Moodle 4.1+ server requirements

Last updated on March 9th, 2023 at 04:01 pm.

The most basic needs of Moodle are : PHP, a database like MySQL, a Server such as Apache.

PHP requirements – PHP 7.4 and above

Database – Mariadb 10.4 and above

To check for server requirements and current status of your Moodle 4.1+, go to:

Site Administration > Server > Environment

The following is a sample from my localhost Moodle docker install based on the Bitnami Moodle docker image.

Server checks – Site Administration > Server > Environment

Summary of Moodle requirements for PHP extensions

You can check forcurrently installed modules on your system as so:

php --modules

You can install most modules by googling it’s name and finding out how to install it. Use the above system environment to find out what is missing , search for how to install it.

List of required PHP modules

• iconv
• mbstring
• curl
• openssl
• tokenizer
• soap
• ctype
• zip
• zlib
• gd
• simplexml
• spl
• pcre
• dom
• xml
• xmlreader
• intl
• json
• hash
• fileinfo
• sodium
• exif