Hi A. Obeid,
waw... that is working, Thank you so much ..
But Can you explain what was that ??? Why this error occurred..?? Why we added this to httpd.conf code ??
Asking for the Just to know about causes and to learning...
By the this is working for me... Thank you
But appropriated if you explain WHY ??
Certainly thousands of ways. Including putting Moodle on an Android tablet......
But I have one way that always works for me. A CLI install on a barebones Debian based server. A server like that can be obtained from many providers or installed on a home server.
The Ubuntu step by step guide is an example of what I think is needed. Look at this:
sudo apt install apache2 mysql-client mysql-server php libapache2-mod-php
Horrendous? But it installs a LAMP stack in one cut and paste.
Or
sudo apt install apache2 mysql-client mysql-server php libapache2-mod-php
All the php extensions dealt with.
Sure it is Linux and not Moodle but I think this might what some are looking for.
Maybe Monday this portion of thread moved to one of it's own. ;)
Bottom line ... tutorials/directions for a DIY Moodle doesn't 'fit' the Moodle Model/*official answer* ... cause that is 'host with Moodle Partner'.
A DIY (do it yourself is really wide open) ... attempts to document highly dependent upon hosting provider ... one could almost make that their 'life's work' considering the number of providers 'out there'.
Pay for a course? Not a dime if I've 'bought into' the concept of DIY! Besides ... once created they all would have to be revisited and updated to keep up with the changes - provider changes as well as moodle changes.
So let me muddy the waters some more to illustrate ... now if one doesn't read a little of each to get a sense, please don't comment on them (many times there are hidden 'golden nuggets' or 'fools gold').
Here goes ...
Might be worth a read before you begin:
https://elearninfo247.com/2014/08/15/moodle/
Providers ... have to begin with the horse ... not the cart!
Digital Ocean
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-moodle-on-ubuntu-16-04
A one click wonder?
https://installatron.com/moodle/install
That's just installing ... looks great, but nothing stays at version X. Key to these 'one click wonders' is really in updating or upgrading but user won't know how well those perform in advance.
Bluehost
https://my.bluehost.com/hosting/help/mojomarketplace
Here's an old one:
https://www.onlearningpoint.com/moodle-install-bluehost-hosting-installing-rocket-theme/
A 2.2 Moodle
https://www.changedhost.com/bluehost-moodle/
Hostinger
https://www.hostinger.com/tutorials/how-to-install-moodle
HostGator
https://www.hostgator.com/help/article/moodle-and-php-versions
Next one is confusing
Site offers a way for user to compare ... this link found via Google cause someone saved it. Note: RS Managed Cloud could host a moodle ... but it is NOT a Moodle.
https://www.g2.com/compare/moodle-vs-rackspace-managed-cloud
Adobe - Articulate community!!?? ... discussion on Moodle!!!
https://community.articulate.com/discussions/building-better-courses/best-web-server-for-your-lms
Best Moodle Hosting?
https://www.whoishostingthis.com/compare/moodle/
Siteground
https://www.siteground.com/kb/how_to_install_moodle_on_my_account/
https://www.siteground.com/kb/category/other-applications-faq/moodle-faq/
'best'???
https://www.siteground.com/lms-hosting.html
In the 'spirit of confusion',
Ken
I have exactly the same problem.
I migrate from 3.8 to 3.9 and from centos 7 to sentos 8.
on centos 8 deployed:
apache 2.4.37
mariadb 10.3.17
php 7.2.11
Mariadb 5.5.64 works on the old version.
made a dump.
restored on a new service.
also rewrote to the new server
moodledata
and also updated the Moodle folder
analytic
auth
blocks
mod
local
theme
as soon as I delete the folder /moodle/mod/h5pactivity
updating occurs without errors.
I return the h5pactivity folder back - an error appears.
with mysql_full_unicode_support I have no errors
Okay thank you, I will take a look at some of these links you provided.
