README.md

Open edX Devstack on Azure

This is an Azure template to create an Ubuntu VM and provision the Open edX devstack. You can learn more about Open edX and devstack here:

• https://open.edx.org
• https://github.com/edx/edx-platform

This template will complete quickly, but the full Open edX install usually takes > 1 hour. To follow along with the progress, ssh into the VM and tail -f openedx-devstack-install.log

Getting started with Open edX devstack

After the initial provisioning has completed, ssh into your vm with: ssh vagrant@YOUR_INSTANCES_DNS_NAME.cloudapp.azure.com

and authenticate with the password specified in: ADMINPASSWORD

From here, switch into the edxapp user:

sudo su edxapp -s /bin/bash
source /edx/app/edxapp/edxapp_env

To get your server up and running navigate to the edx-platform directory:

cd /edx/app/edxapp/edx-platform

and use paver to help you start either the LMS (student facing site):

paver devstack lms

or Studio (the course authoring site):

paver devstack studio

After that, you can visit the sites by opening your browser and navigating to YOUR_INSTANCES_DNS_NAME.cloudapp.azure.com:8000 for the LMS and YOUR_INSTANCES_DNS_NAME.cloudapp.azure.com:8001 for Studio.

For more info, check the Open edX Github Wiki on devstack