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Documentation: Installing Moodle, Installation FAQ, Upgrading and Upgrading FAQ
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List of discussions. Showing 100 of 20609 discussions
Status	Discussion	Started by	Last post	Replies	Actions
	Moodle Version 3.6.1 (Undefined Error) Locked	madhan gunasekaran 19 Feb 2019	Carlos Nunes 8 Jan 2020	16
	apache alias question Locked	Keith Weinheimer 19 Dec 2018	Keith Weinheimer 21 Dec 2018	16
	Moodle 1.9.7 and MSSQL 2005 - Recovery Locked	Thirunavukkarasu P 22 Oct 2018	Thirunavukkarasu P 2 Nov 2018	16
	Dev moodle on virtual machine Locked	Derek Lawrie 26 June 2018	Howard Miller 27 June 2018	16
	Update 3.2 to 3.5 - Themes not loaded Locked	Andreas Giesen 18 May 2018	Pablo Diaz 31 Aug 2018	16
	Installation Error code: nopermissions Locked	Gianluca D'Andrea 16 May 2018	Ken Task 19 May 2018	16
	Problem with "completed" command-line installation of Moodle 3.4 Locked	Gary Lebowitz 8 May 2018	Gary Lebowitz 16 May 2018	16
	Converting to UTF8 - what Moodle Docs procedure to use? Locked	Ray Hinton 7 Dec 2017	Howard Miller 11 Dec 2017	16
	Error sendmail with smtp gmail Locked	Moodle Impleta 7 Oct 2017	Matteo Scaramuccia 8 Apr 2018	16
	Just upgraded from 3.0.7 to 3.2.4 and Moodle is very slow Locked	Aretha Etienne 22 July 2017	Ken Task 2 Aug 2017	16
	PHP 7.1 - error Locked	Archie Ba 11 June 2017	Davinder Singh 19 July 2017	16
	Upgrade 3.2.2+ to 3.2.3+ Locked	Sean W 14 May 2017	Sean W 16 May 2017	16
	Multiple Moodles on one server Locked	Spiros Mitropoylos 26 Feb 2017	AL Rachels 1 Mar 2018	16
	"Coding error detected, it must be fixed by a programmer: The data source class does not exist." Locked	Aor Nannapas 21 Dec 2016	Denna Hintze 28 Aug 2018	16
	Upgrade to 3.2 Locked	John Pap 6 Dec 2016	Mark Hayes 10 Dec 2016	16
	Moodle 3.1.2+ to 3.2 (In MAMP) upgrade error-Exception - Call to a member function setup() on null Locked	William Stewart 5 Dec 2016	John Doyle 23 Dec 2016	16
	Basic Install - dataroot storedfilecannotcreatefile Locked	Pete Banish 14 Sept 2016	Azmat Ullah 4 Oct 2016	16
	Upgrade PHP version on VPS Locked	Dipankar Roy 27 Aug 2016	Howard Miller 1 Sept 2016	16
	Large SCORM upload error Locked	Peter Parker 20 Apr 2016	Ken Task 26 Apr 2016	16
	Moodle error 500 Locked	Roman Malík 18 Apr 2016	Olumuyiwa Taiwo 4 May 2016	16
	Newbie: After install, how do I call first moodle page? Locked	Bob Herrmann 22 Mar 2016	Usman Asar 23 Mar 2016	16
	Moodle 3 hangs on install Locked	Jonathan Nickerson 12 Mar 2016	Richard Wenner 23 Mar 2016	16
	Installing Moodle 3 "Table 'mdl_config' already exists" Locked	Andrew Leong 21 Dec 2015	Emma Richardson 14 Jan 2016	16
	open_basedir settings Locked	Jeffrey Smith 30 Nov 2015	Matteo Scaramuccia 1 Dec 2015	16
	Unable to log in (2.6) Locked	Patricia Loofbourrow 13 Sept 2014	Guillermo Madero 20 Sept 2014	16
	Upgrading php for 2.7 moodle windows 2007 r2 Locked	Geoff Diggles 28 July 2014	Rick Jerz 6 Aug 2014	16
	first time upgrader - I'm a little confused Locked	Peter Eckstein 10 July 2014	Guillermo Madero 15 July 2014	16
	v2.5.6 install issue Locked	Ed Snowdon (no, not THAT one) 3 July 2014	Rick Jerz 4 July 2014	16
	Brand new installation of Moodle, full installation on Windows - "This webpage has a redirect loop" Locked	Point Right 17 Jan 2014	andy doe 8 Nov 2016	16
	HELP: Manual Dreamhost Install with Amazon RDS MySQL database results in error Locked	Lee Coursey 16 Aug 2013	Ken Task 19 Aug 2013	16
	Upload Moodle2.5+ to FTP Locked	Saha Abu Bakar 9 July 2013	Saha Abu Bakar 13 July 2013	16
