Moodle is a free open-source software e-learning platform. It is designed to provide educators, administrators and learners with a single robust, secure and integrated system to create personalized learning environments.

Moodle is designed to scale and can accommodate extremely large user communities. The LoadMaster makes scaling Moodle simpler by load balancing user traffic and offloading the security overhead.

Document Purpose

This document provides steps on how to configure the LoadMaster to load balance the Moodle platform. This document does not address the deployment of Moodle clusters and assumes a working knowledge of Moodle configuration editing and some basic LoadMaster skills. For further information on LoadMaster configuration in general, refer to the LoadMaster Documentation.

Prerequisites

There are some requirements that must be met before configuring the LoadMaster to load balance Moodle:

  • The Moodle server(s) must be set up and configured correctly. For more information, please refer to the Moodle documentation.
  • The Active Directory server must be set up and configured correctly. For more information, please refer to the Microsoft documentation.