glenn

Follow this steps to install Moodle on windows server 2008 R2, with the database on the same machine. (It is assumed that IIS 7.5 is already installed on the machine)
PHP installation:
- Download VC14 x64 Non Thread Safe version from http://windows.php.net/download#php-7.0
- PHP 7.0+ requires VC CRT 14 (Visual Studio 2015). https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=48145
	- Click on Download and choose the version based on your operating system and install it
- Create a folder in C:\Program Files called "PHP" and extract the php archive in the folder created
- Go in the the php folder and edit "php.ini-production" to "php.ini"
- Open the Control Panel --> System --> Advanced system settings --> Advanced tab --> Environment Variables
	- System Variables:
		- Select "Path" as variable and click on Edit
		- Add this string at the end C:\Program Files\PHP;C:\Program Files\PHP\ext; and press OK in order to add them to the Default Path
	- Press OK
- Edit php.ini and set the following parameters (uncomment the instructions, that consists to delete the semicolon)
	- cgi.force_redirect=0
	- date.timezone = <Country/City>
	- fastcgi.impersonate = 1
	- extension_dir = "./ext"
	- cgi.fix_pathinfo=1
	- Save and close php.ini
- Open command prompt and execute the command php -info, if there is output, it means that php is working
- Edit php.ini and enable the following modules
	- extension=php_mysql.dll
	- extension=php_mysqli.dll
	- extension=php_gd2.dll
	- extension=php_intl.dll
	- extension=php_curl.dll
	- extension=php_ldap.dll
	- Save and close
- Open command prompt and execute the command php -m to list the modules installed

Enable PHP in IIS
	- On the taskbar, click Start, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Server Manager
	- In the Server Manager hierarchy panel, click on Roles
	- Scroll to the Role Services section, and then click Add Role Services
	- Select CGI, and then click Next
	- On the Confirm Installation Selections page, click Install
	- From IIS Manager click on Handle Mappings
		- Click on Add Module Mapping
			- Request path:     *.php
			- Module: 	    FastCgiModule
			- Executable: 	    C:\PHP\php-cgi.exe
			- Name: 	    PHP7
			- Click on Request Restrictions, check Invoke handler and select file or forlder, press OK, and OK again, then Yes to enable php in IIS
	- Create on IIS root directory: C:\inetpub\wwwroot a file called test.php and insert these instructions
		- <?php  phpinfo(); ?>
		- Save and close the file
	- Open the browser and type in the address bar 127.0.0.1/test.php. A page with the php version and options should appears
	- Delete test.php
Install MySQL:
	- Download MySQL Community Server for windows platform from https://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/
	- Click on Download Windows (x86, 32-bit), MySQL installer MSI and after choose the second download (the bigger one in size)
		- Click on "No thanks, just start my download"
		- Click on the installer and select run
			- Accept license and click on next
			- Select Server only for "Choose a setup type", click next and then on Execute
			- The Status should be complete, so click on next and again on next
			- On the section Type and Networking, select Service machine from the choice list Config Type
			- TCP/IP and open a firewall port for network access must be selected and port should be 3306, click on next
			- Choose and reinsert the root account password, the actual root pass is: #_M00dl3_ keep attention they are zeros in the middle
				- in case you want to change your mysql root password follows the instructions on https://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql-windows-excerpt/5.7/en/resetting-permissions-windows.html
			- Click on next nad again on next on the section Plugins and Extensions
			- Configure MysQL server as  Windows Server, Start the MySQL server t System Startup and Standard System account must be selected
			- Windows Service Name: MySQL57, click on next
			- Click on Next and then on Execute, wait until you can press the button Finish
			- Then click on next and on finish to end the MySQl installation

Install Moodle:
	- Edit php.ini and enable the following modules
		- extension=php_mbstring.dll
		- extension=php_openssl.dll
		- extension=php_soap.dll
		- extension=php_xmlrpc.dll
	- Save and close
	- Restart IIS
		- Click on Start --> Administrative Tools --> Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager
		- Click on IP-C6336481 or whatever is the right name of the server and click Restart on the actions panel
	- Create a database named Moodle as described
		- Click on Start --> All programs --> MySql --> MySql Server 5.7 --> MySql Server5.7 Command Line (The second one)
		- Enter the MySQL root password and a prompt named "mysql>" should be appear
		- Type what is inside the "": "create database moodle;"
		- Query OK should be appear to notify that the db has been created
	- Download Moodle software as described
		- Open the browser and paste this link: https://download.moodle.org/
		- Select Moodle 3.1.3+ then for 3.13 version download the zip version
	- Unzip the folder hust downloaded inside C:\inetpub\wwwroot
			- Right click on the zip file and select extract all..
			- Click on Browse and choose C:\inetpub\wwwroot or just paste the path, and then click oK
	- Create a folder named moodledata inside C:\inetpub
	- Edit the permission of moodledata folder and add modify permission to the IUSR user as described
		- Right click on moodledata and click on properties, then click on security tab
		- Click on Edit..
		- Click on Add..
		- Insert iusr in the text area "Enter the object names to select" and click on OK
		- Select IUSR in Group or user names and the following must be checked:
			- Modify and click on Advanced
			- Select iusr and click on Change Permissions..
			- Select iusr and click on Edit..
			- If is it possible to check Modify directly, click on it and press ok
				- Otherwise check the following
					- Create files / write data
					- Create folders / append data
					- Write attribute
					- Write extended attributes
					- Delete subfolders and files
					- Delete
			- Click on OK until every explorer windows are closed
	- Edit the permission of moodle folder in C:/inetpub/wwwroot and add modify permission to the IUSR user
		- Follow the same instructions used for the foolder moodledata
	- Open your browser, type the IP address of your server/moodle and proceed with installation process using the web installer
		- Insert the IP address of the server (in this case localhost): localhost/moodle
		- If an installation page doesn't shows up, try with localhost/moodle/install.php
			- Otherwise open IIS manager, select directory browsing and click enable, and retry the instructions, then disable the directory browsing
		- When the installation page shows up, select english as language for the installation and click on next
		- Data directory should be C:\inetpub\moodledata and click on next
		- Choose as database driver Improved MySQL
		- Fill the form with these information
			- Database host: localhost
			- Database name: moodle
			- Database user: root
			- Database password: #_M00dl3_
		- Click on next, read the licence and click on continue
		- Scroll down and click on continue
		- All the system modules should be installed, click on continue
	* Note for Glen: I stopped the installation in this point because you have to insert private details *
	- At this point you need to complete your profile with your information and to click on updrage profile then
	- Then you have to insert information about the site and timezone, then click on Save changes
	- Admin User page should be appear and at this point the installation is completed.


This guide has been created basically following these videos:
PHP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=annotation_3433094355&feature=iv&src_vid=UeP981EFVnI&v=ddxl5naQCno
MySQL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4Yrc8t6nI0
Moodle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeP981EFVnI