Operations Glossary

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  
• Cypress - the third supported Open edX release
• Devstack - Vagrant-based Open edX deployment targeted at developers who want to modify the Open edX code.
• Django
• Dogwood - the fourth supported Open edX release
• Fullstack - Vagrant-based Open edX deployment that simulates a production installation. 
• Git - Source code management system. 
• JIRA
• master - the very latest cutting-edge code in a repository. 
• Playbook - A YAML file describing Ansible Tasks that are run to complete a deployment
• Pull Request 
• Python
• 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.