Open edX is an open source CMS and LMS system to create MOOC courses and display them online. As such, it does not refer to the courses content, nor to edX website (edx.org) run by MIT & Hardvard.
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Server Error After OpenEdx installation
I just installed OpenEDX script on a Ubuntu Server following this tutorial,I get no error while installation but after it finished and when I tried to visit it I'm getting Server Error

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authenticate function in django using hashed password not the raw one
I am working on openedx(which runs on django) and the user will be redirected here from other site and i'm being given the hashed password from there.
Authenticate(username,password) excepts raw password like "dragon" not the hashed one,
So I need…

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Course definition by external script in openedx
I am trying to to insert a course template ( template being mandatory details required to create a course on edx studio and also some grading settings). I wish to insert the course template by means of an external script which will have read/write…

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Adding external api to EdX
I am currently creating a custom javascript problem which will sit in the Edx platform
http://edx.readthedocs.io/projects/edx-partner-course-staff/en/latest/exercises_tools/custom_javascript.html
I have created my Javascript in react.js and…

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OpenEDX : Error 400 when using it as LTI provider
I want to include some OpenEdx lesson on my web application. For this, I decided to use the LTI protocol which is supported by OpenEDX (as consumer and provider in last release).
My application, as LTI consumer, already integrate with success some…

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How to test 'studio_view' in xblock-sdk?
I'm developing a custom-xblock, where course-creator can add some html in predefined and pre-designed block.
I have installed xblock-sdk and using the same for xblock development.
I can test student_view in xblock-sdk but I want to test studio_view…

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Pipe Closed Error when adding remote interpreter in Pycharm
I follow the step of official docs to run open edx on pycharm. But I have difficulty in installing the remote pycharm interpreter. It gives me a error -- "Pipe closed". See image below.
After clicking python interpreter, I get "Pipe closed":
This…

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open edx styles of cms doesn't work
CSS doesn't work in cms (open edx). I tried to compile JS and CSS, but it gave no results. Server reboot didn't help me. This is my error in log:
[__init__.py:42] - staticfiles_storage couldn't find path css/cms-style-vendor-tinymce-content.css: The…

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Elasticsearch in open edx fullstack has an error
I installed fullstack open edx on Ubuntu 12.04 and then I use my fork edx-platform repo. When it finished, elasticsearch cannot use for finding courses. It always show "We couldn't find any results for" message.
I check log on elasticsearch.log I…

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How open edx stores course content data in mongo database?
I am working on online course ware website which is similar to open edx.
Course ware data is stored in mongo database, I want to find out amount of disk space taken by each course.
The database is edxapp which contains following collections:
1.…

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installing open edx on Ubuntu 14.04.1
i tried to install Open edX Fullstack on my Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS
i followed the installation documentation
mkdir fullstack
cd fullstack
curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/edx/configuration/master/vagrant/release/fullstack/Vagrantfile >…

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Disable collectstatic and paver when javascript or css changes in Openedx
Can we disable collectstatic and paver when javascript or css changes in Openedx?
Because as a developer, we frequently change the javascript or css and would like to view the outcome directly from openedx platform. Currently if any javascript or…

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How to customize learner profile in OpenEdx?
I managed to customize some templates in lms, but now I need to customize learner profile. I know how to overwrite learner_profile.scss, but I have trouble with html template. I found learner_profile.html template in location outside of lms…

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enable Open edX custom theme bitnami
I am trying to customize the default UI of open edX. But I am not getting far enough. I am new to this. I am getting confused reading the docs. In the documentation it is telling me to place my theme in the '/opt/bitnami/edx/var/themes/edx-platform'…

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Facing errors while installing openEdx
Got permission denied while trying to connect to the Docker daemon socket.
After cloning the make dev.clone error occurs while executing "make dev.provision". i am working Ubuntu 20.04 EC2 instance.
error log

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