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We recently attempted to migrate a Moodle instance - Moodle 3.8+ (Build: 20191205) - using this plugin (version = 2020070613) from self hosting in a Windows environment to hosting on a cloud container running Linux. The integration between Arlo in Moodle and Arlo cloud was disabled, and the site was put in maintenance mode before the migration.
Re-enabling the integration in the new environment after the migration resulted in:
- users that were not previously enrolled in courses using the Arlo enrolment method were enrolled - possibly impacting hundreds if not thousands of users
- emails were sent to affected users
- users previously enrolled in courses were unenrolled
- completion records were deleted
When our client reported this to Arlo support, they were informed that "Switching servers will always disrupt the connection between Moodle and Arlo courses". This sounds contrary to what would be expected of an integration.
To be clear, the URL of the site was not changed, only the server was changed. The migrated site was stood up using backups of the code, data files and database of the origin site.
Can you please confirm that the statement "Switching servers will always disrupt the connection between Moodle and Arlo courses" is true? And also an earlier statement: "It looks like transferring to different servers will always sever connections between Moodle courses and Arlo courses - even if it is to an old server.
This is because you are essentially removing the connection by transferring it to different servers".
If those statements are true, it would mean that once a Moodle site is integrated with Arlo, it can never be migrated!
We are however committed to migrating that site.
Can you please advise what needs to be done on the Arlo or Moodle end before, during and after migrating an Arlo-enabled Moodle site, so as to not experience the issues outlined earlier.
Thanks,