Open edX is a massive open online course platform, created by the MIT and Harvard University to offer online university-level courses, and released under the AGPL license.
Questions tagged [edx]
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Vagrant - paver devstack error: "[Errno 20] Not a directory"
I am attempting to get edx Devstack installed with Vagrant, and I'm on a Windows machine. I'm getting errors that appear to result from symlinks that aren't supported by Windows.
According to the edx troubleshooting guide under Dealing with line…

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Not a valid editable requirement. It should either be a path to a local project or a VCS URL
I have been using open-EDX (LMS) - (Juniper Version) Devstack Installation for Ubuntu 18.04 (which uses Docker Containers). I recently git cloned edx-proctoring into the place where I am using Devstack such that my folder structure would be…

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edX MongoDB connection error 111
When I try to login to the edX Studio I always get a connection error:
ConnectionFailure at /home/
[Errno 111] Connection refused
Request Method: GET
Request URL: http://localhost:8001/home/
Django Version: 1.4.20
Exception Type:…

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Correct pulling edxops/forums way
I'm making my own devstack for works with OpenEdx.
I pulled the official devstack repository from edx and i'm modifying it.
I'm trying add forums to my stack but i can't run in since docker compose.
I added this to composer file:
forums:
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How can I config Open-edX Production Stack SMTP settings?
I recently just used Vagrant to install the Production Stack of the Open-edX online learning platform. I followed the blog address at this URL http://iambusychangingtheworld.blogspot.ca/2014/03/edx-platform-to-run-cms-at-port-80.html when it came to…

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edx platform cannot apply stanford theme
I am running a fullstack edx platform in aws using a pre-installed image.
I tried to apply the stanford theme using manual method as described here:
https://github.com/edx/edx-platform/wiki/Stanford-Theming
I cloned a theme repository located…

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error: command 'swig' failed with exit status 1 in edx devstack, vagrant, virtualbox
I am trying to run edx devstack lms on my localhost using virtualbox, vagrant.
When I try to run a command on vagrant instance in ubuntu, python env generates the error below:
error: command 'swig' failed with exit status 1

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EDX : How to set default advanced components for newly created course
I have created a xblock, now I want to set this xblock as default xblock as an advanced component for every newly created course automatically.
Thanks.

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edX provisioning Issue: get stuck at, TASK: [edxapp | checkout edx-platform repo into {{edxapp_code_dir}}]
I am trying to install edX developer stack in my local system. I am facing the issue: edx-platform checkout failure but difference is that it's stuck at the first line:
==> default: TASK: [edxapp | checkout edx-platform repo into…

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How to run custom openedx project in localhost
I have the edx-platform, ecommerce, ecommerce-themes, credentials and edx-theme directories. I have installed successfully tutor and devstack but I didn't find the way to replace these custom directories. So, what is the correct way to replace them…

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Change edX email content and templates
For LMS, I'm using my custom template, stored in directory:
/edx/app/edxapp/edx-platform/themes/my-theme/
Can you help me where are files I need to change, to change the look (and content) of emails sent by Open edX platform?
Thank you in advance!

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Microsoft's edX C++ course: double vs long double - why a lack of common standard?
I decided to go through Microsoft's C++ course on edX.
According to them, double and long double are identical in size and range:
This contradicts these specs: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C_data_types
At first, I thought Microsoft make a typo,…

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i386 disassembly using edx register when it is undefined
Below is the disassembly of the beginning of a function. The first mention of the edx register is "sarl $0x3, %edx", which shifts the exiting value. As I understand it, the value of the edx register is undefined when entering a function. Can anyone…

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How can I remove a "Pending Task" from the Instructor dashboard in Open edX?
I am trying to "Download a CSV of Problem Responses" in the Instructor dashboard's "Data Download" section in Open edX, but while doing this a task became stuck as a "Pending Task".
It has been like this for over 2 days, is there any way to delete…

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SMTPServerDisconnected: please run connect() first error on Open edX bitnami installation
I have installed Open edX bitnami ami and testing it. I am facing problem with smtp email configuration. I followed the instructions here: Bitnami Open edX - How to configure outbound email settings
But that did not work. Email was not being sent…

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