Moodle will detect that configuration is necessary and 

will lead you through some screens to help you create 

a new configuration file called config.php.  

After the language selection screen, Moodle will detect 

whether PHP is set up correctly on the server (Fig. 83). 

If any settings do not Pass this check, make sure you 

correct whatever feature on the server that has not 

Fig. 83 

passed  before  proceeding  with  installation.  See          

General Web Server Settings section for suggestions.   

The next screen in Moodle's installer (Fig. 84) will ask 

you  about  the  location  of  Moodle  on  your  server.         

You will be asked for the absolute Web address for 

your site, and for the name of the directory where 

Moodle is located. Make sure you enter the server 

name. Finally, enter the server path for where the 

 moodledata  directory is located (see Step 2). 

Now installer will ask for your database connection 

information (Fig. 85), starting with the Type  of         

database (MySQL or Postgre SQL) used. This is often 

a point where a problem may occur if you are not         

Fig. 84 

familiar  with  these  properties.  In  most  cases  the        

Host Server name will be simply  localhost . Some 

ISP's will use a specific name or IP address for their 

database server, in which case you will enter that 

name or number (e.g. mysql.ispname.net). 

Now add the name of your Database as it was set up. 

This is typically prefaced with the name of your 

Moodle server, an  underscore, and then the name of 

the database (Fig. 85). Do the same when you add the 

User name assigned to the database. Note that for 

Fig. 85 

security reasons you should create a unique user 

name and password for Moodle's database. Finally, 

add just the Password  (no  underscore)  that  was        

assigned to the database. By default Moodle uses a 

table prefix of  mdl . Unless you are a database admin 

or know what you are doing, do not change this value.    

At the end of the Installation process Moodle will try 

and write the config.php file into the right location.       

If Moodle is unable to do this (Fig. 86), which may be 

the case because of permission settings, you will be 

given an option to download the file so that you can 

then manually upload config.php into the main Moodle 

directory on the server.  

Fig. 86 

Add configuration settings the installer creates to the  

config dist.php file in the Moodle folder. Copy and   

paste to the top portion of the file as needed. Make    

sure there are no spaces at the bottom of this file 

after ?>. Finally, rename this file config.php  

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