This repository provides the source code of the Claroline platform.
======= */!\ Warning if you wan't to upgrade to 13.x from a older version of Claroline read this /!*
See Claroline requirements here
The raw installation procedure is composed of several steps that need to be executed in order (fetching php sources, installing dev dependencies, building, creating the database, etc.). Except for the configuration step, the whole process is managed through composer scripts listed in the composer.json file. For an installation from scratch, the commands would be:
git clone -b 13.x http://github.com/claroline/Claroline
cd Claroline
composer install --no-dev --optimize-autoloader
npm install
npm run webpack
php bin/console claroline:install -vvv
Warning: this is for development/testing purposes only, this must NOT be used in production environments as it represents huge security risks, maintainability issues and performance degradations.
As a developer, by using Docker you can quickly get the platform running in DEV mode and experiment with code changes.
You can also develop a custom theme in watch mode.
To learn more: Docker instructions
To update your 13.x just follow this steps :
git pull origin 13.x
composer update --no-dev --optimize-autoloader
npm install
npm run webpack
php bin/console claroline:update -vvv
To update an existing installation to 13.x you must first upgrade to the latest 12.5 branch
ATTENTION :
You may need to update the configuration of your web server as the new application entry point is
now PROJECT_DIR/public/index.php
instead of PROJECT_DIR/web/app.php
.
git fetch origin
git checkout 12.5
composer update --no-dev --optimize-autoloader
npm install
npm run webpack
php bin/console claroline:update -vvv 1x.x.xx 12.5.xx
Then you can go to 13.x
git fetch origin
git checkout 13.x
composer update --no-dev --optimize-autoloader
npm install
npm run webpack
mv app/config/parameters.yml config/parameters.yml
rm -rf app
rm -rf web
php bin/console claroline:update -vvv
For a development installation, you'll need at least:
- PHP >= 7.2 with the following extensions:
- curl
- dom
- fileinfo
- gd
- intl
- mbstring
- openssl
- pdo_mysql
- xml
- json
- zip
- MySQL/MariaDB >= 8.0
- composer (recent version)
- node.js >= 10
- npm >= 6
It's also highly recommended to develop on an UNIX-like OS.
For mysql >= 8.0, there is an additonal step:
mysql -u**** -p
set global sql_mode='';
exit;
Some assets of the platform are managed by webpack. In a development environment, they require the webpack dev server to be running. You can start it with:
npm run webpack:dev
Obviously, you'll also need a PHP-enabled web server to serve the application. Two alternatives are available.
This is the simplest way of serving the application during development. To start the server, use the command provided by the symfony local server (more details on installation and configuration here):
symfony server:start
The application will be available at http://localhost:8000.
If you want to use Apache or Nginx during development, make them serve the web directory, and access the application at http://localhost/example-site/index.php.
Note that you'll certainly face permissions issues on the following directories:
- config
- var/cache
- var/log
- var/sessions
- files
- public/uploads
All of them must be recursively writable from both the web server and the CLI. For more information on that subject, see the configuration section of the official Symfony documentation.
You can create a first admin user with:
php bin/console claroline:user:create -a
Plugins are managed by composer like any other package in the platform.
You can install or uninstall the sources of a plugin by adding or removing
the package from the require
section of your composer.json and running
composer update
, or using shortcuts like composer require ...
.
Once the plugin package is in your vendor directory, you can proceed to the (un-)installation using one the following commands:
php bin/console claroline:plugin:install FooBarBundle
php bin/console claroline:plugin:uninstall FooBarBundle
Important: Note that the installation and upgrade procedures of the
platform described above apply only to the "standard" distribution, which
comes with a fixed set of plugins. If you deviate from that set, you'll have
to maintain your own composer files and perform composer update
and
php bin/console claroline:update
accordingly.
We recommend to use Claroline Connect with the latest version of Mozila Firefox or Chromium.
We support :
- Mozilla Firefox (latest version)
- Chromium (latest version) and Google Chrome (latest version)
- Microsoft Edge (latest version)
- Safari (latest version)
For complete list : http://caniuse.com/#feat=mutationobserver
For user documentation, see here.