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Installing Moodle on a Windows x64 Environment
Installing Moodle 1.9 on a Windows Server 2008 x64 with Microsoft SQL Server 2008 and IIS7.
Written by: Alex Pearce Email: apearce@bfcnetworks.com Blog: www.learninggateway.net/blogs/ajp

Contents
Configuring Windows, Roles and Features ......................................................................................... 2 Installing SQLServer 2008 ................................................................................................................. 4 Installing PHP and Configuration with IIS ........................................................................................... 6 Testing IIS and PHP............................................................................................................................ 8 Configuring the PHP.ini file ................................................................................................................ 9 Configuring SQL Server .................................................................................................................... 11 Download Moodle........................................................................................................................... 12 Configuring Moodle ......................................................................................................................... 13 Links and Resources ........................................................................................................................ 15

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ConfiguringWindows, Roles and Features
Install Windows Server 2008 Server R2, give the server an IP address and change the name of the machine to Moodle then add the machine to your Windows Domain.

Note: This document will not cover the ports that need to be opened on the Windows Firewall.

1. Open Server Manager and navigate down to Security Information. On the panel of the left hand side you will find Goto Windows Firewall.

2. Navigate down to Firewall Information and on each tab (Domain, Private and Public) turn Firewall State to Off.

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3. Back in the Security Information click on Configure IE ESC and turn this off for both Administrators and Users

4. We will be using Microsoft Internet Information Service to publish our Moodle website.We will now install this role and add the requirements needed. In Server Manager, Click on Add Roles and check Application Server and Web Server (IIS).

5. In Web Server (IIS), Role Services ensure the following extras are checked a. Application Development i. ASP.NET ii. .NET Extensibility iii. ISAPI Extensions iv. ISAPI Filters b. Security i. Basic Authentication

6. Click Next and thenInstall. This will finish off the roles required, you will not require a reboot following the install.

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7. Best practise states that SQL Services on your SQL Server should run on its own user account. You can either create a domain account or a local account. Log onto your Domain Controller and create a new Service Account for SQL Server a. Name:SQLServerMoodle b. Password: c. Also ensure the user account password does not expire.

Installing SQL Server 2008
Windows Server 2008 R2 has been released since SQL Server 2008 and requires several patches for it run on this operating system. For SQL to run correctly you must download and install SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 1. 1. Back on your Moodle server, insert the SQL 2008 CD and Runsetup.exe from the root of the CD. 2. Run Setup.exe from your CD Drive again to start the install of SQL Server 2008 3. Install the following Features a. Database Engine Services i. SQL Server Replication ii. Full-Text Search b. Management Tools – Basic i. Management Tools – Complete

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4. On the Server Configuration Page Click on Use the same...