Object storage for Open edX with S3

This is an experimental plugin for Tutor that allows Open edX to be configured with custom S3 settings, including the use of an S3 API-compatible storage platform — such as Ceph with radosgw.

This plugin is meant to make Tutor-managed Open edX interface with S3 hosted outside of Tutor. If instead you want to deploy your own S3-compatible storage platform as part of Tutor, please consider the minio Tutor plugin.

Version compatibility matrix

You must install a supported release of this plugin to match the Open edX and Tutor version you are deploying. If you are installing this plugin from a branch in this Git repository, you must select the appropriate one:

Open edX release	Tutor version	Plugin branch	Plugin release
Lilac	>=12.0, <13	Not supported	Not supported
Maple	>=13.2, <141	maple	0.3.x
Nutmeg	>=14.0, <15	main	1.0.x
Olive	>=15.0, <16	main	1.1.x
Palm	>=16.0, <17	main	1.2.x
Quince	>=17.0, <18	main	>=1.3.0

Installation

pip install git+https://github.com/hastexo/tutor-contrib-s3@v1.4.0

Then, to enable this plugin, run:

tutor plugins enable s3

Plugin configuration

• OPENEDX_AWS_ACCESS_KEY (default: "")
• OPENEDX_AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY (default: "")
• S3_HOST (default: "") - set only if using any other service than AWS S3
• S3_PORT (default: "") - set only if using any other service than AWS S3
• S3_REGION (default: "")
• S3_USE_SSL (default: true)
• S3_STORAGE_BUCKET (default: "openedx")
• S3_FILE_UPLOAD_BUCKET (default: "{{ S3_STORAGE_BUCKET }}")
• S3_PROFILE_IMAGE_BUCKET (default: "", meaning profile images are stored in the filesystem, rather than in S3)
• S3_GRADE_BUCKET (default: "{{ S3_STORAGE_BUCKET }}")
• S3_ADDRESSING_STYLE (default: "auto")
• S3_SIGNATURE_VERSION (default: "s3v4")
• S3_CUSTOM_DOMAIN (default: "") - do not set if you are using AWS S3
• S3_PROFILE_IMAGE_CUSTOM_DOMAIN (default: "")

These values can be modified by the tutor config save --set PARAM_NAME=VALUE command, or by setting them in $(tutor config printroot)/config.yaml.

Depending on the nature and configuration of your S3-compatible service, some of these values may be required to set.

• If using AWS S3, you will need to set S3_REGION to a non-empty value. And make sure S3_ADDRESSING_STYLE is set to "auto" (default) and S3_CUSTOM_DOMAIN is set to "" (default).
• If you want to use an alternative S3-compatible service, you need to set the S3_HOST and S3_PORT parameters.
• For a Ceph Object Gateway that doesn’t set rgw_dns_name, you will need S3_ADDRESSING_STYLE: path.
• Due to limitations in Open edX, if you are using s3v4 signatures, your S3_PROFILE_IMAGE_BUCKET must have a public ACL and you must set S3_PROFILE_IMAGE_CUSTOM_DOMAIN.

Guide for configuring buckets for AWS S3

Follow this guide to configure buckets on AWS S3 to be used with Open edX.

Footnotes

1. For Open edX Maple and Tutor 13, you must run version 13.2.0 or later. That is because this plugin uses the Tutor v1 plugin API, which was introduced with that release. ↩