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eFront is a modern learning and training platform designed to help create online learning
communities with opportunities for rich interaction. It comes with a distinctive icon-based user
interface that is intuitive to use. eFront is a platform-independent application that runs well on the
Linux, Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X operating systems. Several features of the platform (e.g.,
skills management, organization structure, supervisor role) make it especially suitable for inner
organization usage, especially at training or human resource management departments. It is
referred as an alternative for Moodle Learning Management System.
Features
- Content management
- Test Builder
- Reports engine
- SCORM/IMS
- Icon based interface, Ajax powered
- Extensible via modules
- Skills management
- Job positions management
- Organization structure management
- Facebook interconnection
- Support for several communication tools (internal messaging, forum, chat, calendar)
- Social extensions
- Payments support
- Runs everywhere (any OS, any bandwidth)
- Runs on anything (any browser)
- Expansible (modular technology)
- Can be integrated with third-party systems through its API (Application Programmable
Interface)
eFront Editions
eFront comes in four editions.
eFront Community is a fully flexible eLearning 2.0 system capable of fulfilling a wide range of
learning needs.
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learning needs.
eFront Community++ brings payments support and social extensions on top of the community
edition.
eFront Educational is a flexible solution for educational organizations or colleges. It brings
support for the latest eLearning standards together with better reporting capabilities.
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Prerequisites
First of all, We need to setup a working LAMP server. Refer the following links to setup and
configure LAMP server on Debian/Ubuntu systems.
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Here i am going to create a database called efrontdb and database user called efrontuser
with password debian for eFront. You can define database and user as per your liking.
# mysql -u root -p
Enter password:
Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MySQL connection id is 190
Server version: 5.5.31-0+wheezy1 (Debian)
Copyright (c) 2000, 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
Oracle is a registered trademark of Oracle Corporation and/or its
affiliates. Other names may be trademarks of their respective
owners.
Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the current input statement.
mysql> create database efrontdb;
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.01 sec)
mysql> GRANT ALL ON efrontdb.* TO efrontuser@localhost IDENTIFIED BY 'debian';
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.01 sec)
mysql> flush privileges;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)
mysql> exit
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Create a folder for saving eFront files in apache root document folder.
On Debian/Ubuntu systems:
# mkdir /var/www/efront

Change to efront folder and download the latest version of eFront here or enter the following
command from Terminal using the following command.

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# cd /var/www/efront
# wget
http://sourceforge.net/projects/efrontlearning/files/efrontlearning/eFront%20v3.6.14/efront_3.6.14_build18012_community.zip

Unzip the downloaded file and move it to apache root document folder.
# unzip efront_3.6.14_build18012_community.zip

Change ownership of efront files.

# chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/efront/

On RHEL/CentOS:
# mkdir /var/www/html/efront

Change to efront folder and download the latest version of eFront here or enter the following
command from Terminal using the following command.
# cd /var/www/html/efront
# wget
http://sourceforge.net/projects/efrontlearning/files/efrontlearning/eFront%20v3.6.14/efront_3.6.14_build18012_community.zip

Unzip the downloaded file and move it to apache root document folder.

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# unzip efront_3.6.14_build18012_community.zip
SK

Change ownership of efront files.

# chown -R apache:apache /var/www/html/efront/*

Updated.. Thanks.

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Now navigate to http://domain-name/efront or http://ip-address/efront from your browser.

Maria DB installation needs to be updated. heres

https://downloads.mariadb.org/mariadb/repositories

The following screen should appear. Click New Installation to begin eFron installation.
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Thank you Mark. Yes, Tamilnadu is beautiful

and please come if you have time. There are
many worth places to visit here.
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Thanks for the feedback dbo.

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Perfect instructions! Easy and to the point.

Ive read other websites that take you here
and there, and have you install a bunch of
useless things. Thanks for the info!
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Enter the database details such as database name, database user, database user password,
password for eFront admin user and efront admin mail id.

This will show a warning that denotes: A database with this name already exists. If you
continue, all of its tables will be deleted. Click Delete existing tables and retry.

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Now eFront has been installed successfully.

Click on the link that says: Click here to delete the installation directory automatically and

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navigate to the system index page. The installation directory will be created automatically
and you will be redirected to the system index page.
Enter the login name as admin and password of the admin user that youve created earlier.

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Thats it. Your E-Learning Management System is ready.

It is time to read the official user documentation to know more about how to use eFront for your
institution. The official documentation page is divided into three sections each for Administrators,
Professors and Students. Refer the respective pages accordingly.

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Senthilkumar aka SK, a Linux enthusiast, FOSS Supporter & Technical Writer from Tamilnadu,
India. A passionate and dynamic person, aims to deliver quality content to IT professionals and
loves very much to write and explore new things about Linux, Open Source, Computers and
Internet. Find more about him on: http://about.me/psenthilkumar. Contact: sk@unixmen.com,
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