There's a new feature in 3.9where a user can upload or create h5p content. Does a user need to have an active h5p account all the time to use this feature without extra fees?
You have done an environment check to make sure you have what's needed for 3.9.x? PHP version ... php extensions .. DB version ... DB character set collation ... site running https?
So the moodle in /var/www/html/ is active and wasn't installed via git. The first action is to make a backup of what you have ... the moodle directory in /var/www/html/ ... a db dump ... and minimal moodledata/filedir/
Does the moodle in /var/www/html/ have addons already installed. Does it have 3rd party theme (not core) installed?
Answer those please before proceeding ... and make a list ... a plugin that is no longer compatible would/could kill all this!
What you are essentially doing then is attempting to get a moodle under git.
So above is what is called a 'side load' (dunno if that is an official term but it does describe).
*Copy* the hidden .git directory and other hidden .git files at code root of /opt/moodle/ to /var/www/html/moodle/
in /opt/moodle/ these - first is a directory ... the others are files
.git
.gitattributes
.github
.gitignore
cp -rp .git* /var/www/html/moodle/
then cd /var/www/html/moodle/ and check git ...
git branch -a
You should see * MOODLE_39_STABLE at the top.
And to assure you are tracking the right branch ...
git branch --track MOODLE_39_STABLE origin/MOODLE_39_STABLE
git checkout MOODLE_39_STABLE
Either/both of those won't re-acquire 39 code and might show you an error that is good!
I do git reset --hard also.
At that point, ready to upgrade.
in /var/www/html/moodle/
php admin/cli/maintenance.php --enable
php admin/cli/upgrade.php
IF all goes well
php admin/cli/maintenance.php --disable
php admin/cli/purge_caches.php
Check ownerships/permissions.
Hit site with browser.
'SoS', Ken
Has anyone been able to get unoconv document converter working in 3.9? I have upgraded to CentOS 8 to get the PHP and MariaDB versions upgraded so I can install 3.9. 3.9 is running but I can't get unoconv working.
Hi everyone,
When I run git branch -a command, MOODLE_39_STABLE branch is not showing. What can I do?
Thank you,
To get that working ...
unoconv is a python script. Version of unoconv?
Python version?
That calls libreoffice in a headless mode ... so libreoffice installed and version?
For it to work in headless mode, a listener has to be created ... have you created a listener?
Any and all above have means of testing ... each piece. Have you done any testing? Beginning with Unoconv through the listerner - following that path?
I take it you have read:
https://docs.moodle.org/39/en/Universal_Office_Converter_(unoconv)#CentOS_.2F_RedHat
Modifier here might be CentOS 8 itself ... which is fairly new.
Is seLinux still there and enforcing?
'SoS', Ken
What does, from moodle code directory, the following show?
fgrep '$release' version.php
One cannot 'hyperjump' a moodle if version is 'too old'.
So do a site Environment check to make sure you have required versions of PHP and MySQL/MariaDB + php extensions + DB file system/character set collation for version 3.9.highest.
'SoS', Ken
Ok, that covers versions and the fact it used to work with CentOS 7 and 3.8 ... that was then ... this is now!
Focus .... what have you done to test other than the 'test' link in Moodle code?
Listener set up?
Debug says what ... if anything?
Something outside of Moodle that might help:
https://sos.sosoftexas.org/scripts/uno_ghost/unoghosts.zip
Download zip to server in some test directory on the server.
Unzip ... read the 00-READMEFIRST.txt file.
Don't have CentOS 8 anywhere yet ... BTW, you did not have to use CentOS 8 to get higher versions of PHP nor MariaDB etc. Reputable 3 part repos do supply what's needed ... epel, remi, webtatic, mysql's own repo, etc.
https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/how-to-enable-and-install-epel-repo-on-centos-8-x/
Not sayin' start over ... but will say that compared to many folks in these community forums (including myself) you are on 'leading edge' (at present 'bleeding edge' [a little] :\)
'SoS', Ken
Got going. The issue was that the script was calling for /usr/bin/python which doesn't exist since I have python3. So I added a symbolic link from python to python3. It is now happy.
