Docker scripts that install and run Moodle in a container.

• First install ds and wsproxy:

  • https://github.com/docker-scripts/ds#installation
  • https://github.com/docker-scripts/wsproxy#installation

• Then get the moodle scripts from github: ds pull moodle

• Create a directory for the moodle container: ds init moodle @moodle1-example-org

• Fix the settings:

  cd /var/ds/moodle1-example-org/
  vim settings.sh
  ds info
  

• Create the container and install Moodle: ds make

  Note: This will pull the image from DockerHub. To build the image yourself use ds build first, however this is usually slower.

If the domain is a real one, tell wsproxy to get a free letsencrypt.org SSL certificate for it:

ds wsproxy ssl-cert --test
ds wsproxy ssl-cert

If the domain is not a real one, add to /etc/hosts the line 127.0.0.1 moodle1.example.org

Now you can access the website at: https://moodle1.example.org

ds shell
ds stop
ds start
ds help

ds backup
ds backup +data
ds restore backup-file.tgz

ds clone tag
ds clone-del tag

Cloning will create a new installation inside the same container. It will copy /var/www/moodle to /var/www/moodle_tag, moodledata to moodledata_tag, dbname to dbname_tag, etc. and make sure that the new installation can be accessed on https://tag.moodle1.example.org

To update the current stable branch (for example from 3.3.1 to 3.3.2) use ds update. This is done quite frequently and usually has no risks of breaking anything.

To upgrade to the next stable branch (for example from 3.2 to 3.3) use ds upgrade moodle MOODLE_33_STABLE. It will try to upgrade the additional plugins as well, if they have a version that matches the latest moodle release. However this does not always work and some plugins may need to be fixed manually.

Since the upgrade process may be faced with some problems to be solved, it is better to try it first on a test site, and after making sure that everything works correctly, apply it to the real site. This can be done like this:

ds clone test
ds upgrade moodle_test MOODLE_33_STABLE

# make sure that everything works and fix any problems

ds upgrade moodle MOODLE_33_STABLE
ds clone-del test

Both update and upgrade make a backup before making any changes, just in case.

The command ds remake rebuilds everything from scratch, but preserves the existing database and data files.