 2020	28
	After upgrading from 3.5.1 to 3.7.1 cron is not working Locked	Erik Frangež 22 July 2019	Erik Frangež 14 Aug 2019	28
	reinstall Moodle from old db mysql file and moodledata folder Locked	sachin sharma 16 Nov 2018	sachin sharma 22 Nov 2018	28
	Problems after upgrading to Moodle 3.4 Locked	T K 4 July 2018	Gail Jackson 21 Feb 2019	28
	Error after update to 3.2 Locked	Daniel meanock 19 Feb 2017	Ken Task 24 Feb 2017	28
	upgrading many many moodles from 1.9.18 Locked	Albert Ramsbottom 5 Apr 2016	Albert Ramsbottom 15 Apr 2016	28
	frustrating Error: database driver problem detected Locked	Damilare O. 4 Apr 2016	Ken Task 15 Apr 2016	28
	Updated PHP and now lost Moodle Locked	Mary Cooch 19 Dec 2013	Howard Miller 21 Dec 2013	28
	How to increase the file size upload limit in Moodle 2.3.2 Locked	Mark Matsune 12 Mar 2013	Emma Richardson 4 Oct 2016	28
	Warning: mysqli::close(): Couldn't fetch mysqli ... Locked	chris thorne 28 Jan 2011	Daniel Hume 21 May 2012	28
	1.9.4. Weekly upgrade stopped emails out How can I make it work again? Locked	Alexander Holsteinson 3 Feb 2009	Alexander Holsteinson 26 May 2009	28
	Installation on 1and1 server Locked	Mark DeYoung 16 Sept 2008	Richard Enison 29 Nov 2008	28
	Table 'mdl___________' already exists Locked	Scott Brubaker 27 Feb 2007	Richard Enison 17 Apr 2007	28
	Postnuke "How To" (Please) Locked	R Holden 10 Jan 2003	Richard Enison 27 Aug 2008	28
	Error when upgrading from 4.2.3 to 4.3	manolo najera 11 Oct 2023	Ken Task 3 Jan 2024	27
	Can Moodle 4.0.1 work with PHP 8.0, MariaDB 10.6.7 or MySQL 8.0	Philippe Decloitre 5 Sept 2023	Visvanath Ratnaweera 11 Sept 2023	27
	syntax error, unexpected '\|', expecting variable (T_VARIABLE)	Colleen McCarthy 28 Apr 2023	Ken Task 27 Feb 2024	27
	Moodle: graphical interface upgrade process Locked	avo user 26 Apr 2022	Ken Task 28 Apr 2022	27
	Moodle 3.9 to 3.11 and PHP 7.2 to 7.4 upgrade Locked	Rick Sparrow 24 June 2021	Ken Task 30 June 2021	27
	Table "search_index_requests" doest not exist Locked	Daniel Almeida 23 July 2020	Daniel Almeida 30 July 2020	27
	Moodle upgrade error - Invalid permissions detected when trying to create a directory. Locked	Paul Lindgreen 24 June 2020	Frank Madison 19 Jan 2022	27
	Installation problem in 3.7.2+ Locked	Petar Anastasov 1 Nov 2019	Patrick Williams 16 Sept 2020	27
	Need help on ancient Moodle (v.1.9.7) upgrade!! Locked	Maryam Webster 29 Aug 2018	Rick Jerz 3 Sept 2018	27
	Error reading from database Moodle 3.5 when install Locked	Gokulan N 20 Aug 2018	Danny Fu 15 Sept 2022	27
	After upgrading to 3.4 I get a white page HTTP ERROR 500 Locked	Irith Herman 18 May 2018	Ken Task 28 May 2018	27
	Just updated a 3.3 to 3.3+ ... experiences ... Locked	Ken Task 9 July 2017	Luis de Vasconcelos 22 July 2017	27
	Missing images after migration Locked	Ben Laor 25 Jan 2017	Rocky Richard 15 Jan 2018	27
	Installing Moodle on Windows 8.1/Laptop Locked	Jim Palmer 15 Mar 2015	Amit Sinha 30 Apr 2015	27
	Upgrade 1.9 Locked	ian begg 23 Jan 2015	Ken Task 28 Jan 2015	27
	Upgraded Moodle and it does not look right. Locked	Ryan Marshall 13 Aug 2014	Guillermo Madero 4 Sept 2014	27
	Set up installation thru GoDaddy Host Locked	Lyn Burg 5 June 2014	Charles McCoy 1 Mar 2018	27
	Upgrading vs New Install? Locked	Shawn LoPorto 27 Dec 2012	Ken Task 6 Jan 2013	27