Installing and upgrading help | Moodle.org

Forums
Documentation
Downloads
Demo
Tracker
Development
Translation
Search

Search
Moodle Sites

Moodle.org

Got a problem installing, upgrading or migrating your Moodle site?

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.

Remember to include in your post which version of Moodle (e.g. 3.8.2) you are using!

(You can find your Moodle version via Settings > Site administration > Notifications.)

Also provide as much relevant background information as you can about the versions and configuration of your server OS, PHP and browser.

List of discussions. Showing 100 of 20623 discussions
Status	Discussion	Started by	Last post	Replies	Actions
	What is "sodium," which is a required component for Moodle 3.11? Locked	Rick Jerz 3 May 2021	Rick Jerz 18 Aug 2021	15
	Invalid component used in plugin/component callback():quiz access safebrowser Locked	Yazmin Hernández 30 Aug 2020	Mihir J 6 Aug 2021	15
	PHP-Database-Moodledata on different servers. How to upgrade? Locked	Sukru Ozdemir 26 June 2020	Santosh Nagargoje 7 Aug 2020	15
	Moodle 3.9 error upgrade Locked	Victor Tihoneac 16 June 2020	Ken Task 25 Oct 2020	15
	The page isn’t redirecting properly Locked	Vivek Mandlik 23 Apr 2020	Vivek Mandlik 24 Apr 2020	15
	Moodle installation in cpanel Locked	Irith Herman 22 Apr 2020	Rick Jerz 28 Apr 2020	15
	server_redirect \|permanent and temporary \| Status Code 301 and 303 Locked	Jose A. Hernandez 14 Mar 2020	Jose A. Hernandez 27 Mar 2020	15
	Can't save changes after upgrade to 3.8.1+ Locked	Simona Squicciarini 22 Jan 2020	Benjamin Rodriguez 30 May 2020	15
	Memory exhaustion on dashboard/user pages after upgrade to 3.7.1 Locked	David Zou 15 July 2019	David Zou 18 July 2019	15
	Correct Errors before proceeding with Moodle 3.7 installation Locked	Larry Richmond 9 July 2019	Ken Task 10 July 2019	15
	Hyper V frozen Server won't restart Web url unaccessible Locked	Jamie Tinley 1 July 2019	Ken Task 14 July 2019	15
	Grade book background processing fails after migration Locked	Steve Morrison 1 June 2019	Erik Frangež 22 July 2019	15
	Trouble getting Apache to recognize installed PHP7.2 Locked	Andrew Stella 23 Apr 2019	Alain Raap 24 Apr 2019	15
	possible to upgrade from 3.5 to 3.6 with MySQL 5.5 ? (no choice) Locked	RENAN SAVIDAN 20 Jan 2019	RENAN SAVIDAN 22 Jan 2019	15
	CSS not loading due to slash arguments Locked	Selene Posada 18 July 2018	Ken Task 10 Oct 2018	15
	Changing Domain gives 403 error Locked	Dave Ball 4 July 2018	Ken Task 5 July 2018	15
	Error when upgrading to 3.4 Locked	Irith Herman 17 May 2018	Ken Task 18 May 2018	15
	How to document moodle site configuration? Locked	Philip Jones 25 Feb 2018	Emma Richardson 6 Mar 2018	15
	In-campus access thru intranet site and outside internet access Locked	shiva k 18 Feb 2018	shiva k 21 Feb 2018	15
	Restore stops at upload with: "PHP is missing a temporary folder" Locked	Gerald Grow 16 July 2017	Gerald Grow 1 Sept 2017	15
	Can't install 3.3 locally on Windows Locked	Pierre M 16 May 2017	Yasser Farid 11 Nov 2017	15
	php upgrade Locked	jobe jobe 20 Mar 2017	Just H 9 May 2017	15
	Installing Error Locked	Annie Garwood 18 Mar 2017	Annie Garwood 29 Mar 2017	15
	What’s New in 3.2? Locked	Natassia Stelmaszek 17 Nov 2016	Derek Chirnside 5 Dec 2016	15
	Global Search on Moodle 3.1 Locked	Davi DePaula 15 Sept 2016	Sebastjanas Vaisovas 10 May 2017	15
	Updating to 3.1.1 - Lost permissions Locked	Henrique Junger 3 Aug 2016	Robert Brenstein 3 Aug 2016	15
	OK to delete cache and temp folders in moodledata? Locked	Floyd Saner 16 May 2016	Usman Asar 19 May 2016	15
	Services for just hosting Moodle and BigBlueButton?? Locked	Steven Chippendale 10 May 2016	Ron Meske 16 May 2016	15
	upgrade from Moodle 2.2.1 to 3.0 Locked	tim lambert 11 Dec 2015	Adriane Cônsolo 18 Feb 2016	15
