We have been using Moodle for our internal training for a little while after installing it on our intranet. We're very happy with it, now that we have figured it out 
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For some of our training programs we need to provide access via the internet, instead of our intranet. Our internet is hosted on an external server. Is it possible to install Moodle on an external server? If so, any tips on how to go about it?
Thanks from down-under 
Hi Anne-Marijke,
I am doing thaty exact thing at the moment with our moodle... moving from intranet to extranet (internet + intranet access). Trouble is moodle wants to work from only one IP address.. either inter or intranet, but not both. As a result internal users now have to use the internet connection to access the "internal" moodle which is slowed down by the power of the internet access (1.5 Mb down and 256K up). and it realy slows to a grinding halt.
explanation in detail below.
I have been developing a moodle installation at Erindale College in the ACT. It has been
running fine as an "intranet" - ie within the student LAN on a private IP address network.
We recently installed a broadband connection and I set a redirection on the ADSL
modem/switch/router to allow internet connections to see moodle on the intranet web server.
I also adjusted the config.php file to set wwwroot to the static IP address of the ADSL
connection (originally it had the private IP address of the intranet web server.
Now this is the problem. How do I maintain the nice fast access to moodle on the intranet - as now it slows to a grinding halt with 20-40 students accessing it at the same time - and they have to type in the "external" address for moodle rather than the old internal address.
Would it be possible to set up a second Moodle on a second machine for the public side, but point it to the Internal server as the Database Server? This way you have two apache (or what ever the web server) servers which will not get confused.
/------- Internet Web Server
Database Server-------/
\----- Intranet Web Server
The Intranet web server could be both Database Server and Intranet Web server. You just have to set the internet server to look at the remote database. something like
moodle@databaseserver
You will have to set it up on the database server to allow the access from another computer other than the local host, but that should be fairly easy. I am hoping to be able to formalize that kind of setup in the near future, I just need a couple of machines to do it on so I can work through it and write the procedure.
The question arises if the two groups will see each other. If the courses are separate then the data directory could be on each machine, if the two need to see each other then the NFS would work.
Hello Christian,
The web site location in config.php file must be adjusted like this:
$CFG->wwwroot = "http://".$_SERVER["HTTP_HOST"]."/moodle";
Then Moodle will be accessible from local and remote calls both.
Fermin Cueva
(disculpa mi inglés que es bastante pobre)
What goes where ? Do you paste this exact code or is .$_Server the private address of the moodle server and http_host the external address of the router ? I'm not sure what to make of this.
192.168.1.3 private address of my moodle server
68.185.192.181 external address of my router what goes where ?
Thank you.
There is exatly the code you must to write.
Then, if you call from localhost it will go to root server and if you call from external it will go equally to rootserver.
You must write this code in config.php.
bye
Shane (and others),
Before trying to modify Moodle, check with your network administrator to see if your router or firewall can be configured to allow access to your Moodle server from the Internet. My Moodle server is sitting on my home network, i.e. "intranet" with a private IP address. My D-Link 614+ router allows me to configure at "virtual web server" that points my Moodle server address. To get to my Moodle server from the Internet, I just enter the address of my router. No need to hassle with external and internal address configuration.
Cheers,
Bob
hello
my internal ip is 192.168.5.195
my external ip is 210.212.183.116
$CFG->wwwroot = http://".$_SERVER["HTTP_HOST"]./a>";
what will be configuration in $CFG->wwwroot = http://".$192.168.5.195["210.212.183.116]."
please let me know thanks in advance
I host moodle on an e-smit 5.6 server, placed in an ipcop dmz
dnsname: lesnet.minkema.nl
internal dns points to the dmz, which is routed internally.
external dns points to the public ip of ipcop.
so local trafic is routed internally. I did this to make sure moodle is working even when internet goes down...
