Run Moodle, the widely used open-source learning management system, from a pre-configured AMI in your own AWS account. Courses, learners and grades stay on infrastructure you control.
Moodle is a GPLv3 learning platform used by schools, universities and companies for classroom, blended and online learning. It runs on standard PHP hosting and has the largest plugin ecosystem of the open-source LMS options.
Assignments, quizzes, forums and resources in each course.
Two decades of plugins, from proctoring to gradebooks.
Brand the site with your own theme.
Responsive design plus a dedicated Moodle app.
Add Jitsi meetings as a course activity with mod_jitsi.
Move courses with Moodle backups and Common Cartridge.
The AMI ships Moodle on Apache with a temporary admin account, ready to configure.
Subscribe on AWS Marketplace and launch the CloudFormation stack with your domain. Allow 5-10 minutes.
Create a DNS record with the PublicIp, then SSH in and run sudo /opt/scripts/ssl.sh.
Log in with the temporary admin credentials from the developer guide, change the password, and update the admin username and email.
Use Site administration to configure courses, users, appearance and plugins.
An AMI on AWS Marketplace, launched into your own AWS account with a CloudFormation stack.
Launch on AWS | Moodle | Open edX | Canvas | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Licence | GPLv3 | No licence fee | AGPLv3, also sold commercially |
| Best fit | Classroom and blended learning | MOOC-scale programmes | Institutions wanting a modern UI |
| Self-hosting effort | Low, standard PHP hosting | High, 20+ containers | High, resource and staff heavy |
| Plugin ecosystem | Largest of the three | xBlock-based, narrower | Mostly commercial App Center |
Moodle is the easiest of the three to run yourself. Read Moodle vs Open edX vs Canvas →
The image ships a temporary admin account, listed in the developer guide. Moodle makes you change the password on first login; update the admin username and email in your profile too.
SSL is set up manually. Point DNS at the server, SSH in and run sudo /opt/scripts/ssl.sh, entering your admin email when asked.
Yes. You have full admin access to install and configure themes, plugins and integrations.
Yes. It has a responsive design and a dedicated mobile app for learners and teachers.
Yes. The official mod_jitsi plugin adds Jitsi Meet as a course activity; use your own Jitsi server for real classes.
Moodle runs on Apache. SSH in and run sudo tail -f /var/log/apache2/error.log.
t3.small is the recommended starting point. Scale up as learner numbers grow.
Back up your server data, remove the old stack and launch the new version from AWS Marketplace.
Real self-hosting effort, not just feature checklists.
Install mod_jitsi, configure your server and set moderator roles.
A secure, scalable Moodle environment in minutes.
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