	Help with sending emails Locked	John Smith 18 Oct 2015	Ken Task 22 Oct 2015	15
	Error reading from database, ddltablenotexist (Help!) Locked	David Morrow 3 Aug 2015	Emma Richardson 13 Oct 2016	15
	Upgrade from 2.6 to 2.9.1 and themes are not working Locked	Mark Jones 22 July 2015	Mark Jones 28 July 2015	15
	After installing moodle it shows error (version Moodle 2.9) Locked	Varsha Salunkhe 14 July 2015	Emma Richardson 21 July 2015	15
	Installing Moodle on to the server Locked	jay parmar 17 Apr 2015	jay parmar 23 Apr 2015	15
	Set-up Moodle on Local Network Locked	Bill Meador 15 Apr 2015	Visvanath Ratnaweera 22 Apr 2015	15
	php_extension intl & php_setting opcache.enable Locked	derek reddy 10 Apr 2015	derek reddy 11 Apr 2015	15
	OS X 10.10.1 (Yosemite) and Moodle4Mac-MAMP 2.8.1 - MAMP servers dont start Locked	Tina Marles 4 Dec 2014	Usman Asar 10 Dec 2014	15
	organizational unit other then 'moodle' Locked	Rich Rich 10 Oct 2014	madhu bheemagani 4 Dec 2014	15
	Moodle 2.7Install error on godaddy vps Locked	Terry Brown 10 July 2014	Visvanath Ratnaweera 22 Mar 2015	15
	Softaculous upgrades Locked	Jason Lane 7 June 2014	john Simpson 25 Oct 2014	15
	Upgrade from 2.6 to 2.7 Broke images Locked	Ashley Neely 27 May 2014	Lorin Toews 22 July 2015	15
	Install 2.5.5 on GoDaddy VPS Locked	Stefan McGarvey 22 Mar 2014	Stefan McGarvey 3 Apr 2014	15
	Installation sticking at a certain spot & freezes? Help please. Locked	Tannis P 18 Feb 2014	Vinay M 31 July 2016	15
	"Aborting" message when getting latest Moodle on Git Locked	Mary Cooch 11 Jan 2014	Mary Cooch 12 Jan 2014	15
	WAN and/or LAN access to moodle 2.6+ Locked	kevin ho 4 Jan 2014	kevin ho 17 Jan 2014	15
	Broken links Locked	Gunilla Brattberg 9 Oct 2013	Gunilla Brattberg 14 Oct 2013	15
	Installation must be finished from the original IP address, sorry Locked	rui gomes 9 Oct 2013	Bret Miller 17 Oct 2013	15
	Moving/Migrating Moodle 2.5 to a dedicated server on Godaddy Locked	Luz Mendoza 26 Sept 2013	Guillermo Madero 4 Oct 2013	15
	After installing Moodle 2.5 it says Index of / Locked	Jay Spence 25 Sept 2013	Guillermo Madero 27 Sept 2013	15
	admin cannot log in after upgrade from 1.9 to 2.2 Locked	Craig Smith 22 June 2013	Leon Stringer 4 July 2013	15
	Migration 2.4.4 -> 2.5: utf-8 not installed (bug?!) Locked	João Silva 16 May 2013	Jaswant Tak 25 July 2013	15
	Problem with admin password after install Locked	Mark Gordon-Bird 29 Apr 2013	dave wade 6 Dec 2013	15
	Renaming the Moodle Sub-domain Location Locked	Anthony Rodriguez 31 Mar 2013	ankitsaxena Saxena 8 Apr 2013	15
	New 2.4.1 installation fails Locked	Jan Combrink 24 Jan 2013	Jan Combrink 29 Jan 2013	15
	Installation Problem -- Intermittent "Dataroot location is not secure" Locked	Hal D'Arpini 10 Dec 2012	Visvanath Ratnaweera 19 Dec 2012	15
	Moodle crash my server in the installation Locked	farok ojil 13 Nov 2012	farok ojil 19 Nov 2012	15
	Why do I see Skip to...and no CSS? Locked	Ali Bal 2 Nov 2012	Luis de Vasconcelos 20 Nov 2012	15
	upgrade in 2.3 to the newest version Locked	Tim F 18 Sept 2012	Glenys Hanson 5 Nov 2012	15
	Moodle Upgrade 2.3 to 2.3.1 Disaster Locked	William Emmons 11 July 2012	Howard Miller 13 July 2012	15
	public access problem for my moodle server urgent Locked	ali munir 10 July 2012	Tomasz Muras 11 July 2012	15
	Moodle 2.2, I cant get a installation page when I put in my supposedly moodle site, Ex. ... Locked	Barry Taylor 14 June 2012	Howard Miller 18 June 2012	15
	Problem - Upgrading from 1.9.8 to 2.2.3 Locked	Fabio Pellicioli 22 May 2012	Fabio Pellicioli 25 May 2012	15
	How do I change to decaf theme in Moodle 2.2.2 ? Locked	natalie_n_nellsson boijacks 15 May 2012	natalie_n_nellsson boijacks 16 May 2012	15
	Success installing Moodle 2.2 to GoDaddy Windows shared hosting account Locked	Cyrelle Gerson 4 May 2012	Hal D'Arpini 11 Dec 2012	15