Thanks your for your help!!
Dennis
Ok, CentOS 8 from a VB image from osboxes ... installed just today.
Moodle 3.9.x installed via git just today.
Unoconv successfully installed and converted docx -> PDF both scripts provided you for testing and via 3.9 after setting up.
Installed python3 ... in unoconv had to change first line - the shebang! line
from
#!/usr/bin/env python
to
#!/usr/bin/env python3
because I had installed python3 - in CentOS 8 repos there are python2 and python3
LibreOffice I tried to install minimal ...
dnf install libreoffice-data.noarch \
libreoffice-core.x86_64 \
libreoffice-help-en.x86_64 \
libreoffice-draw.x86_64 \
libreoffice-pyuno.x86_64 \
libreoffice-calc.x86_64 \
libreoffice-pdfimport.x86_64 \
libreoffice-impress.x86_64 \
libreoffice-math.x86_64 \
libreoffice-writer.x86_64 \
libreoffice-graphicfilter.x86_64 \
libreoffice-ure.x86_64 \
libreoffice-ure-common.noarch \
libreoffice-filters.x86_64
601 Meg
but it also installed libraries ... bunch of space.
Acquired the uno_ghost test files from sos.sosoftexas.org.
Ran the bench scripts contained there in.
./uno-bench hp-unoconvtest.docx
What that outputs might help you trouble shoot.
Script did complete successfully - clip below ...
.....
Selected output format: Portable Document Format [.pdf]
Selected office filter: writer_pdf_Export
Used doctype: document
Output file: file:///var/www/html/uno_go_test/hp-unoconvtest.pdf
DEBUG: Terminating LibreOffice instance.
DEBUG: Waiting for LibreOffice instance to exit.
[root@osboxes uno_go_test]# ls -l hp-unoconvtest.pdf
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 13070 Jun 19 20:10 hp-unoconvtest.pdf
Set up the listener as per docs:
https://docs.moodle.org/39/en/Universal_Office_Converter_(unoconv)#CentOS_.2F_RedHat
Stepped through Admin interface set up for document conversions
and the path to unoconv ... test path OK
And downloaded the converted.pdf test file.
So ... doable for sure.
'SoS', Ken
Thanks..
You have given elaborate steps.Thanks for the pain that you have taken to explain the idea.
I have done everything as told by you and now I can see my site showing no updates needed.
Can you suggest any link where I can see how to do scaling of a moodle site .It should explain the steps and the idea behind it.
Regards
Govind
Dear friends, I am looking at how to automatically integrate users to moodle users from an "external" website and also an automatic subscription to paid courses.
If you are so kind to instruct me a little, I will thank you. I am working with version 3.8 of moodle.
I suposed that use an api no???
Thank you
I realize I am a late-comer to this discussion but I had the same question of the OP after a softaculous install. After reading the thread, despite the the many opinions and technical jargon offered by experts there is still an expectation that people who are installing Moodle have training using the command line, installing applications and managing folders on servers, using things like Git, etc.. And in Moodle's documentation there is the presumption that a person installing or upgrading Moodle already has this training. And, truthfully, this training is difficult to find on the Internet, in particular knowing which method it follow, what is best, etc.. So, moving from Softaculous to a manual or sftp method is a big leap for someone without this training. People like me - web designers who use markup language and a little JS, often don't have this experience working with servers, though we would like to have it. Typically the folks who work on the backend have more of this experience. If you all could point us in the direction of some good (free) training in this area, it would really help. Thanks. Barry
@moderator ... please move Barry's posting to a new thread so his question it's not buried/hidden in another thread. It deserves a thread of it's own - IMHO. (not advocacy).
@Barry ... Question ... where do you host?
Brief explanation as to why that question is significant ...
Hosting Providers: Site Ground is not Go Daddy is not Rackspace is not Digital Ocean is not OVH.
Panels provided by Providers: cPanel is not Plesk is not DirectAdmin is not Webmin
Accounts: share hosting (and any/all offered with that tag) isn't VPS (and any/all offered with that tag).
