Moodle

Deploy Moodle, an open source learning management system used by schools, universities, and businesses to create, deliver, and manage online courses and training.

1. Deploy Moodle

Estimated deployment time: 5–10 minutes

Follow the deployment instructions from the Get started section to configure the app, deploy it, and verify software installation.

For information on the app-specific configurations, see the Configuration options section.

Software included

Software installed on your Linode when deploying the app.

Package	Description
PHP	A scripting language used for web development.
MariaDB Server	A relational database server. The root password is set, locking down access outside the system.
UFW (Uncomplicated Firewall)	A firewall utility that allows access only for SSH (port 22, rate limited), HTTP (port 80), and HTTPS (port 443).
Certbot	A client for the Let’s Encrypt CA.
Apache2	An HTTP server.

Base distribution and plan

Supported distribution: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
Recommended plans: All plan types and sizes can be used.

Configuration options

Configure the required options to deploy your instance. For additional customization, add advanced options.

The table maps the Cloud Manager UI fields to their corresponding API/CLI keys (stackscript_data) required for automated deployments.

StackScript ID: 869127

UI field	API/CLI key	Description
Required options
Limited sudo user	`user_name`	Your preferred username for the limited sudo user entered without any capital letters, spaces, or special characters. When adding a limited sudo user, the user is created with a strong generated password for your new Linode instance, and the account is assigned to the `sudo` group, which provides elevated permissions when running commands with the `sudo` prefix. Note: For easier and more secure access with the sudo user, add an account SSH key for the Cloud Manager user during deployment and select that user as an `authorized_user`. Their SSH pubkey will be assigned to both the root and limited user.
Email address (for the Let's Encrypt SSL certificate and Moodle Admin User)	`soa_email_address`	Your email address to use for generating SSL certificates and configuring the server and DNS records.
The DB user for the Moodle database	`db_user`	A database username for the Moodle database administrator entered without any capital letters, spaces, or special characters.
The Admin user for the Moodle Instance	`admin_user`	An administrator username for the Moodle administrator account entered without any capital letters, spaces, or special characters.
Advanced options
Disable root access over SSH	`disable_root`	Applies to a limited sudo user. To block the root user from logging in over SSH, select Yes. Defaults to No. Note: When you disable the root user from logging in over SSH and don't provide a valid Account SSH Key assigned to the `authorized_user`, you can still switch to the root user. To do that, log in as root via the Lish console and run `cat /home/$USERNAME/.credentials` to view the generated password for the limited sudo user.
Linode API token	`token_password`	Applies to a custom domain. The Linode API token if you want to use Linode’s DNS Manager to manage DNS records for your custom domain. Follow Manage personal access tokens to get your token on your account with `Read/Write` access to `Domains`. If you provide the token along with the subdomain and domain, the installation attempts to create DNS records via the Linode API. If you don't provide the token, you need to manually configure your DNS records through your DNS provider and point them to the IP address of the new instance.
Subdomain	`subdomain`	Applies to a custom domain. The subdomain you want to use, like `blog` for `blog.example.com`. Use it only if you specify a Domain.
Domain	`domain`	Applies to a custom domain. The domain name you want to use, like `example.com`. Use it only if you specify a Linode API token.
Optional data exporter Add-ons	`add_ons`	An option to include add-ons for your deployment. Possible values are: none (default) newrelic node_exporter mysqld_exporter

Notes:

After the app deployment completes, the password for your limited sudo user is generated and stored in the /home/$USERNAME/.credentials file, along with application-specific passwords. Log in to your instance as root through the Lish console or SSH, then run cat /home/$USERNAME/.credentials to view the password.

You can automatically configure a custom domain (optional) during deployment. To do that:

Configure your domain to use Linode’s name servers via your registrar. See Configure your domain's authoritative name servers for details.

Once you complete that, specify the Linode API token, subdomain, and domain for the app in Cloud Manager or via API/CLI/Terraform.

Use API, CLI, or Terraform

In addition to deploying the app to a new Linode instance via Cloud Manager, you can also use the Linode API, CLI, or Terraform. When running the operation, you need to provide the StackScript ID, supported Linux distribution, and app-specific fields along with the standard Linode deployment configurations.

Note: Generate a personal access token to authenticate your API, CLI, or Terraform requests.

curl --location 'https://api.linode.com/v4/linode/instances' \
    --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
    --header 'Accept: application/json' \
    --header 'Authorization: Bearer abc123def456hij789klm' \
    --data-raw '{
        "region": "us-east",
        "type": "g6-standard-2",
        "image": "linode/ubuntu24.04",
        "label": "my-moodle-one-click-app",
        "root_pass": "@C0mpl3x#P@ssw0rd",
        "stackscript_id": 869127,
        "stackscript_data": {
            "user_name": "jsmith",
            "soa_email_address": "jsmith@example.com",
            "db_user": "jsmith-database",
            "admin_user": "jsmith-admin"
        }
    }'

linode-cli linodes create \
    --region us-east \
    --type g6-standard-2 \
    --label my-moodle-one-click-app \
    --image linode/ubuntu24.04 \
    --root_pass @C0mpl3x#P@ssw0rd \
    --stackscript_id 869127 \
    --stackscript_data '{"user_name":"jsmith", "soa_email_address":"jsmith@example.com", "db_user":"jsmith-database", "admin_user":"jsmith-admin"}'

resource "linode_instance" "my-linode" {
    region         = "us-east"
    type           = "g6-standard-2"
    label          = "my-moodle-one-click-app"
    image          = "linode/ubuntu24.04"
    root_pass      = "@C0mpl3x#P@ssw0rd"
    stackscript_id = 869127
    stackscript_data = {
        "user_name"         = "jsmith"
        "soa_email_address" = "jsmith@example.com"
        "db_user"           = "jsmith-database"
        "admin_user"        = "jsmith-admin"
    }
}

2. Access Moodle

To access your Moodle instance:

Open a browser and navigate to your Linode rDNS domain https://203-0-113-0.ip.linodeusercontent.com. Replace https://203-0-113-0.ip.linodeusercontent.com with your Linode’s rDNS domain.
Click the box on the top right of the page to log in.
On the login page, enter the admin username you provided during the app deployment and the password stored in the .credentials file on your Linode instance.

Once you’ve accessed the dashboard, you can further configure your instance as needed.

Additional resources

For more information about the installed packages, see their official documentation.

Moodle Documentation

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