	Upgrade 1.9.14 - 2.2 DDL sql execution error - Duplicate entry '11862-auth... Locked	Susan Mangan 30 Mar 2012	Monica Bokos 4 May 2012	15
	I cant register my moodle site plz help Locked	madhusudhan r 13 Mar 2012	madhusudhan r 16 Mar 2012	15
	Moodle 2.1.2 install cannot create a secure moodledata dir on windows host Locked	jose downes 14 Nov 2011	Sergio Pinarello 4 Dec 2011	15
	Can't upload files Locked	Hayk Zakaryan 5 Aug 2011	James Gardner 6 Dec 2011	15
	Windows 7 and Moodle 2.1+ Don't seem to work Locked	Charles Gunter 25 July 2011	Craig Mackey 11 Dec 2011	15
	Installation problem - unicode must be installed and enabled Locked	Sree Golla 4 June 2011	Simon Cole 26 July 2011	15
	SQL server trouble Locked	Norman Caissie 28 Apr 2011	Luis de Vasconcelos 6 May 2011	15
	Unable to complete upgrade to Moodle 2.0 Locked	Anton van Heerden 7 Jan 2011	Howard Miller 18 Jan 2011	15
	GODADDY AND DATAROOT FILE Locked	hugh kelly 24 Dec 2010	James Kever 7 Feb 2011	15
	Skin after install Locked	Bob Brown 25 Nov 2010	Julio Lopez 19 Oct 2011	15
	Cannot properly access Moodle from other computers. Locked	Dipan Das 13 Aug 2010	Jon Witts 19 Aug 2010	15
	Moodle server Locked	Susan Hodges 2 Apr 2010	Colin Fraser 5 Apr 2010	15
	Useing MSSQL as Database server Locked	Steven Self 23 Jan 2010	Luis de Vasconcelos 18 Feb 2010	15
	moodle/admin "white screen of death" solutions Locked	emerson loustau 23 Dec 2009	Jaswant Tak 19 Sept 2011	15
	I got it done but one thing left Locked	DeWayne Demland 7 Nov 2009	DeWayne Demland 8 Nov 2009	15
	Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 30 seconds exceeded Locked	Paolo Oprandi 25 Mar 2009	nuurol F. 26 June 2013	15
	Explanation on Apache pre-requisites Locked	linda linda 3 June 2008	linda linda 6 June 2008	15
	Installation prob - displaying the Index of/moodle Locked	andy deloso 25 Apr 2008	Richard Enison 2 May 2008	15
	"Error reading environment data (13)" in Environment check Locked	Robert Allerstorfer 3 Apr 2008	Richard Wallace 21 May 2009	15
	Error Warning: fopen htaccess) [function.fopen]: failed to open stream: Permission denied Locked	Sarah Quantick 11 June 2007	Richard Enison 21 July 2007	15
	RE: problem in making the config.php file while installing moodle.1.7.2 Locked	Ajeet Nagmote 18 May 2007	Richard Enison 18 May 2007	15
	The 'Data Directory' you specified could not be found or created. Locked	Roy Pointflex 10 May 2007	Richard Enison 2 Mar 2009	15
	Environment Checking does not complete with moodle 1.7.1 Locked	Stuart Andrew 28 Jan 2007	Mauno Korpelainen 29 Jan 2007	15
	how come MOODLE so complicate to install? Locked	Ray Thach 14 Dec 2006	Timothy Takemoto 8 Oct 2007	15
	404 after basic installation Locked	Bob Robertson 10 Oct 2006	centox centox 13 Apr 2007	15
	Upgrade errors Locked	Alistair Mitchell 20 June 2006	Graham Stone 25 Aug 2006	15
	chmod() error messages Locked	Norbert Berger 4 Apr 2006	Daniel Ward 29 June 2006	15
	Moodle doesn't find my data directory either Locked	Doug Maynard 22 Jan 2006	Jonathan Moore 24 Jan 2006	15
	Installation holds at "setting up module tables" page Locked	Yuval Shaul 5 Jan 2006	Dr. Ritalin 6 Feb 2007	15
	Data Directory and Data Security question . . . Locked	Dave Hartley 30 Nov 2005	David Wilkinson 16 Dec 2005	15
	Buy a web server or use a web hosting company??? Help! Locked	Duncan Smith 8 June 2005	Kent Bergstrom 18 July 2005	15
	1050: Table 'mdl_blocks' already exists Locked	Jeff Feldstein 5 Mar 2005	John Couke 3 Nov 2005	15
	Profile images won't display Locked	Robert Lefebvre 27 July 2004	Richard Enison 19 Aug 2008	15
	Installing moodle in various linux distribution Locked	Debasis Satapathy 16 Mar 2004	Howard Miller 16 Mar 2004	15
	Installation - request for help Locked	Lev Abramov 12 Sept 2003	Lev Abramov 16 Sept 2003	15
	Cant open Admin Page Locked	Raheel Iqbal 25 Aug 2002	Davide Suraci 2 Sept 2002	15