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The Open edX LMS & Studio, powering education sites around the world!
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The Open edX LMS & Studio, powering education sites around the world!

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Open edX Platform

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| |License: AGPL v3| |Status| |Python CI|



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Purpose

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The `Open edX Platform `_ is a service-oriented platform for authoring and

delivering online learning at any scale.  The platform is written in

Python and JavaScript and makes extensive use of the Django

framework. At the highest level, the platform is composed of a

monolith, some independently deployable applications (IDAs), and

micro-frontends (MFEs) based on the ReactJS.



This repository hosts the monolith at the center of the Open edX

platform.  Functionally, the edx-platform repository provides two services:



* CMS (Content Management Service), which powers Open edX Studio, the platform's learning content authoring environment; and

* LMS (Learning Management Service), which delivers learning content.



Documentation

*************



Documentation can be found at https://docs.openedx.org/projects/edx-platform.



Getting Started

***************



For Production

==============



Installing and running an Open edX instance is not simple.  We strongly

recommend that you use a service provider to run the software for you.  They

have free trials that make it easy to get started:

https://openedx.org/get-started/



However, if you have the time and expertise, then it is is possible to

self-manage a production Open edX instance. To help you build, customize,

upgrade, and scale your instance, we recommend using `Tutor`_, the

community-supported, Docker-based Open edX distribution.



You can read more about getting up and running with a Tutor deployment

at the `Site Ops home on docs.openedx.org`_.



For Development

===============



Tutor also features a `development mode`_ which will also help you modify,

test, and extend edx-platform. We recommend this method for all Open edX

developers.



Bare Metal (Advanced)

=====================



It is also possible to spin up an Open edX platform directly on a Linux host.

This method is less common and mostly undocumented. The Open edX community will

only be able to provided limited support for it.



Running "bare metal" is only advisable for (a) developers seeking an

adventure and (b) experienced system administrators who are willing to take the

complexity of Open edX configuration and deployment into their own hands.



System Dependencies

-------------------



OS:

* Ubuntu 22.04



* Ubuntu 24.04



Interperters/Tools:



* Python 3.11



* Node 18



Services:



* MySQL 8.0



* Mongo 7.x



* Memcached



Language Packages:



* Frontend:



  - ``npm clean-install`` (production)

  - ``npm clean-install --dev`` (development)



* Backend build:



  - ``pip install -r requirements/edx/assets.txt``



* Backend application:



  - ``pip install -r requirements/edx/base.txt`` (production)

  - ``pip install -r requirements/edx/dev.txt`` (development)



  Some Python packages have system dependencies. For example, installing these packages on Debian or Ubuntu will require first running ``sudo apt install python3-dev default-libmysqlclient-dev build-essential pkg-config`` to satisfy the requirements of the ``mysqlclient`` Python package.



Codejail Setup

--------------



As a part of the baremetal setup, you will need to configure your system to

work properly with codejail.  See the `codejail installation steps`_ for more

details.



.. _codejail installation steps: https://github.com/openedx/codejail?tab=readme-ov-file#installation



Build Steps

-----------



Create two MySQL databases and a MySQL user with write permissions to both, and configure

Django to use them by updating the ``DATABASES`` setting.



Then, run migrations::



  ./manage.py lms migrate

  ./manage.py lms migrate --database=student_module_history

  ./manage.py cms migrate



Build static assets (for more details, see `building static

assets`_)::



  npm run build  # or, 'build-dev'



Download locales and collect static assets (can be skipped for development

sites)::



  make pull_translations

  ./manage.py lms collectstatic

  ./manage.py cms collectstatic



Set up CMS SSO (for Development)::



  ./manage.py lms manage_user studio_worker [email protected] --unusable-password

  # DO NOT DO THIS IN PRODUCTION. It will make your auth insecure.

  ./manage.py lms create_dot_application studio-sso-id studio_worker \

      --grant-type authorization-code \

      --skip-authorization \

      --redirect-uris 'http://localhost:18010/complete/edx-oauth2/' \

      --scopes user_id  \

      --client-id 'studio-sso-id' \

      --client-secret 'studio-sso-secret'



Set up CMS SSO (for Production):



* Create the CMS user and the OAuth application::



    ./manage.py lms manage_user studio_worker  --unusable-password

    ./manage.py lms create_dot_application studio-sso-id studio_worker \

        --grant-type authorization-code \

        --skip-authorization \

        --redirect-uris 'http://localhost:18010/complete/edx-oauth2/' \

        --scopes user_id



* Log into Django admin (eg. http://localhost:18000/admin/oauth2_provider/application/),

  click into the application you created above (``studio-sso-id``), and copy its "Client secret".

