Upgrading Moodle 5.0 to Moodle 5.1 on a VPS

About

Moodle made significant changes to its 5.1 structure. Perhaps this should have become Moodle 6.0.

I had to rethink and revise my approach to running Moodle on my web server. My web server is currently a GoDaddy VPS. I also had to reconsider and update my experimental web environment, which is MAMP running on my Mac.

I have experienced success, and on this page, I share what I have learned.

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Video Presentation

Upgrading Moodle 5.0 to Moodle 5.1 on a VPS. (mp4)

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Scripts

I am providing all my script files. (zip)

In practice, I usually manually download the latest Moodle into my mdl_temp folder, then run the 1UnpackMoodle.sh script, followed by the up_m5.sh script. The up_m5.sh script executes a backup script as a subroutine.

Presentations

 

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Other Resources

• https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=470266#p1888045.  Ken’s message about certificates.  Above this is James’ post about subdomains.
• Notes about Composer: https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=470295#p1887952
• Get Composer (recommended by Andrew) https://getcomposer.org/download/
• Could not get moodle installed in a folder. https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=470654#p1889333
• Need clear instructions regarding upgrading 5.0 to 5.1 on a VPS
• Link to my post: https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=470818#p1890019
  Quick Video - Upgrading from Moodle 5.0 to Moodle 5.1 on my VPS
• Exciting Improvements Coming to Moodle

Video Topics (Chapters)

Addendum Objectives What's New in 5.1? Overview and Preparation Upgrading Moodle

Step 1 - Prep New Moodle Step 2 - Copy config.php Step 3 - Manage Plugins Step 4 - Code Changes Step 5 - Backup Old

Step 6 - Replace Old with New Step 7 - Create a Symbolic link Step 8 - Log into Moodle Summary

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