A list of terms, definitions, and links to more information, to help those running their own Open edX installations
- AMI - Amazon Machine Image
- Ansible - Python based server configuration management.
- Confluence
- Devstack - Vagrant based Open edX deployment targeted at developers who want to modify the Open edX codebase.
- Fullstack - Vagrant based Open edX deployment that simulates a production installation.
- Git - Source code management system
- JIRA
- Playbook - A YAML file describing Ansible Tasks that are run to complete a deployment
- Pull RequestRequest
- Slack - An online chat service
- Ubuntu - A flavor of the Linux Operating System. Open edX sites are most often deployed on servers running Ubuntu.
- Vagrant - A tool for spinning up development environments. Open edX Devstack and Fullstack are examples of Vagrant environments.
- Virtualbox - Virtualization software that allows you to run a Virtual Machine (a complete Operating System inside of your computer's Operating System). Vagrant depends on Virtualbox for creating development environments.