2.10. Open edX Cypress Release

This section describes the Open edX Cypress release. Note that edX no longer supports the Cypress release.

2.10.1. What’s Included in Cypress

The Open edX Cypress release contains several new features for learners, course teams, and developers. See the Open edX Release Notes for more details.

Note

There are several new features in the Cypress release that are available, but not enabled by default in new installations. For details, see the following topics.

2.10.2. What is the Cypress Git Tag?

The Git tag for the Cypress release is named-release/cypress. You use this tag to identify the version of Open edX code that is the Cypress release.

The following Open edX Git repositories have the Git tag named-release/cypress.

  • edx-platform

  • configuration

  • cs_comments_service

  • notifier

  • edx-certificates

  • xqueue

  • edx-documentation

  • edx-ora2

  • XBlock

2.10.3. Upgrading from Birch to Cypress

You can upgrade an Open edX instance that is running the Birch release to the Cypress release, by using the migrate.sh script in the configuration repository, available here.

Note

The upgrade scripts provided are verified only for upgrading instances running the Birch 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 that is running the Birch release of Open edX, run the upgrade script for your type of installation:

  • For devstack, run ./migrate.sh -c devstack.

  • For fullstack, run ./migrate.sh -c fullstack.

  • You can also run ./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 Cypress release, start the LMS and Studio and verify that course content and data was migrated correctly.