Moodle™ LMS is an open source online Learning Management System widely used at universities, schools, and corporations. It is modular and highly adaptable to any type of online learning.
Overview of Bitnami LMS powered by Moodle™ LMS
Disclaimer: The respective trademarks mentioned in the offering are owned by the respective companies. We do not provide commercial license of any of these products. This listing has an open source license. Moodle(TM) LMS is run and maintained by Moodle HQ, that is a completely and separate project from Bitnami.
$ curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-moodle/master/docker-compose.yml > docker-compose.yml
$ docker-compose up -d
Warning: This quick setup is only intended for development environments. You are encouraged to change the insecure default credentials and check out the available configuration options in the Environment Variables section for a more secure deployment.
- Bitnami closely tracks upstream source changes and promptly publishes new versions of this image using our automated systems.
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- Bitnami containers, virtual machines and cloud images use the same components and configuration approach - making it easy to switch between formats based on your project needs.
- All our images are based on minideb a minimalist Debian based container image which gives you a small base container image and the familiarity of a leading Linux distribution.
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DOCKER_CONTENT_TRUST=1
to verify the integrity of the images. - Bitnami container images are released on a regular basis with the latest distribution packages available.
Deploying Bitnami applications as Helm Charts is the easiest way to get started with our applications on Kubernetes. Read more about the installation in the Bitnami Chart for Moodle™ GitHub repository.
Bitnami containers can be used with Kubeapps for deployment and management of Helm Charts in clusters.
Learn more about the Bitnami tagging policy and the difference between rolling tags and immutable tags in our documentation page.
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Subscribe to project updates by watching the bitnami/moodle GitHub repo.
The recommended way to get the Bitnami Docker Image for Moodle™ is to pull the prebuilt image from the Docker Hub Registry.
$ docker pull bitnami/moodle:latest
To use a specific version, you can pull a versioned tag. You can view the list of available versions in the Docker Hub Registry.
$ docker pull bitnami/moodle:[TAG]
If you wish, you can also build the image yourself.
$ docker build -t bitnami/moodle:latest 'https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-moodle.git#master:4/debian-11'
Moodle™ requires access to a MySQL or MariaDB database to store information. We'll use the Bitnami Docker Image for MariaDB for the database requirements.
The main folder of this repository contains a functional docker-compose.yml
file. Run the application using it as shown below:
$ curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-moodle/master/docker-compose.yml > docker-compose.yml
$ docker-compose up -d
If you want to run the application manually instead of using docker-compose
, these are the basic steps you need to run:
$ docker network create moodle-network
$ docker volume create --name mariadb_data
$ docker run -d --name mariadb \
--env ALLOW_EMPTY_PASSWORD=yes \
--env MARIADB_USER=bn_moodle \
--env MARIADB_PASSWORD=bitnami \
--env MARIADB_DATABASE=bitnami_moodle \
--network moodle-network \
--volume mariadb_data:/bitnami/mariadb \
bitnami/mariadb:latest
$ docker volume create --name moodle_data
$ docker run -d --name moodle \
-p 8080:8080 -p 8443:8443 \
--env ALLOW_EMPTY_PASSWORD=yes \
--env MOODLE_DATABASE_USER=bn_moodle \
--env MOODLE_DATABASE_PASSWORD=bitnami \
--env MOODLE_DATABASE_NAME=bitnami_moodle \
--network moodle-network \
--volume moodle_data:/bitnami/moodle \
bitnami/moodle:latest
Access your application at http://your-ip/
If you remove the container all your data will be lost, and the next time you run the image the database will be reinitialized. To avoid this loss of data, you should mount a volume that will persist even after the container is removed.
For persistence you should mount a directory at the /bitnami/moodle
path. If the mounted directory is empty, it will be initialized on the first run. Additionally you should mount a volume for persistence of the MariaDB data](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-mariadb#persisting-your-database).
The above examples define the Docker volumes named mariadb_data and moodle_data. The Moodle™ application state will persist as long as volumes are not removed.
