OpenOLAT dockerized

Dockerized OpenOLAT instance with postgresql, athena-pdf and custom theme & certifications

Essential Configuration

.env

# .env
NGINX_PORT=1234
OLAT_VERSION=1717
DB_HOST=db
DB_PORT=5432
DB_NAME=openolat
DB_USER=openolat
DB_PASS=openolat
ATHENA_SECRET=geheim

tomcat/olat.local.properties Refer to tomcat/olat.properties for all possible options and defaults

# tomcat/olat.local.properties
db.source=jndi
db.jndi=java:comp/env/jdbc/openolatDS
db.vendor=postgresql
installation.dir=/opt/openolat
log.dir=/opt/openolat/logs
server.contextpath=/openolat
server.domainname=<domain>
server.port=80
server.port.ssl=0
smtp.host=disabled
tomcat.id=1
userdata.dir=/opt/openolat/olatdata

Fetch WAR and docker images

1. Download & extract OpenOlat ./getOlat.sh
2. docker compose pull

Run

1. docker compose up -d

Nginx Proxy

OLAT_PORT and ATHENA_PORT is exposed to localhost only (not accessible from outside)

1. Replace ${OLAT_PORT} and ${ATHENA_PORT} in vhost.conf, set the server name to the domain configured in olat.local.properties and copy/link it to /etc/nginx/sites-enabled
2. (recommended) create a ssl cert (certbot -d <domain>)
3. Test nginx config (nginx -t)
4. Restart nginx (service reload nginx)

Further Configurations

Athena Athena PDF does not work in local development, since athena calls openolat to retrieve the certificate and localhost points to athena not the docker host machine.

Login as Administrator in Olat Administration > Externe Werkzeuge > PDF Generator

• Enable
• Choose AthenaPDF
• URL = https://domain/_pdf
• Key = ${ATHENA_SECRECT}

Office365 Mail Goto Office365 Admin-Center > Acive Users > > E-Mail > E-Mail-Apps and enable Authenticated SMTP

Settings for tomcat/olat.local.properties:

# tomcat/olat.local.properties
# ...
smtp.host=smtp.office365.com
smtp.port=587
smtp.sslEnabled=false
smtp.sslCheckCertificate=false
smtp.starttls=true
[email protected]
smtp.pwd=password
#smtp.from= !! DO NOT SET SMTP.FROM !!
[email protected]

Microsoft Teams Create an Application in Azure AD + Secret Grant these in Microsoft.Graph for Application (not delegated!) and acknowledge access as admin

• OnlineMeetingArtifact.Read.All
• OnlineMeetings.Read.All
• OnlineMeetings.ReadWrite.All
• Organization.Read.All
• Organization.ReadWrite.All
• User.ReadWrite.All

BigBlueButton Configure with API_URL (domain/bigbluebutton) & API_SECRET Capacity factor is only used in load balancer if you configure multiple servers Set the max meeting duration for classroom to 720 minutes for whole day events