Install Forma Learning Management System (LMS) On Ubuntu With Apache2, MariaDB And PHP

forma.lms 2.2.1

#!/bin/bash

#Install Apache2
sudo apt update
sudo apt install apache2
sudo systemctl start apache2.service
sudo systemctl enable apache2.service
sudo systemctl restart apache2.service

#Install MariaDB
sudo apt-get install mariadb-server mariadb-client
sudo systemctl start mariadb.service
sudo systemctl enable mariadb.service
sudo systemctl status mariadb.service

#Secure MariaDB
sudo mysql_secure_installation

#When prompted, answer the questions below by following the guide.
Enter current password for root (enter for none): Just press the Enter
Set root password? [Y/n]: Y
New password: Enter any password
Re-enter new password: Repeat same password
Remove anonymous users? [Y/n]: Y
Disallow root login remotely? [Y/n]: Y
Remove test database and access to it? [Y/n]:  Y
Reload privilege tables now? [Y/n]:  Y

#Now that MariaDB is installed, to test whether the database server was successfully installed

  sudo mysql -u root -p
  CREATE DATABASE arif DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci;
  GRANT ALL ON arif.* TO 'uarif'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'A@H!b2@12A@';
  use arif;
  FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
  EXIT;

sudo service mysql restart

#Install PHP 7.3 With Modules
sudo apt-get update && apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install software-properties-common
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt install php7.4 libapache2-mod-php7.4 php7.4-common php7.4-mysql php7.4-gmp php7.4-ldap php7.4-curl php7.4-intl php7.4-mbstring php7.4-xmlrpc php7.4-gd php7.4-bcmath php7.4-xml php7.4-cli php7.4-zip

#Change PHP default configuration file for Apache2. The lines below is a good settings for most PHP based LMS… Update the configuration file with these and save
sudo gedit /etc/php/7.0/apache2/php.ini
  file_uploads = On
  allow_url_fopen = On
  short_open_tag = On
  memory_limit = 256M
  upload_max_filesize = 100M
  max_execution_time = 360
  date.timezone = America/Chicago

#Now Save and Exit
sudo systemctl restart apache2.service

#Install PHPMyAdmin
sudo apt-get install phpmyadmin php-mbstring php-gettext -y
#Make sure to select No
#add this line "Include /etc/phpmyadmin/apache.conf" at /etc/apache2/apache2.conf
#/etc/init.d/apache2 restart

#Now Download Forma LMS Latest Release
cd /tmp
# Download forma LMS https://sourceforge.net/projects/forma/files/latest/download
#unzip and keep forma under /var/www/html/forma/

sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/forma/
sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/forma/

#Configure Apache2 for FormaLMS
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/forma.conf

  <VirtualHost *:80>
     ServerAdmin [email protected]
     DocumentRoot /var/www/html/forma/formalms
     ServerName localhost
     ServerAlias www.localhost.com

     <Directory /var/www/html/forma/formalms/>
          Options FollowSymlinks
          AllowOverride All
          Require all granted
     </Directory>

     ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
     CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
    
     <Directory /var/www/html/forma/formalms/>
            RewriteEngine on
            RewriteBase /
            RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
            RewriteRule ^(.*) index.php [PT,L]
    </Directory>
  </VirtualHost>

#Now save and Exit

#Enable the Forma and Rewrite Module
sudo a2ensite forma.conf
sudo a2enmod rewrite
sudo systemctl restart apache2.service

#Now finished the Installation Process. Visit you installed site.
http://localhost

#You will be prompted to download the config.php file and save in Forma root directory…
sudo cp ~/Downloads/config.php /var/www/html/forma/formalms/

#Now you can delete the install folder.
sudo rm -rf /var/www/html/forma/formalms/install