[Closed] Joomdle problem with dynamic ip addresses

Hello to all,

I´m installing joomdle and all went well until i got to system check in joomla. By the way using joomla 1.5.25 and moodle 2.3.2.
I realised that i have dynamic ip adresses in my moodle website and each time that i change the ip in the plugin and come back to system check it always shows the same message: Source IP not allowed:new ip address.
Is there a way to manage this dynamic ip's?

Hi there,

At this time you are required to use a fixed IP address.

Regards,

Chris

Isn't there a way to manage dynamic ip addresses?

As the messages above, a fixed IP address is required.

Does this mean that Joomdle will only work on a dedicated server (other than on a local server)?

I have got it all working perfectly on my local server, but on my Amen linux shared host, I only have one fixed IP and that is for the domain itself. All sub-domains and folders have dynamic IP addresses so the Joomdle system check will never be all green.

Would it get around the problem if Moodle was on top of Joomla (a bit of a compromise as ideally Joomla would be accessible directly at the domain. But maybe there could be a redirection in Moodle?).

I'll try it out if I get the time ...

No. Joomdle works fine on shared hosting accounts as they tend to have fixed IP addresses as well.

With regards to your comment that the sub-domains have dynamic IP - I don't recall seeing this very often. In most cases, a sub-domain is on the same physical box as the domain itself. Of course you can point a sub-domain anywhere, but in most situations this is not the case. Being on the same box / device, they would share the same MAC address and thus the same IP address.

You don't say where Joomla is installed, most place it in the public_html folder and moodle in a folder below this. If so you don't even need sub-domains.

Hi Chris,

Many thanks for taking the time to reply.

In fact, I have Joomla installed at the domain root ( www.traducteur-juridique.fr ) (or public/www), which has an IP address (81.88.48.95). Moodle is in a folder below Joomla ( www.traducteur-juridique.fr/moodle2 ) (or public/www/moodle2). But this folder seems to have a dynamic IP - the health check detects a different IP each time (within a certain range) - so I can't put the required IP into the configuration page.



Putting Moodle at the root of the domain and Joomla in a folder below it doesn't make any difference.

This is the reply I got from Amen.fr :

"Bonjour,
L'adresse IP de votre hébergement Linux mutualisé est : 81.88.48.95
Pour disposer de votre propre adresse IP (fixe), il faut disposer d'un pack serveur privé ou serveur dédié."

Previously I was hosted with 1and1 but they don't have XMLRPC activated. Amen.fr doesn't seem to work either ...

If you could recommend a shared hosting account that will work, I would be pleased to hear from you, as well as any other possible solutions to my problem. As I say, I can get it to work perfectly on my local EasyPHP server, but that is not much use to me ...

Thanks again,

Tim

Looks like traducteur-juridique.fr/moodle2 is working as a subdomain (moodle2.traducteur-juridique.fr) and not a normal folder so it could have its own IP. It's is not possible to assign a IP to a simple folder.

I can't understand why they change the IP (it sounds crazy) but this issue and a simple reverse lookup (+1000 domain in the server IP) would take me to change as soon as possible the hosting company.

Hostgator, Rochen (Joomla hosting), A2hosting (recommended by Joomla) or Digital Ocean (my prefered) are good recommendations. Try to get at least a VPS to get better results with the Joomdle site. (Please run away of 1&1, GoDaddy an similars)

Many thanks, Fernando. Now I know the problem is with my hosting company, I will follow your advice and get a VPS.

All the best,

Tim