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Operations Glossary

Operations Glossary

Mar 31, 2016

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.