To avoid inadvertent removal of volumes, you can mount host directories as data volumes. Alternatively you can make use of volume plugins to host the volume data.
This requires a minor change to the docker-compose.yml
file present in this repository:
mariadb:
...
volumes:
- - 'mariadb_data:/bitnami/mariadb'
+ - /path/to/mariadb-persistence:/bitnami/mariadb
...
moodle:
...
volumes:
- - 'moodle_data:/bitnami/moodle'
+ - /path/to/moodle-persistence:/bitnami/moodle
...
-volumes:
- mariadb_data:
- driver: local
- moodle_data:
- driver: local
$ docker network create moodle-network
$ docker run -d --name mariadb \
--env ALLOW_EMPTY_PASSWORD=yes \
--env MARIADB_USER=bn_moodle \
--env MARIADB_PASSWORD=bitnami \
--env MARIADB_DATABASE=bitnami_moodle \
--network moodle-network \
--volume /path/to/mariadb-persistence:/bitnami/mariadb \
bitnami/mariadb:latest
$ docker run -d --name moodle \
-p 8080:8080 -p 8443:8443 \
--env ALLOW_EMPTY_PASSWORD=yes \
--env MOODLE_DATABASE_USER=bn_moodle \
--env MOODLE_DATABASE_PASSWORD=bitnami \
--env MOODLE_DATABASE_NAME=bitnami_moodle \
--network moodle-network \
--volume /path/to/moodle-persistence:/bitnami/moodle \
bitnami/moodle:latest
When you start the Moodle™ image, you can adjust the configuration of the instance by passing one or more environment variables either on the docker-compose file or on the docker run
command line. If you want to add a new environment variable:
- For docker-compose add the variable name and value under the application section in the
docker-compose.yml
file present in this repository:
moodle:
...
environment:
- MOODLE_PASSWORD=my_password
...
- For manual execution add a
--env
option with each variable and value:
$ docker run -d --name moodle -p 80:8080 -p 443:8443 \
--env MOODLE_PASSWORD=my_password \
--network moodle-tier \
--volume /path/to/moodle-persistence:/bitnami \
bitnami/moodle:latest
Available environment variables:
MOODLE_USERNAME
: Moodle application username. Default: userMOODLE_PASSWORD
: Moodle application password. Default: bitnamiMOODLE_EMAIL
: Moodle application email. Default: user@example.comMOODLE_SITE_NAME
: Moodle site name. Default: New SiteMOODLE_SKIP_BOOTSTRAP
: Do not initialize the Moodle database for a new deployment. This is necessary in case you use a database that already has Moodle data. Default: noMOODLE_HOST
: Allows you to configure Moodle's wwwroot feature. Ex: example.com. By default it is a PHP superglobal variable. Default: $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST']MOODLE_REVERSEPROXY
: Allows you to activate the reverseproxy feature of Moodle. Default: noMOODLE_SSLPROXY
: Allows you to activate the sslproxy feature of Moodle. Default: no
MOODLE_DATABASE_TYPE
: Database type. Valid values: mariadb, mysqli, pgsql. Default: mariadbMOODLE_DATABASE_HOST
: Hostname for database server. Default: mariadbMOODLE_DATABASE_PORT_NUMBER
: Port used by database server. Default: 3306MOODLE_DATABASE_NAME
: Database name that Moodle will use to connect with the database. Default: bitnami_moodleMOODLE_DATABASE_USER
: Database user that Moodle will use to connect with the database. Default: bn_moodleMOODLE_DATABASE_PASSWORD
