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Basic moodle installation on CentOS

yum -y install apache php php-mysql mod_ssl mysql-server php-gd php-xml php-soap php-mbstring php-intl php-xmlrpc
Download moodle sources from website. Download 2.5.9 from legacy sources for CentOS
Extract moodle source in /var/www/html
Move files from /var/www/html/moodle to /var/www/html using "mv moodle/* moodle/.* ." from /var/www/html folder. Enter "n" if prompted for moving . or ..
Open http://<server-fqdn>/ or http://<server-ip> in browser
mkdir /var/www/moodledata
chown -R apache:apache /var/www/moodledata
Choose improved mysql database
service mysqld start

Run mysql and use following commands:

create database moodle;
grant all on moodle.* to moodle@localhost identified by 'moodle123';
flush privileges;
\q

Enter appropriate details in web form. Choose "Unix socket" if database is on localhost (same machine as moodle).
Copy moodle configuration file content into /var/www/html/config.php
Click next. Agree to license agreement and click next. Verify that all requirements are met and click next for installation to start. Please note that it may take a while for all necessary installation steps to complete. It may take 4-7minutes or even more for all installation to complete.
Enter various details for administrator user and server. Click update profile
Enter site names and disable self-registration. Click next
As admin user go to Site Administration -> Server and verify other values

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