LAMS installation and configuration

Definition

This page contains installation tips for LAMS. Mostly LAMS 2.1RC1 for Solaris 10.

LAMS is a JAVA/JBOSS-based application and needs some installation skills on Windows and good installation skills for Unix.

READ THIS - Daniel K. Schneider 16:31, 18 September 2008 (UTC) I soon will install a new version I put the legacy stuff in the discussion page, e.g. LAMS 2.1RC for Solaris

LAMS 2.1.1 on Solaris

(soon ...)

LAMS 2.0 RC2 Windows XP PC

Note: This chapter is outdated (written in Dec 2006). I don't see really the point in running a LAMS server on a personal PC and our servers are Unix.

Do not try to install LAMS if you lack basic installation experience and technical reading skills. Here are just a few remarks in addition to the LAMS installation instructions. I also strongly suggest to look at the Problems Installing LAMS Forum.

Other Software

To run it on windows you need to install other software.

• Java JSE 5.0 (update 9), not just the JRE. Get it from Sun.
• MySQL: Get it directly from MySQL and take the Installer version (not the zip installation).
  • Install it and remember the password
  • I suggest not installing/using a WAMP environment for LAMS 2RC 2. The LAMS installer 2Rc2 could not find MySQL in my WampServer environment even if it was told where to look for in the LAMS installer.
  • Hack would be to manually edit the registry with this information from MySQL AB and this posting and picture by Ernie Ghiglione. Basically one needs to reproduce the MySQL entry from the official MySQL AB installer:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
  SOFTWARE
    MySQL AB
      MySQL Server 5.0  
                         Location c:\wamp\mysql
                         Version  5.0.27

... but this still didn't work for me. Something I did not try was to add mysqladmin.exe to the bin directory which is missing (see: Jun-Dir Liew's question and try it ... I don't have the time to do it right now. E.g. this file may be part of the simple zip / no registry version from the MySQL site).

MySQL

• If you use a WAMP package you must know where MySQL sits. E.g. c:\wamp\mysql if you work with "WampServer" (but see above that I failed, rather work with an "official MySQL installer from MySQL AB). If you use the official MySQL installer, there will be no problem.

LAMS

• Make sure that the LAMS port (8080) is free, e.g. install Active Ports or type something like netstat -a in a DOS terminal.

• LAMS has an installer and if you got the above right it will install without problems. You may have a firewall. In this case make sure to open the necessary ports. Also pay attention to popup blockers in your navigator. LAMS worked fine with both IE 6 and Firefox 1.5x.

Documentation and using LAMS

This page is not a resource for endusers like course designers or learners. See:

• LAMS documentation Wiki Home
• LAMS (this wiki)

General

• Category:LAMS in the Moodle Wiki

LAMS 1 (you rather should use LAMS 2)

• LAMS installation on CentOS 4 (RHEL 4) (LAMS 1.x)
• LAMS and Moodle Integration Walkthrough (LAMS 1.x)

LAMS 2

• LAMS v2.0 Integration Setup Step-by-Step Guide
• LAMS

Trouble shooting

• Technical community - Forums