We are creating a filesystem repository, which means the files will be stored on your server. Therefore, we need a directory in which to store them.

This part of the process needs to be done by someone with access to the server.

In the Moodle data directory, create a subdirectory named repository. In that subdirectory, create a subdirectory for each repository that your users will want:

To determine the correct permissions for the repository folders, look at the permissions for the folders under filedir, which is also in the Moodle data directory. Duplicate those permissions for the folders that you create for your repositories.