	Theme cache won't empty upon upgrade Locked	Dustin Horstmann 13 Apr 2013	Dustin Horstmann 20 Apr 2013	16
	I have MOODLE 1.9 Locked	Kerry Mitchell 22 Feb 2013	Visvanath Ratnaweera 27 Feb 2013	16
	Install moodle 2.4.1 on 1and1 Locked	Jeremie Coste 25 Jan 2013	Dave Emsley 16 May 2014	16
	Migrated to new server & Moodle up to 1.9 now no database Locked	Glyn Sloman 4 Jan 2013	Rick Jerz 8 Jan 2013	16
	1.9 upgrade quiz duplicate entry error Locked	Oliver Cooper 4 Dec 2012	Oliver Cooper 18 Dec 2012	16
	Help with HP touchpad Locked	Sam Jappos 29 July 2012	Colin Fraser 6 Dec 2012	16
	How can I enroll users in a course using SQL Locked	Khalid Mehmood 19 July 2012	Braz Alves 6 June 2014	16
	/dev/mapper/vg 100% Locked	Eric Hagley 4 July 2012	AL Rachels 5 July 2012	16
	Upgrade from 2.2.3+ to 2.3 fails Locked	Chris Partington 28 June 2012	Chris Partington 2 July 2012	16
	Upgrading from 1.9.17+ to 2.2.2+ : some problems Locked	Séverin Terrier 24 Apr 2012	nayan v 1 June 2012	16
	Can't Locate Upgraded Version on the Server Locked	Arlo Speer 11 Oct 2011	Arlo Speer 18 Oct 2011	16
	Multiple Moodle Instances on One Server Locked	Daniel Wainwright 25 Aug 2011	Usman Asar 22 Oct 2016	16
	Moodle 2.0+ on IE6.0 Locked	Pawan Kharbanda 3 June 2011	Howard Miller 10 June 2011	16
	Moodle 2.0.2 Fresh Install Error on user/editadvanced.php?id=2 Locked	Deleted user 24 Feb 2011	Fatih Karabaşoğlu 11 Apr 2012	16
	Can only access from localhost Locked	Ken Sims 13 Feb 2011	Regan White 18 Dec 2015	16
	php.ini memory ceiling & UTF-8 problems Locked	Guido Gautsch 16 Jan 2011	Guido Gautsch 19 Jan 2011	16
	Intl php extension issue - how do I install and use? Locked	brian avery 7 Dec 2010	Ken Task 5 June 2014	16
	Where is the "Site files" folder in Moodle 2 Frontpage? Locked	John Bonner 5 Dec 2010	Shane Morgan 15 Mar 2011	16
	Help - need to reset password, site not published Locked	Tanya Bailey 27 July 2010	Helen Foster 2 Aug 2010	16
	v2 pv2: ERROR Fatal: $CFG->dataroot is not configured properly! Exiting Locked	Markus Strobl 11 June 2010	Visvanath Ratnaweera 19 Sept 2016	16
	enrol/authorize plugin needs upgrading Locked	Iman Kheiri 15 May 2010	alooya murtada 1 July 2010	16
	quiz module needs upgrading / After upgrade to 1.9.6 Locked	Fred Frazelle 16 Feb 2010	Fred Frazelle 16 Mar 2010	16
	Moodle Themes not working Locked	Snarky Boojum 19 Aug 2009	Peter Bradley 27 Jan 2010	16
	$CFG->wwwroot change Locked	Bart Swennen 21 May 2009	Luis de Vasconcelos 18 June 2013	16
	For gurus of Moodle. Can anyone offer a step by step list to configure e-mail ... Locked	pe bosun 6 Mar 2009	DeWayne Demland 10 Aug 2009	16
	Error Installing Moodle "handling of PHP float numbers" Locked	Paul Martin 28 Jan 2009	Colin Matheson 30 June 2009	16
	I need an advice for a hosting Company... Does anyone know how goDaddy/NTC Hosting works with ... Locked	pe bosun 24 Jan 2009	Nick Syed 1 May 2011	16
	Upgrade to 1.9.3 with a minor glitch or 2 Locked	paul rayner 31 Dec 2008	paul rayner 7 Jan 2009	16
	A server error that affects your login session was detected Locked	Rory Braddell 31 Dec 2008	Gary Benner 4 Oct 2009	16
	Installation failure: parse error, unexpected T_STRING, expecting T_OLD_FUNCTION or T_FUNCTION or... Locked	Richard Webb 30 July 2008	Ian Wild 15 Aug 2008	16
	help php install Locked	Dubs DJ 22 Mar 2008	Dubs DJ 24 Mar 2008	16
	updating with cvs to MOODLE_19_STABLE Locked	John Isner 2 Feb 2008	John Isner 4 Feb 2008	16
	no graphics display via file.php Locked	Herman Groenewegen 6 Oct 2007	ADAM WONG 18 Mar 2010	16
