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.. _development:
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Open edX development
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In addition to running Open edX in production, Tutor can be used for local development of Open edX. This means that it is possible to hack on Open edX without setting up a Virtual Machine. Essentially, this replaces the devstack provided by edX.
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The following commands assume you have previously launched a :ref:`local <local>` Open edX platform. If you have not done so already, you should run::
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tutor local quickstart
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In order to run the platform in development mode, you **must** answer no ("n") to the question "Are you configuring a production platform".
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Note that the local.overhang.io `domain <https://dnschecker.org/#A/local.overhang.io>`__ and its `subdomains <https://dnschecker.org/#CNAME/studio.local.overhang.io>`__ all point to 127.0.0.1. This is just a domain name that was setup to conveniently access a locally running Open edX platform.
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Once the local platform has been configured, you should stop it so that it does not interfere with the development environment::
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tutor local stop
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Finally, you should build the ``openedx-dev`` docker image::
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tutor dev dc build lms
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This ``openedx-dev`` development image differs from the ``openedx`` production image:
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- The user that runs inside the container has the same UID as the user on the host, in order to avoid permission problems inside mounted volumes (and in particular in the edx-platform repository).
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- Additional python and system requirements are installed for convenient debugging: `ipython <https://ipython.org/>`__, `ipdb <https://pypi.org/project/ipdb/>`__, vim, telnet.
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- The edx-platform `development requirements <https://github.com/edx/edx-platform/blob/open-release/maple.master/requirements/edx/development.in>`__ are installed.
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Since the ``openedx-dev`` is based upon the ``openedx`` docker image, it should be re-built every time the ``openedx`` docker image is modified.
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Run a local development webserver
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::
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tutor dev runserver lms # Access the lms at http://local.overhang.io:8000
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tutor dev runserver cms # Access the cms at http://studio.local.overhang.io:8001
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Running arbitrary commands
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To run any command inside one of the containers, run ``tutor dev run [OPTIONS] SERVICE [COMMAND] [ARGS]...``. For instance, to open a bash shell in the LMS or CMS containers::
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tutor dev run lms bash
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tutor dev run cms bash
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To open a python shell in the LMS or CMS, run::
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tutor dev run lms ./manage.py lms shell
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tutor dev run cms ./manage.py cms shell
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You can then import edx-platform and django modules and execute python code.
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To collect assets, you can use the ``openedx-assets`` command that ships with Tutor::
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tutor dev run lms openedx-assets build --env=dev
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.. _bind_mounts:
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Sharing directories with containers
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-----------------------------------
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It may sometimes be convenient to mount container directories on the host, for instance: for editing and debugging. Tutor provides different solutions to this problem.
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Bind-mount from the "volumes/" directory
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Tutor makes it easy to create a bind-mount from an existing container. First, copy the contents of a container directory with the ``bindmount`` command. For instance, to copy the virtual environment of the "lms" container::
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tutor dev bindmount lms /openedx/venv
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This command recursively copies the contents of the ``/opendedx/venv`` directory to ``$(tutor config printroot)/volumes/venv``. The code of any Python dependency can then be edited -- for instance, you can then add a ``import ipdb; ipdb.set_trace()`` statement for step-by-step debugging, or implement a custom feature.
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Then, bind-mount the directory back in the container with the ``--volume`` option::
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tutor dev runserver --volume=/openedx/venv lms
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Notice how the ``--volume=/openedx/venv`` option differs from `Docker syntax <https://docs.docker.com/storage/volumes/#choose-the--v-or---mount-flag>`__? Tutor recognizes this syntax and automatically converts this option to ``--volume=/path/to/tutor/root/volumes/venv:/openedx/venv``, which is recognized by Docker.
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.. note::
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The ``bindmount`` command and the ``--volume=/...`` option syntax are available both for the ``tutor local`` and ``tutor dev`` commands.
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Manual bind-mount to any directory
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The above solution may not work for you if you already have an existing directory, outside of the "volumes/" directory, which you would like mounted in one of your containers. For instance, you may want to mount your copy of the `edx-platform <https://github.com/edx/edx-platform/>`__ repository. In such cases, you can simply use the ``-v/--volume`` `Docker option <https://docs.docker.com/storage/volumes/#choose-the--v-or---mount-flag>`__::
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tutor dev run --volume=/path/to/edx-platform:/openedx/edx-platform lms bash
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Override docker-compose volumes
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The above solutions require that you explicitly pass the ``-v/--volume`` to every ``run`` or ``runserver`` command, which may be inconvenient. Also, these solutions are not compatible with the ``start`` command. To address these issues, you can create a ``docker-compose.override.yml`` file that will specify custom volumes to be used with all ``dev`` commands::
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vim "$(tutor config printroot)/env/dev/docker-compose.override.yml"
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You are then free to bind-mount any directory to any container. For instance, to mount your own edx-platform fork::
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version: "3.7"
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services:
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lms:
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volumes:
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- /path/to/edx-platform:/openedx/edx-platform
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cms:
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volumes:
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- /path/to/edx-platform:/openedx/edx-platform
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lms-worker:
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volumes:
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- /path/to/edx-platform:/openedx/edx-platform
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cms-worker:
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volumes:
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- /path/to/edx-platform:/openedx/edx-platform
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This override file will be loaded when running any ``tutor dev ..`` command. The edx-platform repo mounted at the specified path will be automatically mounted inside all LMS and CMS containers. With this file, you should no longer specify the ``-v/--volume`` option from the command line with the ``run`` or ``runserver`` commands.