Change to subject line ... hey, that's a nice trick ... let's see if Google/other search engine picks it up.
About 'Craig Weiss Group' ... wasn't trying to be sarcastic ... but look at the date ... 2014 ... still thought some pro's/con's were valid and as I said ... some info 'golden nuggets' ... some 'fools gold' - especially from those that 'toot their own horn'!
See Barry has re-joined ... Softcareservers shared. Sounds like he is 'stuck' ... for now ... actually, just not enough 'motivation' yet.
Thanks for links ... see on hrdnz ... something in the 'fine print' that might be worthy of note ... maybe of interest to Barry ...
"If you have your own Moodle server we can provide remote management of your Moodle site, or act as a co-administrator for you.
So Moodle HQ has reached the goal of a MP on every continent ... closer to every nation now ... and some MP's are finding other 'nitches' like above.
Next 'frontiers' are officialy blessed/certified 'Moodle Champions (Advisors)' ... to compete with 'Groups' ... and officialy blessed/certified 'Moodle Independent Server Techs' ...
And so the 'spin' continues to 'morph'! ... and at a time when more and more research is putting online learning under microscopes.
'SoS', Ken
https://sos.sosoftexas.org/moodle38/course/view.php?id=59
Guest access allowed
NO USER Backup of course in course.
The most important command to learn is man.
'SoS', Ken
Hi Rick
Thanks for the videos - you helped me.
I have a Moodle on Shared Hosting. But I need to change the host.
Do you recommend VPS or Cloud Hosting? and best provider?
Best regard
merth
mdl_h5pactivity is a new table in Moodle 3.9.
If I try to upgrade a site from 3.7 to 3.9 but then restore the 3.7 database to return to this version and subsequently try to upgrade I get the same error with the same table:
So this error is probably as a result of a previously failed upgrade attempt, the 3.7 database having been restored on top of the 3.9 database. By default MySQL/MariaDB will leave any new tables untouched that aren't in the backup file being restored.
It looks like the following are the new tables in 3.9 so you could see if they exist in the 3.7 database and delete (drop) them if they are. Ensure you have a database backup before making any changes.
Once you've checked that these aren't present then the upgrade can be attempted again.
Also: if the site isn't on shared hosting consider planning to switch to full Unicode support in the database (utf8mb4). It's the Moodle recommendation and MySQL's bodged utf8 implementation has no place in 2020. I'd recommend running through the process in a test environment before making the change on the live site.
My current 3.8.x instance of Moodle is using MariaDb with page compression.
When trying to upgrade to 3.9, my install fails with a DDL sql execution error - citing errno: 140 "Wrong create options". I'm fairly confident the issue is related to creation of the mdl_contentbank_content table with the ROW_FORMAT=Compressed option (table compression). The two compression schemes being mutually exclusive.
My question to the community is: Where do I find and modify the upgrade script/code to remove the offending table compression directives before attempting the database update? Is there possibly a config option to select page compression? (I can hope... right?)
Searching the documentation, I see references to such files being called /db/install.xml and/or /db/upgrade.php. But I did not find either in my instance of Moodle.
I would appreciate it if someone could point me in the correct direction on this. Thanks in advance.
Confused ... page compression is typically a web server thang .... which isn't the same as DB compressed rows.
Prior to upgrade attempt did you check server environment to see if server had versions needed?
https://docs.moodle.org/dev/Moodle_3.9_release_notes#Database_requirements
show that MariaDB version should be a minimum of 10.2.29 and notes that is an increase since Moodle 3.8.
There is a script in moodlecode/admin/cli/ called mysql_compressed_rows.php
command line only .... run with the -i (information) option to see what's up with your DB and share back what that script outputs.
If you have compat version, the following will show tables that are compressed or need to be compressed:
php mysql_compressed_rows.php -l (that's a lower case L)
-f, --fix Attempt to fix all tables (requires SUPER privilege)
-s, --showsql Print SQL statements for fixing of tables
'SoS', Ken