LAMS
(Learning Activity Management System)
Credits : Shri. Niranjan, Rie, Mysore
LAMS is a
revolutionary new tool for designing, managing and delivering online
collaborative learning activities.
It provides teachers
with a highly intuitive visual authoring environment for creating
sequences of learning activities. These activities can include a
range of individual tasks, small group work and whole class
activities based on both content and collaboration.
LAMS is integrated
with various Learning Management Systems (LMS) such as Moodle,
Blackboard/WebCT, Sakai and .LRN as well as Microsoft Sharepoint.
LAMS works well as a
stand-alone e-learning system. It can also be integrated with other
educational software such as a Learning Management System (LMS).
LAMS is Free and
Open Source software Licensed under GPL 2
LAMS home page:
https://www.lamsfoundation.org/index.htm
Lams wiki page:
https://wiki.lamsfoundation.org/display/lams/Home
Installation
on Ubuntu:
(Also easily
extendable for any other distros)
Based on
instructions given in,
https://wiki.lamsfoundation.org/display/lamsdocs/Installing+LAMS+2.4+on+CentOS+5.8
Software
Requirements:
https://wiki.lamsfoundation.org/display/lams/System+Requirements
* Apache web server
(optional)
* JBOSS 5.1
application server
* Java Sun JDK 6
(also known as JDK 1.6)
OR/ Java Sun JDK 7
(also known as JDK 1.7) also works
* MySQL 5.5+ or 5.1
database server
* Adobe Flash Player
LAMS is written in
JAVA, which in principle makes it operating system independent.
Goto Ubuntu Software
Center and install the following two packages.
* OpenJDK Java 7
Runtime
* MySQL Server
Or, as root ($
sudo su root) run he following commands:
#
apt-get update
#
apt-get install mysql-server
#
apt-get install openjdk-7-jre
#
apt-get install ant
Required JBOSS will
be provided along with the LAMS bundle. And let us not worry right
now about Apache.
MySQL Server may ask
for a password, type in some password and remember it.
Start MySQL
Server:
#
service mysql start
Create a LAMS
user within MySQL:
#
mysql -u root
mysql>
CREATE DATABASE lams DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE
utf8_unicode_ci;
mysql>
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON lams.* TO lams@localhost IDENTIFIED BY
'lamsdemo';
mysql>
exit
Download LAMS
v2.4 for Linux/Unix:
Download 'LAMS 2.4
installation pack' for generic Unix and Linux from,
https://wiki.lamsfoundation.org/display/lams/Downloads
The link for the
package in the above page may be the following,
http://d16d4y6jddncbh.cloudfront.net/unix/lams-unix-installer-2.4.0.tar.gz
Prepare LAMS 2.4
installation:
Extract the
downloaded archive in any convenient location and extract it. Then in
terminal get into the extracted directory by using `cd` command. Then
issue the following commands.
1. To Copy JBoss
and LAMS Binaries to app directory:
#
cp -rp jboss-5.1 /usr/local
2. To Create a
nonlogin user for LAMS:
#
useradd -d /usr/local/jboss-5.1/bin -M lams
and set permissions
#
chown -R lams:lams /usr/local/jboss-5.1/
3. To Import LAMS
Db into MySQL:
#
mysql -u lams -p lams < lams.sql
Enter password:
lamsdemo
4. Customizing
LAMS settings:
The default settings
for LAMS are: (better leave it as it is)
LAMS ear folder
/usr/local/jboss-5.1/server/default/deploy/lams.ear
Repository directory
/var/opt/lams/repository
Temp directory
/var/opt/lams/tmp
Server URL
http://localhost:8080/lams/
5. Set
permissions to repository and tmp folders:
#
mkdir -p /var/opt/lams
#
chown -R lams:lams /var/opt/lams
6. Start LAMS:
#
vi /etc/mysql/my.cnf
In this my.cnf file,
look for a line
bind-address
= 127.0.0.1
This number
127.0.0.1 (it may be different in your installation) is to be used in
the following command.
#
su -l lams -c "/usr/local/jboss-5.1/bin/run.sh -b 127.0.0.1"
Then open a web
browser (eg FireFox) and in address bar enter,
http://localhost:8080/lams/
Login as sysadmin
(u: sysadmin p: sysadmin) and you are ready to go.
7. Start
on boot:
If you need LAMS to
start on boot (as service) then get start-stop-daemon to help you
with this. Read,
https://wiki.lamsfoundation.org/display/lamsdocs/Installing+LAMS+2.4+on+CentOS+5.8
for further details.
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