docker-moodle unattended deploy

not another moodle in docker

Moodle is a very popular open source learning management solution (LMS) for the delivery of elearning courses and programs. It’s used not only by universities, but also by hundreds of corporations around the world who provide eLearning education for their employees. Moodle features a simple interface, drag-and-drop features, role-based permissions, deep reporting, many language translations, a well-documented API and more. With some of the biggest universities and organizations already using it, Moodle is ready to meet the needs of just about any size organization.

Site: https://moodle.org/

Version/TAG:

3.7 (3.7_STABLE 3.7.8 build 20220421)
3.8 (3.8_STABLE 3.8.5+ build 20220421)
3.9 (3.9_STABLE 3.9.2+ build 20220421)

Features

All configurations can be added from environment variables to config.php
Moodle security recommendations for apache and php
Check/move admin directory
Timezone and Language setting from enviroment
Proxy support and URL setting from enviroment

Config values

All environment variables starting MOODLE will be transformed to $CFG and added automatically to the config.php file. Double separates array. Example:

Environment	Moodle Config
MOODLE_dbhost=db	$CFG->dbhost=”db”;
MOODLE_apacheloguser=2	$CFG->apacheloguser=2;
MOODLE_dboptions__dbpersist=false	$CFG->dboptions[‘dbpersist’]=false;
MOODLE_dboptions__dbsocket=false	$CFG->dboptions[‘dbsocket’]=false;

Check/move admin directory

If you define MOODLE_admin ($CFG->admin) rename admin directory to MOODLE_admin

In certain circumstances you will want to move the management directory (/admin) to another location (for security or compatibility reasons)
For this you only have to define the environment variable MOODLE_admin with the name with which you want it to be renaming the directory “admin”

URL

The VIRTUAL_HOST and VIRTUAL_PORT variables are used with double functionality.

On the one hand they can be used for the docker with reverse proxy, but they are also used to generate the variable MOODLE_wwwroot ($CFG->wwwroot) together with the environment variable VIRTUAL_URL

MOODLE_wwwroot = $proto://$VIRTUAL_HOST:$VIRTUAL_PORT$VIRTUAL_URL

If the variable MOODLE_sslproxy is defined, $proto is https, else http
In this way, you can use VIRTUAL_URL to publish moodle in any URL, something very useful when you are behind a reverse proxy

Deploy

Docker Composer

Run both database and moodle containers.

$ git clone https://github.com/pvrmza/docker-moodle.git 
$ cd docker-moodle
$ cp env_mysql_example .env_mysql
$ cp env_moodle_example .env_moodle
$ docker-compose up -d

Volumen

/var/moodledata
/var/www/html/theme
/var/www/html/mod