Change the domain name of the MoodleBox

cbixel

I am wondering if anyone can help me. I am attempting to change the domain name of my moodlebox from "moodlebox/home" to something else. I picked "IronMan.me" I have followed the instructions at the following site several times. I even double checked each of the files to make sure they have been modified correctly. For some reason, however, after I restart the moodlebox, I can connect wirelessly to the moodlebox fine, and when I enter the ip address 10.0.0.1, it changes in the URL bar to the new name, (IronMan.me) but I get an error message.

ironman.me’s server IP address could not be found

I am sort of a rookie at this, so if anyone happens to know what common rookie mistake I might be making, it would be a great help.

Nicolas

cbixel What is your scenario:

Give access to your MoodleBox from the Internet using your ironman.me domain?
Give access to your MoodleBox from its wifi network using this same domain?

doxendine

Hi. Was wondering if there was found a solution here. I seem to be having the same problem.
I tried the directions here:
https://moodlebox.net/en/help/domain-name-change/
Seemed easy enough, however could not get to work at step 6.
I see here you have a couple extra steps it seems:
https://github.com/moodlebox/moodlebox.net/issues/13
/etc/avahi/services/moodlebox.service (mDNS configuration, change filename too)
Then:
Update MathJax filter configuration in Moodle.
Should these also be done? Or any thoughts as to why it didn't work?
Thanks

Nicolas

doxendine Seemed easy enough, however could not get to work at step 6.

Double check you followed exactly the steps in https://moodlebox.net/en/help/domain-name-change/. Check too that you access the MoodleBox via its WiFi network (not via Ethernet or via other Wi-Fi network).

doxendine

Thank you.
I double checked with the name I was using. Then I tried it again with mybox.me as in your example. But got the same results.
On step 6, I can't Access the MoodleBox through the browser using the new address http://mybox.me/ or use the URL replacement tool at http://mybox.me/admin/tool/replace/index.php to replace URLs in the Moodle database.

Nicolas

I'm afraid I can't help with so few information. Please post the content of all the files edited, so that we could see what's wrong.

doxendine

Thanks.
Here are the pics for the first 4 steps.
Then reboot & attempt to connect via wifi.

krause

Hi doxendine,
your domain name http://mybox.me is a reserved domain and you will not be able to connect your MoodleBox to the internet.
Ralf

doxendine

Thank you for your help. I got it to work with the url "book.me". However, I edited the instructions in steps 1, 2, & 3 as seen below and it seems to be working fine. Replacing what's in bold with what's in parenthesis.
If you can see that this would be a problem, please let me know.
Thank you again.

Step 1: Change the host name (hostname)
In the last line of the /etc/hosts file, replace moodlebox with learn.example.com.(book)
In the /etc/hostname file, replace moodlebox with learn.example.com (book) (this modification is not necessary, but highly recommended).

Step 2: Adapt the configuration of the nginx web server
Change the file /etc/nginx/sites-available/default, replacing moodlebox with the full domain name (FQDN) learn.example.com (book) in the server_name directive.

Step 3: Adapt the DNS server masquerading configuration
Change the file /etc/dnsmasq.conf, replacing home by learn.example.com (me) in the two lines that start with domain and local. Comment out or delete completely the line starting with address.

Step 4: Adapt the Moodle configuration (Moodle URL)
In the file /var/www/moodle/config.php, on the line beginning with $CFG->wwwroot, replace the URL http://moodlebox.home by http://learn.example.com. Do not add a slash at the end of the URL.

Step 5: Restart the MoodleBox
In order to apply these changes, restart your MoodleBox.

Step 6: Replace Moodle URLs
Access your MoodleBox through your browser using the new address http://learn.example.com/ and use the URL replacement tool at http://learn.example.com/admin/tool/replace/index.php to replace URLs in the Moodle database.