Where you host could have very good docs/tutorials, etc. ... but it would be specific to their hosting and maybe not specific to Moodle. IF one finds a doc/tutorial, many times it was for a version 2.x ... we're not in Kansas any more!
'SoS', Ken
Hello all,
I have run into an error when completing the final step when trying to upgrade the Moodle database.
I am upgrading from 3.7 to Moodle 3.9 (Build: 20200615)
I first ran all the server checks good all green ticks.
Other checks found the: mysql_full_unicode_support - check only so i don't think this is a problem.
See error below:
DDL sql execution error
Debug info: Table 'mdl_h5pactivity' already exists
CREATE TABLE mdl_h5pactivity (
id BIGINT(10) NOT NULL auto_increment,
course BIGINT(10) NOT NULL,
name VARCHAR(255) CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_general_ci NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
timecreated BIGINT(10) NOT NULL,
timemodified BIGINT(10) NOT NULL,
intro LONGTEXT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_general_ci,
introformat SMALLINT(4) NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
grade BIGINT(10) DEFAULT 0,
displayoptions SMALLINT(4) NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
enabletracking TINYINT(1) NOT NULL DEFAULT 1,
grademethod SMALLINT(4) NOT NULL DEFAULT 1,
reviewmode SMALLINT(4) DEFAULT 1,
CONSTRAINT PRIMARY KEY (id)
, KEY mdl_h5pa_cou2_ix (course)
)
ENGINE = InnoDB
DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8
DEFAULT COLLATE = utf8_general_ci
COMMENT='Stores the h5pactivity activity module instances.'
;
CREATE TABLE mdl_h5pactivity_attempts (
id BIGINT(10) NOT NULL auto_increment,
h5pactivityid BIGINT(10) NOT NULL,
userid BIGINT(20) NOT NULL,
timecreated BIGINT(10) NOT NULL,
timemodified BIGINT(10) NOT NULL,
attempt MEDIUMINT(6) NOT NULL DEFAULT 1,
rawscore BIGINT(10) DEFAULT 0,
maxscore BIGINT(10) DEFAULT 0,
scaled NUMERIC(10,5) NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
duration BIGINT(10) DEFAULT 0,
completion TINYINT(1),
success TINYINT(1),
CONSTRAINT PRIMARY KEY (id)
, KEY mdl_h5paatte_tim2_ix (timecreated)
, KEY mdl_h5paatte_h5ptim2_ix (h5pactivityid, timecreated)
, KEY mdl_h5paatte_h5puse2_ix (h5pactivityid, userid)
, KEY mdl_h5paatte_h5p2_ix (h5pactivityid)
, UNIQUE KEY mdl_h5paatte_h5puseatt2_uix (h5pactivityid, userid, attempt)
)
ENGINE = InnoDB
DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8
DEFAULT COLLATE = utf8_general_ci
COMMENT='Users attempts inside H5P activities'
;
CREATE TABLE mdl_h5pactivity_attempts_results (
id BIGINT(10) NOT NULL auto_increment,
attemptid BIGINT(10) NOT NULL,
subcontent VARCHAR(128) CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_general_ci,
timecreated BIGINT(10) NOT NULL,
interactiontype VARCHAR(128) CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_general_ci,
description LONGTEXT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_general_ci,
correctpattern LONGTEXT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_general_ci,
response LONGTEXT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_general_ci NOT NULL,
additionals LONGTEXT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_general_ci,
rawscore BIGINT(10) NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
maxscore BIGINT(10) NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
duration BIGINT(10) DEFAULT 0,
completion TINYINT(1),
success TINYINT(1),
CONSTRAINT PRIMARY KEY (id)
, KEY mdl_h5paatteresu_atttim2_ix (attemptid, timecreated)
, KEY mdl_h5paatteresu_att2_ix (attemptid)
)
ENGINE = InnoDB
DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8
DEFAULT COLLATE = utf8_general_ci
COMMENT='H5Pactivities_attempts tracking info'
Error code: ddlexecuteerror
Stack trace:
Cheers,
Ben
