[Moodle] Mahara installation

Mon Dec 8 14:30:04 EST 2008

I'm installing Mahara right now but haven't found any clear link to the
installation guide on their site. I've mucked around and got it opening and setting up its database but can't work out

1. How to create the admin user
2. How to set up my mail system so it works ok. 

I'm using an Ubuntu box. I think the lack of effective mail is blocking my user creation.

Laurie

Just recently, on Mon, Dec 08, 2008 at 02:09:58PM +1100  in fact, Roland Gesthuizen mentioned:
> Just read that some Elgg developers jumped across to Mahara .. I suspect
> they were looking to work on the ePortfolio side of things rather than turn
> Elgg away from it's social networking goals. I'll give it a lookin but
> Mahara is looking good.
> 
> Regards Roland
> 
> 2008/12/7 Phil Brown <pdbrown at gmail.com>
> 
> > Elgg <http://elgg.org/> is a bit like Mahara. It's a bit easier to install
> > too - uses Mysql.
> >
> > Phil
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Dec 7, 2008 at 4:39 PM, Laurie Savage <sav at pvgc.vic.edu.au> wrote:
> >
> >> I haven't heard of Elgg.
> >>
> >> Laurie
> >>
> >> Just recently, on Sat, Dec 06, 2008 at 06:09:45PM +1100  in fact, Roland
> >> Gesthuizen mentioned:
> >> > I might give Elgg the last look after calling Paul .. LAMS and Mahara
> >> seem
> >> > to be the way to go.
> >> >     http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=103021
> >> >
> >> > 2008/12/6 Roland Gesthuizen <rgesthuizen at gmail.com>
> >> >
> >> > > Daniel and I are going to have a go at supercharging our Moodle server
> >> by
> >> > > integrating all these packages at once (Elgg, LAMS, Mahara etc). Am
> >> lucky to
> >> > > have some tech help around on Monday and Tuesday from NetworkHelp so
> >> it is a
> >> > > good opportunity for us to not miss the upgrade and have a specialist
> >> on
> >> > > hand.
> >> > >
> >> > > Of course we will do this using a virtual machine copy so we can roll
> >> back
> >> > > the changes if it falls over or fails. I'll get Daniel to post some
> >> feedback
> >> > > about how it goes.
> >> > >
> >> > > Regards Roland
> >> > >
> >> > > 2008/12/5 laurie Savage <sav at pvgc.vic.edu.au>
> >> > >
> >> > > I guess this is Moodlish!
> >> > >>
> >> > >> I'm playing with integrating LAMS and Moodle but am having a lot of
> >> > >> problems with the LAMS installation. I can't work out where it puts
> >> all
> >> > >> its config files on my Ubuntu system.
> >> > >>
> >> > >> I followed Donna's suggestions on tweaking MySQL with huge
> >> performance
> >> > >> boosts (thanks Donna) but that meant I use IPs rather than
> >> "localhost" for
> >> > >> mysql users. I can't for the life of me find this line in in a
> >> > >> non-existant lams.properties on my system so I can change "localhost"
> >> to
> >> > >> 127.0.0.1.
> >> > >>
> >>  SQL_URL=jdbc:mysql://localhost/${DB_NAME}?characterEncoding=utf8
> >> > >>
> >> > >> Neither can I find the MySQL password for the lams db user (you don't
> >> get
> >> > >> prompted for one on installation). Despite the online info there is
> >> no
> >> > >> /etc/lams2 or /usr/share/lams2/config and nothing in the /usr/local
> >> or
> >> > >> /usr/share/doc directories. (I really don't enjoy Java apps)
> >> > >>
> >> > >> I could untweak MySQL and comment out "skip-name-resolve" and
> >> reinstate my
> >> > >> "localhost" users but I just don't want  to!
> >> > >>
> >> > >> --
> >> > >> Laurie Savage
> >> > >> =
> >> > >> Student Assessment/Reporting & Tracking
> >> > >> Pascoe Vale Girls College
> >> > >> Pascoe Vale, Victoria, AU  9306 2544
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> >> > >
> >> > > --
> >> > > Roland Gesthuizen - ICT Coordinator - Westall Secondary College
> >> > > http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au
> >> > >
> >> > > "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can
> >> > > change the world; indeed it is the only thing that ever has."
> >> --Margaret
> >> > > Mead
> >> > >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
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> >> > Roland Gesthuizen - ICT Coordinator - Westall Secondary College
> >> > http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au
> >> >
> >> > "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can
> >> change
> >> > the world; indeed it is the only thing that ever has." --Margaret Mead
> >>
> >> --
> >> Laurie Savage
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> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Roland Gesthuizen - ICT Coordinator - Westall Secondary College
> http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au
> 
> "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change
> the world; indeed it is the only thing that ever has." --Margaret Mead

-- 
Laurie Savage
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