Manage Open edX projects

Introduction

Derex simplifies running edX: it takes care of starting the needed services (mysql, mongodb, rabbitmq etc) and introduces the concept of edX _projects_.

A project is a directory that defines what an edX instance should look like. It can specify additional requirements, custom themes and plugins.

`derex.runner` uses docker compose (it's bundled, you don't have to install it separately) to orchestrate the many necessary pieces.

Requirements

Make sure you have python 3.6 or later and docker 19.03.5 or later installed.

A virtualenv is also recommended. For derex we use direnv. Its main purpose is to define directory-specific environment variables, but it can also automatically activate a virtualenv when you `cd` into a directory. We include a `.envrc` file that will instruct `direnv` to create and activate a local python3 virtualenv.

We recommend to install it to try out the following instructions. Alternatively you can replace `direnv allow` with your virtualenv activation command.

Quickstart

Run the following commands:

git clone https://github.com/Abstract-Tech/derex.runner.git
cd derex.runner
direnv allow
pip install -r requirements.txt -e .
cd tests/fixtures/minimal/
ddc-services up -d  # Start mysql, mongodb, rabbitmq and admin tools
derex reset-mailslurper  # Prime the mailslurper mysql database
derex reset-mysql  # Prime the mysql database
ddc-project up -d  # Start LMS/CMS daemons and workers
derex compile-theme  # Compile theme sass files

Then head to one of the started services:

• http://localhost:4700 LMS
• http://localhost:4800 CMS
• http://localhost:5555 Flower (monitor celery workers)
• http://localhost:4300 Mailslurper (debug emails sent by the platform)
• http://localhost:4400 Adminer (mysql administration tool)
• http://localhost:9000 Portainer (docker administration tool)

You can login to the CMS and LMS using one of these users (the password is always secret):

• Username: user, email [email protected] Represents a student user.
• Username: staff, email [email protected] Represents a member of the teaching staff.
• Username: superuser, email [email protected] Represents an administrator of Open edX. This user has full permissions inside the platform.

Credits

This work uses extensively parts of the tutor project. Many thanks to Régis Behmo!

This package was created with Cookiecutter and the cookiecutter-namespace-template project template.