Installing Opigno 3.x on Ubuntu 20.04LTS

Opigno open source learning management platform (Drupal distribution) to administer online classes for your students at school or your employees at your business.

This brief tutorial describes how to install Opigno LMS 3.x on Ubuntu 20.04 with Apache2, MariaDB and PHP 7.4.

Run the commands below to install Apache2 server :

Then use the commands below to stop, start and enable Apache2 service to always start up with the server boots

open your browser and visit “http://localhost” you should see the page bellow

Run the commands below to install MariaDB server :

Then use the commands below to stop, start and enable Apache2 service to always start up with the server boots

Next, run the command below to complete the installation of MariaDB

Answer the questions accordingly

answer the questions below by following the guide.

Connect to MariaDB using the command below and use the root password :

Create Opigno’s database

Create opigno’s user and set its password

Then grant the user full access to the database, save the changes and exit MariaDB

Note that for this tutorial I had to install PHP7 instead of PHP8 because some Opigno3.x dependencies are not compatible with PHP8 yet. So for now, to avoid dependencies mismatch I had to install PHP 7.4 instead, which is still maintained and secure.

Then open PHP’s configuration file for apache2 using :

edit the lines below to adapt apache2 to host opigno

restart apache2 server to make the changes effective

You should know that it is suggested to use composer to install opigno 3.x for the time being.

To install Composer, run the commands below :

Then, download the latest opigno release using composer

set the correct permissions and ownership for Opigno’s root directory

create a new configuration file called opigno.conf

then paste the lines below and edit the ServerAdmin, ServerName and ServerAlias then save

Enable the virtual host and restart apache2 server

Open your browser and visit your server’s domain name

Follow the instruction on the installation page and set up your database connection as you previously created. Opigno should start installing its modules.

Next, insert your site information and create an admin account. then, press Save an Continue.

You should end up on the home page or the login page

Congrats ! you’ve successfully installed Opigno 3.x on your ubuntu server.

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