Hi Geoffrey, The local build for Moodle on your laptop is more for testing and development. In theory you could use the laptop version as a published version of Moodle (would need to set your router to allow incoming access which I would not recommend) but I would suggest installing Moodle on a dedicated CPanel server if you plan to make it available to the outside world. One additional use for using a laptop version is that you can create courses on it locally, export the course and upload to your live production server when ready. Hope this makes sense.
I have been trying to get this to work for a few days and I'm having no luck. I am able to get to the virtual host & database up and running but Moodle will not work. I tried will SSL certs and without , still no good. Or my index.php file I noticed $CFG->wwwroot is empty. I'm not sure what the issue is...😅
under php setting, it asked me to create an info.php text file and put it in my root web accessible folder. I think I did that, but it still said to 'check'.
Hi, Thank you for this helpful video. I have created my own website on Moodle, I was wondering If you can show me how to find my website on Moodle App If I would like to show my materials to someone in an interview to prove that I can use Moodle. Thank you so much.
Hi Rania, Is your Moodle install on your laptop or available publicly on the internet? If it is available publicly on the internet, it is a simple process of turning on the Mobile app feature on your Moodle server. then using the URL for your Moodle server to login from the Moodle Mobile App. Thanks, Chris
@@Ricoshae Thank you for your response. No it’s only installed on my computer, I don’t have any idea how to make it available on the internet, is it possible? Thank you
@@raniaabdelsalam7333 It is possible but it is much better to host Moodle on a server already on the internet. I use a hosting service that has CPanel access and allows you to install Moodle and the Database.
The only fix for this is to install MySQL as a separate install with version from the MySQL site. This will run on a different port and you can then change the Moodle config to use the separate install of MySQL. Currently MAMP Pro uses MySQL V5.7
You can definitely use MAMP although it only allows one host and you are limited to only 2 versions of PHP which may not give you the options you need to test out the latest version of Moodle. I didn't think SSL comes in MAMP either, so you will get an install notification for not running SSL when installing Moodle. I know many people will only need one host, so yes, you can test Moodle with just MAMP.
downloading mamp pro was a waste of money this video is too outdated and doesn't apply anymore it seems. good video i guess but wasn't helpful and wasted money.
This really helped me. Thank you for the video.
No problem. Great to hear the video was helpful for you.
8:23 you said this is just to test moodle out? did i pay for mamp just to 'test' moodle? do i need a dedicated server later?
Hi Geoffrey, The local build for Moodle on your laptop is more for testing and development. In theory you could use the laptop version as a published version of Moodle (would need to set your router to allow incoming access which I would not recommend) but I would suggest installing Moodle on a dedicated CPanel server if you plan to make it available to the outside world. One additional use for using a laptop version is that you can create courses on it locally, export the course and upload to your live production server when ready. Hope this makes sense.
@@Ricoshae hi. thanks! i set it up on a server!
I have been trying to get this to work for a few days and I'm having no luck. I am able to get to the virtual host & database up and running but Moodle will not work. I tried will SSL certs and without , still no good. Or my index.php file I noticed $CFG->wwwroot is empty. I'm not sure what the issue is...😅
Sorry for the delay in replaying. Where you able to solve the issue?
under php setting, it asked me to create an info.php text file and put it in my root web accessible folder. I think I did that, but it still said to 'check'.
Were you able to sort out this issue. Just realised this was from a while ago.
also my max_input_vars need to be increased but i can't find the PHP.ini file to do it......
Were you able to find the php.ini and get it working?
@@Ricoshae yes but i find moodle awkward to navigate and use. had to pay some indian 100 bucks to link my website to it. nonsense.
i did all as on the video, extracted the moodle files and put them in the folder but mood doesn’t open. it just sends me back to the mamp welcome page
Hi Chi, we’re you able to solve the issue?
having this same problem
Hi, Thank you for this helpful video. I have created my own website on Moodle, I was wondering If you can show me how to find my website on Moodle App If I would like to show my materials to someone in an interview to prove that I can use Moodle. Thank you so much.
Hi Rania, Is your Moodle install on your laptop or available publicly on the internet? If it is available publicly on the internet, it is a simple process of turning on the Mobile app feature on your Moodle server. then using the URL for your Moodle server to login from the Moodle Mobile App.
Thanks, Chris
@@Ricoshae Thank you for your response. No it’s only installed on my computer, I don’t have any idea how to make it available on the internet, is it possible? Thank you
@@raniaabdelsalam7333 It is possible but it is much better to host Moodle on a server already on the internet. I use a hosting service that has CPanel access and allows you to install Moodle and the Database.
Hi when I get to install stage it says that MySQL is running on 5.7.39 and version 8 is required. Is there any easy fix for this?
The only fix for this is to install MySQL as a separate install with version from the MySQL site. This will run on a different port and you can then change the Moodle config to use the separate install of MySQL. Currently MAMP Pro uses MySQL V5.7
@@Ricoshae Can you tell me where I need to go to change the moodle config to use the separate install?
why use MAMP PRO and not MAMP for free?
You can definitely use MAMP although it only allows one host and you are limited to only 2 versions of PHP which may not give you the options you need to test out the latest version of Moodle. I didn't think SSL comes in MAMP either, so you will get an install notification for not running SSL when installing Moodle. I know many people will only need one host, so yes, you can test Moodle with just MAMP.
downloading mamp pro was a waste of money this video is too outdated and doesn't apply anymore it seems. good video i guess but wasn't helpful and wasted money.
What was the problem with MAMP pro. Interested to know what didn’t work?
my httpd.conf doesn't have a php max vars thingy..... so lost!
In MAMP Pro go to PHP, Select 'Open template' then search for max_input_vars. That should give you the right location to update.
@@Ricoshae I did this and I'm still getting the error
After creating the moodle40demo host i can't open and apache shows a checkbox but no ON
Were you able to solve this issue?