: Database password that Moodle will use to connect with the database. No defaults.ALLOW_EMPTY_PASSWORD
: It can be used to allow blank passwords. Default: no
MYSQL_CLIENT_FLAVOR
: SQL database flavor. Valid values:mariadb
ormysql
. Default: mariadb.MYSQL_CLIENT_DATABASE_HOST
: Hostname for MariaDB server. Default: mariadbMYSQL_CLIENT_DATABASE_PORT_NUMBER
: Port used by MariaDB server. Default: 3306MYSQL_CLIENT_DATABASE_ROOT_USER
: Database admin user. Default: rootMYSQL_CLIENT_DATABASE_ROOT_PASSWORD
: Database password for the database admin user. No defaults.MYSQL_CLIENT_CREATE_DATABASE_NAME
: New database to be created by the mysql client module. No defaults.MYSQL_CLIENT_CREATE_DATABASE_USER
: New database user to be created by the mysql client module. No defaults.MYSQL_CLIENT_CREATE_DATABASE_PASSWORD
: Database password for theMYSQL_CLIENT_CREATE_DATABASE_USER
user. No defaults.MYSQL_CLIENT_CREATE_DATABASE_CHARACTER_SET
: Character set to use for the new database. No defaults.MYSQL_CLIENT_CREATE_DATABASE_COLLATE
: Database collation to use for the new database. No defaults.MYSQL_CLIENT_CREATE_DATABASE_PRIVILEGES
: Database privileges to grant for the user specified inMYSQL_CLIENT_CREATE_DATABASE_USER
to the database specified inMYSQL_CLIENT_CREATE_DATABASE_NAME
. No defaults.MYSQL_CLIENT_ENABLE_SSL_WRAPPER
: Whether to force SSL connections to the database via themysql
CLI tool. Useful for applications that rely on the CLI instead of APIs. Default: noMYSQL_CLIENT_ENABLE_SSL
: Whether to force SSL connections for the database. Default: noMYSQL_CLIENT_SSL_CA_FILE
: Path to the SSL CA file for the new database. No defaultsMYSQL_CLIENT_SSL_CERT_FILE
: Path to the SSL CA file for the new database. No defaultsMYSQL_CLIENT_SSL_KEY_FILE
: Path to the SSL CA file for the new database. No defaultsALLOW_EMPTY_PASSWORD
: It can be used to allow blank passwords. Default: no
POSTGRESQL_CLIENT_DATABASE_HOST
: Hostname for the PostgreSQL server. Default: postgresqlPOSTGRESQL_CLIENT_DATABASE_PORT_NUMBER
: Port used by the PostgreSQL server. Default: 5432POSTGRESQL_CLIENT_POSTGRES_USER
: Database admin user. Default: rootPOSTGRESQL_CLIENT_POSTGRES_PASSWORD
: Database password for the database admin user. No defaults.POSTGRESQL_CLIENT_CREATE_DATABASE_NAMES
: List of new databases to be created by the postgresql-client module. No defaults.POSTGRESQL_CLIENT_CREATE_DATABASE_USER
: New database user to be created by the postgresql-client module. No defaults.POSTGRESQL_CLIENT_CREATE_DATABASE_PASSWORD
: Database password for thePOSTGRESQL_CLIENT_CREATE_DATABASE_USER
user. No defaults.POSTGRESQL_CLIENT_CREATE_DATABASE_EXTENSIONS
: PostgreSQL extensions to enable in the specified database during the first initialization. No defaults.POSTGRESQL_CLIENT_EXECUTE_SQL
: SQL code to execute in the PostgreSQL server. No defaults.ALLOW_EMPTY_PASSWORD
: It can be used to allow blank passwords. Default: no
To configure Moodle™ to send email using SMTP you can set the following environment variables:
MOODLE_SMTP_HOST
: SMTP host.MOODLE_SMTP_PORT
: SMTP port.MOODLE_SMTP_USER
: SMTP account user.MOODLE_SMTP_PASSWORD
: SMTP account password.MOODLE_SMTP_PROTOCOL
: SMTP protocol.
