Add SSL Encryption to Open edX
Add a free Let’s Encrypt SSL/TLS certificate to your Open edX installation in just a few minutes using this step-by-step how-to guide.
Open edX Notes
Get Notes & Annotations working on your Open edX native build. This post is a supplement to the official documentation, “How to Get edX Notes Running”, covering installation and configuration plus some pro tips on maintaining your environment afterwards.
Open edX Ecommerce
Get Ecommerce working on your Open edX native build. This post is a supplement to the official documentation, “How to Install and Start the E-Commerce Service in Native Installations”, covering installation and configuration, Django configuration, Nginx considerations, and PayPal integration.
Upgrading Open edX
Learn how to safely upgrade your Open edX installation to the most recent version. This detailed how-to walks you thru backing up, preparing your environment, and how to trouble-shoot common upgrade-related issues.
Open edX: How To Install an XBlock
Learn how to install an Open edX XBlock code extension with this detailed step-by-step how-to guide. This step-by-step guide works for any XBlock. Let’s get started!
Open edX Complete Backup Solution
Learn how to create a complete backup solution for your Open edX installation. This detailed step-by-step how-to guide covers backing up MySQL and MongoDB, organizing backup data into a single date-stamped tarball zip file, plus how to setup a cron job and how to copy your backups to an AWS
Add A Custom Static Page to Open edX
Learn how to add a custom static web page to your Open edX installation. This simple step-by-step how-to guide explains how to register the page with the Django router and where to store it on your Ubuntu server so that Nginx will serve it from the root of your site.
Setup Google Analytics on Open edX
Get Google Analytics working on your Open edX platform with this simple step-by-step how-to guide. Covers Google site verification, Javascript snippet installation, Open edX code modifications.
Open edX Step-By-Step Production Installation Guide
Get your first Open edX platform up and running with this detailed step-by-step how-to guide that provides detailed instructions on how to build your AWS EC2 Ubuntu Linux server, execute the Open edX native build scripts, and configure your new platform.