Installation via the command-line interface
Moodle provides a CLI that lets you perform several administrative tasks from the Unix shell prompt. There is no CLI for Windows-based systems. CLI-based installations are useful if you need to automate setups, for example, in an environment where you host multiple Moodle instances.
The CLI is not for the faint-hearted, so be careful when using it. You must execute the installation script as the web server user, usually www-data or apache. You can run the installation script, install.php, in interactive mode (you will have to enter any parameters by hand) or in non-interactive mode, where the script will run silently.
From your dirroot, you can initiate the interactive script as follows:
sudo –u www-data /usr/bin/php admin/cli/install.php
Something more interesting is the CLI’s non-interactive mode, as this can be used for scripting and automation purposes. A list of all the available parameters can be displayed...
