Installing Open edX Fullstack

Step 1:Install Software Prerequisites

• VirtualBox 4.3.12 or higher
  • source:https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads

• Vagrant 1.6.5 or higher
  • source:http://www.vagrantup.com/downloads.html
• A Network File System (NFS) client, if your operating system does not include one.
  • Fullstack uses VirtualBox Guest Editions to share folders through NFS.
  • setup NFS from this link https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SettingUpNFSHowTo

Step 2: Install Open edX Fullstack

• Ensure the nfsd client is running.
  • ps aux | grep nfsd
• Create the fullstack directory and navigate to it in the command prompt.
  • mkdir fullstack
  • cd fullstack
• Download the fullstack Vagrant file.
  • curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/edx/configuration/master/vagrant/release/fullstack/Vagrantfile > Vagrantfile
• Install the Vagrant hostsupdater plugin.
  • vagrant plugin install vagrant-hostsupdater
• Create the Fullstack virtual machine.
  • vagrant up
• When prompted, enter the administrator password for your local computer.

Step 3: Browser Login to Open edX Fullstack

• In your browser, go to preview.localhost, which is an alias entry for 192.168.33.10 that was created in your /etc/hosts file.