Moodle Update Script

To automate our environment we wrote this bash script. It may won't work in your environment, but maybe you get some ideas for your own script.

Setup

1. Clone this repository.
2. Make the script executable (if not cloned): chmod +x moodle-update
3. Go to your web directory: cd /var/www
4. Rename the moodle directory to: moodle_x.y like moodle_4.05
5. Create a link to this directory with the absolute path: ln -s /var/www/moodle_4.05 moodle
6. Tell your web server to serve /var/www/moodle.

Config

The script creates a settings.conf file for a standard Debian/Ubuntu Linux.

But don't worry: If something is not working, the tests will fail before any changes would be performed. Adapt the settings.conf to your needs and re-run the script.

Usage options

• Without any parameter: ./moodle-update
• With target version: ./moodle-update 4.05
• With target version + explicit download file: ./moodle-update 4.05 https://example.com/moodle-x.y.z.zip

Important information for Moodle 4+

For some reason the latest zip file name scheme has changed:

• 4.1 is called 401 (instead of 41)
• 4.2 is called 402 (instead of 42)
• (future versions may be affected too)

You need to enter 4.01 or 4.02 as version number to use the script for these versions!

Plugins

• Within a minor release (3.9.19 -> 3.9.21) you should be fine to use the copy all option.

• If you're updating from one minor release to another (3.9 -> 3.11) or upgrading from one major release to another (3.11 -> 4.0) some plugins should not be copied over. Please use a test server to figure out which of your installed plugins cause problems.