* In your private LMS_CFG yaml file or your private Django settings module:



 * Set ``SOCIAL_AUTH_EDX_OAUTH2_KEY`` to the client ID (``studio-sso-id``).

 * Set ``SOCIAL_AUTH_EDX_OAUTH2_SECRET`` to the client secret (which you copied).

Run the Platform

----------------



First, ensure MySQL, Mongo, and Memcached are running.



Start the LMS::



  ./manage.py lms runserver 18000



Start the CMS::



  ./manage.py cms runserver 18010



This will give you a mostly-headless Open edX platform. Most frontends have

been migrated to "Micro-Frontends (MFEs)" which need to be installed and run

separately. At a bare minimum, you will need to run the `Authentication MFE`_,

`Learner Home MFE`_, and `Learning MFE`_ in order meaningfully navigate the UI.



.. _Tutor: https://github.com/overhangio/tutor

.. _Site Ops home on docs.openedx.org: https://docs.openedx.org/en/latest/site_ops/index.html

.. _development mode: https://docs.tutor.edly.io/dev.html

.. _building static assets: ./docs/references/static-assets.rst

.. _Authentication MFE: https://github.com/openedx/frontend-app-authn/

.. _Learner Home MFE: https://github.com/openedx/frontend-app-learner-dashboard

.. _Learning MFE: https://github.com/openedx/frontend-app-learning/



License

*******



The code in this repository is licensed under version 3 of the AGPL

unless otherwise noted. Please see the `LICENSE`_ file for details.



.. _LICENSE: https://github.com/openedx/edx-platform/blob/master/LICENSE



More about Open edX

*******************



See the `Open edX site`_ to learn more about the Open edX world. You can find

information about hosting, extending, and contributing to Open edX software. In

addition, the Open edX site provides product announcements, the Open edX blog,

and other rich community resources.



.. _Open edX site: https://openedx.org



Getting Help

************



If you're having trouble, we have discussion forums at

https://discuss.openedx.org where you can connect with others in the community.



Our real-time conversations are on Slack. You can request a `Slack

invitation`_, then join our `community Slack team`_.



For more information about these options, see the `Getting Help`_ page.



.. _Slack invitation: https://openedx.org/slack

.. _community Slack team: http://openedx.slack.com/

.. _Getting Help: https://openedx.org/getting-help



Issue Tracker

*************



We use Github Issues for our issue tracker. You can search

`previously reported issues`_.  If you need to report a bug, or want to discuss

a new feature before you implement it, please `create a new issue`_.



.. _previously reported issues: https://github.com/openedx/edx-platform/issues

.. _create a new issue: https://github.com/openedx/edx-platform/issues/new/choose



How to Contribute

*****************



Contributions are welcome! The first step is to submit a signed

`individual contributor agreement`_.  See our `CONTRIBUTING`_ file for more

information – it also contains guidelines for how to maintain high code

quality, which will make your contribution more likely to be accepted.



New features are accepted. Discussing your new ideas with the maintainers

before you write code will also increase the chances that your work is accepted.



Code of Conduct

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Please read the `Community Code of Conduct`_ for interacting with this repository.



Reporting Security Issues

*************************



Please do not report security issues in public. Please email

[email protected].



.. _individual contributor agreement: https://openedx.org/cla

.. _CONTRIBUTING: https://github.com/openedx/.github/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md

.. _Community Code of Conduct: https://openedx.org/code-of-conduct/



People

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The current maintainers of this repository can be found on `Backstage`_.



.. _Backstage: https://backstage.openedx.org/catalog/default/component/edx-platform