PHP_ENABLE_OPCACHE
: Enable OPcache for PHP scripts. No default.PHP_EXPOSE_PHP
: Enables HTTP header with PHP version. No default.PHP_MAX_EXECUTION_TIME
: Maximum execution time for PHP scripts. No default.PHP_MAX_INPUT_TIME
: Maximum input time for PHP scripts. No default.PHP_MAX_INPUT_VARS
: Maximum amount of input variables for PHP scripts. No default.PHP_MEMORY_LIMIT
: Memory limit for PHP scripts. Default: 256MPHP_POST_MAX_SIZE
: Maximum size for PHP POST requests. No default.PHP_UPLOAD_MAX_FILESIZE
: Maximum file size for PHP uploads. No default.
This would be an example of SMTP configuration using a Gmail account:
-
Modify the
docker-compose.yml
file present in this repository:moodle: ... environment: - MOODLE_DATABASE_USER=bn_moodle - MOODLE_DATABASE_NAME=bitnami_moodle - ALLOW_EMPTY_PASSWORD=yes - MOODLE_SMTP_HOST=smtp.gmail.com - MOODLE_SMTP_PORT=587 - MOODLE_SMTP_USER=your_email@gmail.com - MOODLE_SMTP_PASSWORD=your_password - MOODLE_SMTP_PROTOCOL=tls ...
-
For manual execution:
$ docker run -d --name moodle -p 80:8080 -p 443:8443 \ --env MOODLE_DATABASE_USER=bn_moodle \ --env MOODLE_DATABASE_NAME=bitnami_moodle \ --env MOODLE_SMTP_HOST=smtp.gmail.com \ --env MOODLE_SMTP_PORT=587 \ --env MOODLE_SMTP_USER=your_email@gmail.com \ --env MOODLE_SMTP_PASSWORD=your_password \ --env MOODLE_SMTP_PROTOCOL=tls \ --network moodle-tier \ --volume /path/to/moodle-persistence:/bitnami \ bitnami/moodle:latest
This would be an instance ready to be put behind the NGINX load balancer.
-
Modify the
docker-compose.yml
file present in this repository:moodle: ... environment: - MOODLE_HOST=example.com - MOODLE_REVERSEPROXY=true - MOODLE_SSLPROXY=true ...
-
For manual execution:
$ docker run -d --name moodle -p 80:8080 -p 443:8443 \ --env MOODLE_HOST=example.com \ --env MOODLE_REVERSEPROXY=true \ --env MOODLE_SSLPROXY=true \ --network moodle-tier \ --volume /path/to/moodle-persistence:/bitnami \ bitnami/moodle:latest
By default, this container packs a generic English version of Moodle™. Nevertheless, more Language Packs can be added to the default configuration using the in-platform Administration interface. In order to fully support a new Language Pack it is also a requirement to update the system's locales files. To do that, you have several options:
You can add extra locales using the EXTRA_LOCALES
build-time variable when building the Docker image. The values must be separated by commas or semicolons (and optional spaces), and refer to entries in the /usr/share/i18n/SUPPORTED
file inside the container.
For example, the following value would add French, German, Italian and Spanish, you would specify the following value in EXTRA_LOCALES
:
fr_FR.UTF-8 UTF-8, de_DE.UTF-8 UTF-8, it_IT.UTF-8 UTF-8, es_ES.UTF-8 UTF-8
NOTE: The locales
en_AU.UTF-8 UTF-8
anden_US.UTF-8 UTF-8
will always be packaged, defaulting toen_US.UTF-8 UTF-8
.
To use EXTRA_LOCALES
, you have two options:
-
Modify the
docker-compose.yml
file present in this repository:moodle: ... # image: 'bitnami/moodle:4' # remove this line ! build: context: . dockerfile: Dockerfile args: - EXTRA_LOCALES=fr_FR.UTF-8 UTF-8, de_DE.UTF-8 UTF-8, it_IT.UTF-8 UTF-8, es_ES.UTF-8 UTF-8 ...
-
For manual execution, clone the repository and run the following command inside the
4/debian-11
directory:$ docker build -t bitnami/moodle:latest --build-arg EXTRA_LOCALES="fr_FR.UTF-8 UTF-8, de_DE.UTF-8 UTF-8, it_IT.UTF-8 UTF-8, es_ES.UTF-8 UTF-8" .
