Dokeos installation tutorial

Dokeos is mainly a LMS running Apache 2, 2. All these software are open source and freely available. The following files need to be readable and writeable for the web browser, only during the installation process:.

In Windows, you may need to check the properties of the files and folders by right-clicking on them. Instead, choose "Configure the homepage" in the Dokeos administration section.

This is no longer necessary, this can be set to Off and Dokeos will work fine. Before upgrading we heavily recommend you do a full backup of the previous Dokeos directories and databases. If you are unsure how to achieve this please ask your hosting provider for advice. Do not delete the previous Dokeos installation directory before installing the new one. When the update is successfully finished, you can remove the old path. If you have problems, go to the Dokeos website and ask a question on the support forum.

Please read the previous messages first to see if there is already an answer to your question. We also maintain a list of Frequently Asked Questions. To access the Dokeos administration section, open browser, go to your Dokeos adress and log in with the admin user. Then you will see a "Platform admin section" link in the header of the web page.

The new version uses a complete new. The good news is the version 2. When the update is successfully finished, you can remove. The following directories need to be readable, writeable and executable for the web server:. CHMOD command, but if you are unsure, we recommend you seek advice for. In Windows, you may need to check the properties of the folders.

The following quick-upgrade guide assumes that:. Please read the previous messages first to see if there is. We also maintain a list of. Then you will see a "Platform admin section" link in the header of the. There you can manage users, courses, sessions, portal look.

Newer distributions also allow downloading rpms for additional. LDAP main server's address: "myldapserver. If it has, then Dokeos will. In this case, you should fill in the appropriate fields in the. This, however, relies on a.

The fields used intensively by the Dokeos module are:. Videoconferencing is available in Dokeos PRO. You can enable mathematical equations writing inside the Dokeos online editor FCKEditor by applying the following steps:. Configure your Apache installation to add a cgi-bin directory that contains a symbolic link to the mimetex. ToolbarSets lines where you want the LaTeX icon to appear. ToolbarSets by tool. Remove the anonymous user to improve security.

This will make sure people or the application has the correct username and password to login to MySQL. Answer with Y. We can still choose Y , it will throw an error but that's fine.

Remove test database and access to it? Not critical, keep moving All done! If you've completed all of the above steps, your MySQL installation should now be secure. Now we have a secure MySQL installation, it's time to create database and user for dokeos itself. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

The database for dokeos is ready, let's create a username and password and grant privileges to the dokeos database. The last component that we have to install before we can install dokeos is PHP 5. All prerequisites are now installed. So we're ready to install dokeos. The latest stable version of dokeos is available via the Dokeos Community Edition download page. At the time of this writing, the latest stable version is 3.

Extract the downloaded file using unzip. If your system don't have unzip yet, you can install unzip using command below:. There are two version of dokeos included in Dokeos Community edition archive, we will use unicode version.