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.. note::
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The ``tutor local`` commands loads the ``docker-compose.override.yml`` file from the ``$(tutor config printroot)/env/local/docker-compose.override.yml`` directory.
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Common tasks
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Setting up a development environment for edx-platform
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Following the instructions :ref:`above <bind_mounts>` on how to bind-mount directories from the host above, you may mount your own `edx-platform <https://github.com/edx/edx-platform/>`__ fork in your containers by running either::
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# Mount from the volumes/ directory
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tutor dev bindmount lms /openedx/edx-platform
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tutor dev runserver --volume=/openedx/edx-platform lms
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# Mount from an arbitrary directory
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tutor dev runserver --volume=/path/to/edx-platform:/openedx/edx-platform lms
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# Add your own volumes to $(tutor config printroot)/env/dev/docker-compose.override.yml
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tutor dev runserver lms
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If you choose any but the first solution above, you will have to make sure that your fork works with Tutor.
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First of all, you should make sure that you are working off the ``open-release/maple.beta2`` tag. See the :ref:`fork edx-platform section <edx_platform_fork>` for more information.
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Then, you should run the following commands::
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# Run bash in the lms container
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tutor dev run [--volume=...] lms bash
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# Compile local python requirements
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pip install --requirement requirements/edx/development.txt
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# Install nodejs packages in node_modules/
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npm install
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# Rebuild static assets
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openedx-assets build --env=dev
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To debug a local edx-platform repository, add a ``import ipdb; ipdb.set_trace()`` breakpoint anywhere in your code and run::
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tutor dev runserver [--volume=...] lms
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XBlock and edx-platform plugin development
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In some cases you will have to develop features for packages that are pip-installed next to edx-platform. This is quite easy with Tutor. Just add your packages to the ``$(tutor config printroot)/env/build/openedx/requirements/private.txt`` file. To avoid re-building the openedx Docker image at every change, you should add your package in editable mode. For instance::
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echo "-e ./mypackage" >> "$(tutor config printroot)/env/build/openedx/requirements/private.txt"
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The ``requirements`` folder should have the following content::
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env/build/openedx/requirements/
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private.txt
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mypackage/
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setup.py
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...
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You will have to re-build the openedx Docker image once::
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tutor images build openedx
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You should then run the development server as usual, with ``runserver``. Every change made to the ``mypackage`` folder will be picked up and the development server will be automatically reloaded.
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Loading custom edx-platform settings
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By default, tutor settings files are mounted inside the docker images at ``/openedx/edx-platform/lms/envs/tutor/`` and ``/openedx/edx-platform/cms/envs/tutor/``. In the various ``dev`` commands, the default ``edx-platform`` settings module is set to ``tutor.development`` and you don't have to do anything to set up these settings.
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If, for some reason, you want to use different settings, you will need to define the ``TUTOR_EDX_PLATFORM_SETTINGS`` environment variable.
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For instance, let's assume you have created the ``/path/to/edx-platform/lms/envs/mysettings.py`` and ``/path/to/edx-platform/cms/envs/mysettings.py`` modules. These settings should be pretty similar to the following files::
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$(tutor config printroot)/env/apps/openedx/tutor/lms/development.py
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$(tutor config printroot)/env/apps/openedx/tutor/cms/development.py
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Alternatively, the ``mysettings.py`` files can import the tutor development settings::
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# Beginning of mysettings.py
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from .tutor.development import *
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You should then specify the settings to use on the host::
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export TUTOR_EDX_PLATFORM_SETTINGS=mysettings
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From then on, all ``dev`` commands will use the ``mysettings`` module. For instance::
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tutor dev runserver lms
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Running edx-platform unit tests
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It's possible to run the full set of unit tests that ship with `edx-platform <https://github.com/edx/edx-platform/>`__. To do so, run a shell in the LMS development container::
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tutor dev run lms bash
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Then, run unit tests with ``pytest`` commands::
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# Run tests on common apps
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unset DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE
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unset SERVICE_VARIANT
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export EDXAPP_TEST_MONGO_HOST=mongodb
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pytest common
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pytest openedx
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# Run tests on LMS
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export DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=lms.envs.tutor.test
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pytest lms
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# Run tests on CMS
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export DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=cms.envs.tutor.test
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pytest cms
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.. note::
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Getting all edx-platform unit tests to pass on Tutor is currently a work-in-progress. Some unit tests are still failing. If you manage to fix some of these, please report your findings in the `Tutor forums <https://discuss.overhang.io>`__.
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