You can generate all supported locales by setting the build environment variable WITH_ALL_LOCALES=yes
. Note that the generation of all the locales takes some time.
To use WITH_ALL_LOCALES
, you have two options:
-
Modify the
docker-compose.yml
file present in this repository:moodle: ... # image: 'bitnami/moodle:4' # remove this line ! build: context: . dockerfile: Dockerfile args: - WITH_ALL_LOCALES=yes ...
-
For manual execution, clone the repository and run the following command inside the
4/debian-11
directory:$ docker build -t bitnami/moodle:latest --build-arg WITH_ALL_LOCALES=yes .
Finally, you can extend the default image and adding as many locales as needed:
FROM bitnami/moodle
RUN echo "es_ES.UTF-8 UTF-8" >> /etc/locale.gen && locale-gen
Bear in mind that in the example above es_ES.UTF-8 UTF-8
is the locale needed for the desired Language Pack to install. You may change this value to the locale corresponding to your pack.
The Bitnami Docker image for Moodle™ sends the container logs to stdout
. To view the logs:
$ docker logs moodle
Or using Docker Compose:
$ docker-compose logs moodle
You can configure the containers logging driver using the --log-driver
option if you wish to consume the container logs differently. In the default configuration docker uses the json-file
driver.
To backup your data, configuration and logs, follow these simple steps:
$ docker stop moodle
Or using Docker Compose:
$ docker-compose stop moodle
We need to mount two volumes in a container we will use to create the backup: a directory on your host to store the backup in, and the volumes from the container we just stopped so we can access the data.
$ docker run --rm -v /path/to/moodle-backups:/backups --volumes-from moodle busybox \
cp -a /bitnami/moodle /backups/latest
Restoring a backup is as simple as mounting the backup as volumes in the containers.
For the MariaDB database container:
$ docker run -d --name mariadb \
...
- --volume /path/to/mariadb-persistence:/bitnami/mariadb \
+ --volume /path/to/mariadb-backups/latest:/bitnami/mariadb \
bitnami/mariadb:latest
For the Moodle™ container:
$ docker run -d --name moodle \
...
- --volume /path/to/moodle-persistence:/bitnami/moodle \
+ --volume /path/to/moodle-backups/latest:/bitnami/moodle \
bitnami/moodle:latest
NOTE: Since Moodle(TM) 3.4.0-r1, the application upgrades should be done manually inside the docker container following the official documentation. As an alternative, you can try upgrading using an updated Docker image. However, any data from the Moodle(TM) container will be lost and you will have to reinstall all the plugins and themes you manually added.
Bitnami provides up-to-date versions of MariaDB and Moodle™, including security patches, soon after they are made upstream. We recommend that you follow these steps to upgrade your container. We will cover here the upgrade of the Moodle™ container. For the MariaDB upgrade see: https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-mariadb/blob/master/README.md#upgrade-this-image
$ docker pull bitnami/moodle:latest
Stop the currently running container using the command
$ docker-compose stop moodle
Follow the steps in Backing up your container to take a snapshot of the current application state.
Remove the currently running container by executing the following command:
docker-compose rm -v moodle
Update the image tag in docker-compose.yml
and re-create your container with the new image:
$ docker-compose up -d
The Bitnami Docker image for Moodle™ is designed to be extended so it can be used as the base image for your custom web applications.
Before extending this image, please note there are certain configuration settings you can modify using the original image:
- Settings that can be adapted using environment variables. For instance, you can change the ports used by Apache for HTTP and HTTPS, by setting the environment variables
APACHE_HTTP_PORT_NUMBER
andAPACHE_HTTPS_PORT_NUMBER
respectively. - Adding custom virtual hosts.
- Replacing the 'httpd.conf' file.
- Using custom SSL certificates.
If your desired customizations cannot be covered using the methods mentioned above, extend the image. To do so, create your own image using a Dockerfile with the format below:
FROM bitnami/moodle
## Put your customizations below
...