	My host doesn't allow cron Locked	Ryan Niebur 23 Aug 2007	Ryan Niebur 29 Aug 2007	16
	Moodle crashes server Locked	Dwayne Mentzer 6 Aug 2007	Anthony Borrow 8 Aug 2007	16
	Problems setting up e-mail Locked	Jade Tippett 23 Apr 2007	Richard Enison 9 Mar 2009	16
	1.8 login not working Locked	Michael C 9 Apr 2007	Gary Benner 13 June 2008	16
	I was told it was easy!!! Locked	Alicia Salazar 20 Nov 2006	Heather P 22 Nov 2006	16
	Upgrading from 1.5.2 to 1.7 Locked	Heather P 23 Oct 2006	Tim Colson 12 Sept 2007	16
	Your session has timed out. Please login again. Locked	Junjie Gono 8 May 2006	Junjie Gono 9 May 2006	16
	Stuck on "Upgrading database" during new installation Locked	Dezso Vekassy 13 Feb 2006	Dezso Vekassy 2 Mar 2006	16
	Login Page keeeps reloading on WinXP SP2. Locked	bernie t 29 May 2005	Art Lader 5 June 2005	16
	login problems in 1.4.5 and 1.4.4 Locked	Pam Atkins 11 May 2005	Robert Alessi 15 May 2005	16
	500 error in admin Locked	Pablo Etcheverry 8 Oct 2004	Victoria Loisi 13 Oct 2004	16
	Internal Server Error Locked	Deartra Madkins-Boone 12 Aug 2004	W Page 31 Aug 2004	16
	Admin page blank and others.... Locked	Martin Mart 22 June 2004	Roger Lalik 29 June 2004	16
	Running cron on OS X Locked	Jay Melton 17 Mar 2004	Jay Melton 19 Mar 2004	16
	Some Novell Questions Locked	Tom Vallance 27 Feb 2004	John Pictin 22 July 2005	16
	Stuck on Login page Locked	Frank Catanzaro 21 Aug 2002	Thomas Canniot 8 Oct 2010	16
	Cron errors	Dennis Fulton 13 Feb 2024	Visvanath Ratnaweera 14 Feb 2024	15
	Error: Database connection failed	Joseph Rézeau 3 Jan 2024	Visvanath Ratnaweera 9 Jan 2024	15
	Moodle 4.1 LTS - Nginx php-fpm - Ubuntu 22.04 LTS > Can not initialize PHP session	Visvanath Ratnaweera 16 Oct 2023	Ken Task 20 Oct 2023	15
	DB dml_read_exception Issue after Moodle upgrade	Obi Okonkwo 27 July 2023	Obi Okonkwo 28 July 2023	15
	How to solve pending backup. Locked	Iqids Iqids 16 Jan 2023	Ken Task 20 Jan 2023	15
	The upgrade stoped at -->assignfeedback_editpdf	Алексей Буренко 15 Jan 2023	Александр ... 17 Jan 2024	15
	copy course Locked	Mohammad Moniruzzaman 10 Jan 2023	Mohammad Moniruzzaman 17 Jan 2023	15
	Upgrade from 3.11.5+ to 4.0.5+ on Windows Locked	Tim Widdup 20 Dec 2022	Visvanath Ratnaweera 19 Apr 2023	15
	Undefined pop-up error after installing Moodle Locked	Akshay Kumar 2 Dec 2022	Ken Task 6 Dec 2022	15
	Problem upgrading 3.6 to 4.0.2+ - tag_youtube blocknotexist error Locked	Derek Dongray 15 Aug 2022	Leon Stringer 16 Aug 2022	15
	Moodle and Elastic Search Locked	Richard van Iwaarden 25 July 2022	Marcus Green 6 Sept 2022	15
	Error Installing Moodle 4	Kate Rhodes 20 Apr 2022	Sergio Rabellino 14 June 2023	15
	localhost moodle mac Locked	H G 12 Apr 2022	Ralf Krause 18 Apr 2022	15
	Moodle 3.9 LTS support date extended beyond PHP v7.4 EOL Locked	Russell Morriss 8 Apr 2022	Visvanath Ratnaweera 27 June 2022	15
	Migration to Microsoft Azure Locked	Javier Tejera 9 Feb 2022	Javier Tejera 4 Mar 2022	15
	Error: Database connection failed Locked	Rolf Cper 18 Dec 2021	Leon Stringer 14 Jan 2022	15
	Error trying checking available updates - unexpected HTTP response code Locked	Fatima Shaikh 24 Nov 2021	Christian Kanteng 2 Dec 2021	15
	Help with purchasing a correct server for Moodle Locked	Lauren Land 16 Nov 2021	Ken Task 20 Nov 2021	15
	DDL sql execution error Locked	Heleni Lindsell 3 Aug 2021	Heleni Lindsell 4 Aug 2021	15
	What is "sodium," which is a required component for Moodle 3.11? Locked	Rick Jerz 3 May 2021	Rick Jerz 18 Aug 2021	15