This section describes how to install the Open edX Birch release.
Note
edX no longer supports the Birch release.
The Open edX Birch release contains several new features for students, course teams, and developers. See the Open edX Release Notes for more details.
Note
There are several new features in the Birch release that are available, but not configured in new installations. For details, see the following topics.
The Git tag for the Birch release is named-release/birch.2. You use this tag to identify the version of Open edX code that is the Birch release.
The following Open edX Git repositories have the Git tag named-release/birch.2:
You can upgrade your Open edX instance that is running the Aspen release to the
Birch release, using the migrate.sh script in the configuration repository,
available here.
Note
The upgrade scripts provided are verified only for upgrading instances running the Aspen release. If you are running any other version of the Open edX Platform, the upgrade scripts might not work.
Caution
Before upgrading your Open edX instance, back up all data and configuration files. Then verify that you can restore your Open edX instance from the backup files.
On the computer or virtual machine running the Aspen release of Open edX, run the upgrade script for your type of installation:
./migrate.sh -t named-release/birch.2 -c devstack../migrate.sh -t named-release/birch.2 -c fullstack../migrate.sh -h to see which other options the script accepts.The script creates a temporary directory in which it upgrades Open edX, then cleans up extra files and directories when it finishes running.
After upgrading Open edX to the Birch release, run the edX Platform and verify that course content and data was migrated correctly.