Moodle Akeneo PIM Connector

Follow the below steps to create Moodle Credentials to be used in Akeneo

• Sign up in your Moodle account then go to Dashboard.
• Create external services from your Moodle Admin Panel. Go to Site Administration > Plugins > Web Services > External Services > Add

• Generate a token from the Moodle Admin panel. Go to Site Administration > Plugins > Web Services > Manage Tokens > Add

• Enable Rest Protocol from the Moodle Admin Panel. Go to Site Administration > Plugins > Web Services > Manage Tokens > Manage Protocols

• Add needed function in the created external services. Go to Site Administration > Plugins > Web Services > External Services > Click on Functions in your service name

Add these functions to your customer services.

• Find Your External Service Token and domain name after that put in the Moodle Akeneo connector.
• Now your connector is ready to use.

Please follow these steps for installing Moodle Akeneo Connector module in your Akeneo PIM platform.

• Unzip the respective extension zip  then merge “src” folder into akeneo project root directory.

• Goto app/AppKernel.php after that add the following line in function registerProjectBundles()

new Webkul\\MoodleConnectorBundle\\MoodleConnectorBundle(),

• Goto app/config/routing.yml then add these lines at top of the file

moodle_connector:
        resource: "@MoodleConnectorBundle/Resources/config/routing.yml"
        prefix:   /

• • You have to navigate to Akeneo Installation Directory(Ex. cd /opt/bitnami/apps/akeneo/htdocs ). Run this command after ssh to your akeneo server by the terminal.

php bin/console cache:clear --env=prod && php bin/console wk_moodle:setup:install --env=prod

• You have to restart your web server like Apache, Nginx. Run the command for Apache web server.

        sudo service apache2 restart

• If you are using php-fpm. Then you need to restart the php-fpm services.

  sudo service php-fpm7.2 restart

It might happen that even after proper installation, upon opening your Akeneo admin dashboard, you see a loading screen. In that case, do check for the following solution:

• Webpack Installation: If you get the below error It means that web pack is not installed in your system. Run the following command

  npm install --save-prod webpack
  npm install
  

• Module routing.yml is not configured properly. Re-check the routing.yml file as mentioned in the 3rd step of Module Installation
• Clear your browser cache.

In the Moodle Mapping Setting tab, you need to match the product fields between Moodle and Akeneo. You need to select the correct Akeneo attribute that matches to the Moodle product information.

• Full Name
• Summary
• Format 
• Course Start Date
• Course End Date 
• number of weeks/topics
• The largest size of the file that can be uploaded into the course
• Report shown
• Available to Student
• Completion Notify
• Enable Completion
• Name of the Force Theme 

Status mapping information remains the same on both ends. So if a product is disabled in Akeneo, it will be disabled in Moodle as well.

Other Mapping:

In the other mapping, we can manage attributes to be used as Image and File.

After that to create a product in Akeneo, go to navigate to Products then click Create button. Now, you need to choose product type – as Product or Product Model.

Product – Select this type for creating simple and virtual products.

Product Model – Select this type for creating a configurable product with variations.

Now enter the required SKU, choose a family, then click the Save button.

Product Family – A family is a set of attributes that will be the same for all products belonging to a family. The product family represents products type, imposes product information structure and defines the list of attributes for a product that it belongs.

Add Product Details

Then you need to provide information about the product. First, select the Channel and Locale after that enter the SKU then name.

Select Attribute

For adding product information, select attribute options you require. You can also create new options for the attribute. Following Attributes from Akeneo are supported for export:

• Moodle_isBundle
• Date
• MPN
• Image
• Format
• Description
• Size

Upload Image

After that click the upload picture section or use the drag and drop feature to add product image.

Multi-Lingual Information

Add information to other languages and store views.

Add New Attribute Option

If an attribute option is missing for a select attribute type (simple or multi-select), you can directly add it to the Product Edit Form. Enter a Code and Label values, then click Save.

Select Category

After entering all the product information, save your changes

After that  go to Product Navigation then select Categories.