Deployment of a Corporate Training Portal on Google Cloud Platform using Deployment Manager, Google Compute Engine & Cloud Storage

5 min readNov 14, 2022

Project description

In another real-world-based project, I acted as a Cloud Specialist to implement a corporate training portal for employees. Moodle was the platform chosen to provide the training, and it’s one of the most popular e-Learning platforms among companies and universities around the world.

I used the Deployment Manager and a Moodle image, available on GCP Marketplace, using the resources of a Compute Engine.

To store the training files, in order to comply with high availability (HA) issues, I used the Cloud Storage bucket service.

Lets get Started!

we will need to check on the below items

Create a project
Enable Billing for your project

Moodle Deployment

Enable API: Cloud Deployment Manager V2 | Runtime Configuration

Access the Deployment Manager | Go to Cloud Deployment Manager

Click on [ + ] Deploy Marketplace Solution

Search for solutions, type moodle

Choose Moodle | Google Click to Deploy

Click on Launch.

Deployment name: do not change it, just leave it as suggested!

Machine Type: e2-medium

Administrator Email Address: inform your best e-mail

Accept the Terms and Deploy

Cloud Storage

Create a bucket on Cloud Storage

Go to Google Cloud Console and search for Cloud Storage

Create Bucket

Name your bucket: tcb-moodle-ja
Choose where to store your data |Location type |Region

Choose a default storage class for your data: Standard
Choose how to control access to objects:
Uncheck[ ]Enforce public access prevention on this bucket
Check (*) Fine-grained
Create

Upload Files: iLearnIntro.mp4 and eiLearnPDF.pdf

Editing objects permissions to allow public access

Select the file iLearnIntro.mp4

Click on the 3 dots |Edit Permissions

Click on Add Entry

Entity: Public
Name: all
UsersAccess: Reader

Click on Save

Select the file iLearnPDF.pdf

Click on the 3 dots |Edit Permissions

Click on Add Entry

Entity: Public
Name: all
UsersAccess: Reader

Click on Save

Moodle Admin Panel

Copy and Paste the Moodle instance Public IP in the browser, and make the login.

Go to Site Home | Add a new course

Course full name: Onboarding training for new employees

Course Short name: OTNE

Save and Return

Now go to Site administration | Appearance | Logos

Click on Upload a file |Choose File and select the file iLearnLogo.png

Click on Upload this file And Save changes!

Moodle Customization

Site Administration |Front Page| Front page settings.

Full site name: Corporate Training Portal
Short name for site: iLearn
Front page summary: iLearn — Corporate Training Portal
Save changes

Validating the customization: Log Out | Log In

From Site Home| Click on Turn editing on.

Add an activity or resource.

Select Page | Add

In the section General |Name| Type: Welcome!

From Content, click on Insert or edit an audio /video file go to Video guide.

In the Cloud Storage(bucket), copy the Public URL of the video object iLearnIntro.mp4 and paste in the Video source URL| Click on Insert media.

Click on Save and return to course

In the Welcome video click on Edit Settings

From Content, type the text Download Pdf below the video to add a hyperlink.

In the Cloud Storage (bucket), copy the Public URL of the PDF object iLearnPDF.pdf and paste in the Enter a URL. Select Open in new window and then, click on Create link.

Click on Save and display

The portal is up and running

Congratulations!

In case you face any issues during the deployment, please feel free to reach me on LinkedIn and don’t forget to click the like button if you enjoy reading this article