Here is an example of extending the image with the following modifications:
- Install the
vim
editor - Modify the Apache configuration file
- Modify the ports used by Apache
FROM bitnami/moodle
## Install 'vim'
RUN install_packages vim
## Enable mod_ratelimit module
RUN sed -i -r 's/#LoadModule ratelimit_module/LoadModule ratelimit_module/' /opt/bitnami/apache/conf/httpd.conf
## Modify the ports used by Apache by default
# It is also possible to change these environment variables at runtime
ENV APACHE_HTTP_PORT_NUMBER=8181
ENV APACHE_HTTPS_PORT_NUMBER=8143
EXPOSE 8181 8143
Based on the extended image, you can update the docker-compose.yml
file present in this repository to add other features:
moodle:
- image: bitnami/moodle:latest
+ build: .
ports:
- - '80:8080'
- - '443:8443'
+ - '80:8181'
+ - '443:8143'
environment:
...
+ - PHP_MEMORY_LIMIT=512m
...
- The size of the container image has been decreased.
- The configuration logic is now based on Bash scripts in the rootfs/ folder.
- The Moodle™ container now supports the "non-root" user approach, but it still runs as the
root
user by default. When running as a non-root user, all services will be run under the same user and Cron jobs will be disabled as crond requires to be run as a superuser. To run as a non-root user, changeUSER root
toUSER 1001
in the Dockerfile, or specifyuser: 1001
indocker-compose.yml
. Related changes:- The HTTP/HTTPS ports exposed by the container are now
8080/8443
instead of80/443
. - Backwards compatibility is not guaranteed when data is persisted using docker or docker-compose. We highly recommend migrating the Moodle™ site by exporting its content, and importing it on a new Moodle™ container.
- The HTTP/HTTPS ports exposed by the container are now
- It is now possible to use existing Moodle™ databases from other installations, as requested in #95. In order to do this, use the environment variable
MOODLE_SKIP_INSTALL
, which forces the container not to run the initial Moodle™ setup wizard.
- This image has been adapted so it's easier to customize. See the Customize this image section for more information.
- The Apache configuration volume (
/bitnami/apache
) has been deprecated, and support for this feature will be dropped in the near future. Until then, the container will enable the Apache configuration from that volume if it exists. By default, and if the configuration volume does not exist, the configuration files will be regenerated each time the container is created. Users wanting to apply custom Apache configuration files are advised to mount a volume for the configuration at/opt/bitnami/apache/conf
, or mount specific configuration files individually. - The PHP configuration volume (
/bitnami/php
) has been deprecated, and support for this feature will be dropped in the near future. Until then, the container will enable the PHP configuration from that volume if it exists. By default, and if the configuration volume does not exist, the configuration files will be regenerated each time the container is created. Users wanting to apply custom PHP configuration files are advised to mount a volume for the configuration at/opt/bitnami/php/conf
, or mount specific configuration files individually. - Enabling custom Apache certificates by placing them at
/opt/bitnami/apache/certs
has been deprecated, and support for this functionality will be dropped in the near future. Users wanting to enable custom certificates are advised to mount their certificate files on top of the preconfigured ones at/certs
.
We'd love for you to contribute to this container. You can request new features by creating an issue, or submit a pull request with your contribution.
If you encountered a problem running this container, you can file an issue. Be sure to include the following information in your issue:
- Host OS and version
- Docker version (
docker version
) - Output of
docker info
- Version of this container
- The command you used to run the container, and any relevant output you saw (masking any sensitive information)
Please, note this asset is a community-supported solution. This means that the Bitnami team is not actively working on new features/improvements nor providing support through GitHub Issues. Any new issue will stay open for 20 days to allow the community to contribute, after 15 days without activity the issue will be marked as stale being closed after 5 days.
The Bitnami team will review any PR that is created, feel free to create a PR if you find any issue or want to implement a new feature.
New versions and releases cadence are not going to be affected. Once a new version is released in the upstream project, the Bitnami container image will be updated to use the latest version, supporting the different branches supported by the upstream project as usual.
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