User software and hardware specifications
The Totara Learn and e-learning content will work various hardware platforms, but the following is an example of a minimum-specification that would be expected to deliver a rich, interactive user experience:
- PC or Mac.
- Microsoft Windows XP, Windows Vista or Windows 7 or above, Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) or above, Modern Linux variant.
- 32-bit colour graphics.
- Keyboard and mouse.
- Recommended minimum browser: Google Chrome 30, Firefox 25.0, Safari 6, Internet Explorer 8 (Internet Explorer 10 required for drag and drop of files from outside the browser into Totara).
- Client-side JavaScript enabled for admin pages.
- If Flash is used in the solution It is strongly recommended to use the latest version of Flash player.
As e-learning is usually delivered online we would recommend the following bandwidths for internet access:
- Minimum bandwidth: 256 kbps.
- If using video: 512 kbps.
Server hardware
The following hardware specification illustrates an example of a system hosting a site with approximately 10,000 users (approx. 500 concurrent).
- Platform: Dell PowerEdge 2950.
- Processor: 2x Quad Core Xeon E5420 @ 2.5GHz.
- Memory: 4GB.
- Storage: 4x 146GB 10,000RPM hard disks.
- Dell PERC 6 RAID controller.
- 160MB disk space required for core Totara files.
- 1-5GB or greater disk space required for additional teaching and course materials.
- Connectivity: 100MBit Full-Duplex Dedicated Switch Port Connection.
Specific hardware requirements for your project will depend on the volume of anticipated concurrent users and other factors.
Server software
| A Linux based system is recommended for high performance – e.g. CentOS, Redhat, Ubuntu Server Edition |
|---|---|
Web server | Apache 2.x.x or IIS (Apache recommended) |
Scripting | It is recommended you use the latest PHP 5.5 or 5.6 release. Required modules: iconv, mbstring, curl, ctype, zip, simplexml, spl, pcre, dom, xml, json, gd, intl, zlib, hash. Recommended modules: openssl, tokenizer, xmlrpc, soap, opcache. |
Database | Postgres 9.1 or greater MySQL 5.5.31 or greater MariaDB 5.5.31 MSSQL 2008 or greater |
If you get an error message when installing Totara Learn using MySQL about Innodb file format not being correct then you may need to convert to Barracuda format. You can read more in the developer documentation.
Server PHP configuration
| The following PHP settings are recommended: | |
|---|---|---|
safe_mode off | file_uploads on | |
memory_limit 512MB | session.auto_start off | |
session.save_handler files | session.bug_compat_warnoff | |
magic_quotes_gpc off | post_max_size 512M | |
magic_quotes_runtime off | upload_max_filesize 512M | |
New Extensions | For Totara 2.9 it is also recommended that the following PHP extensions are installed: |
|---|---|
zlib, OPcache |
