An embeddable xblock to allow students/staff to upload and download from/to S3

Make sure that ALLOW_ALL_ADVANCED_COMPONENTS feature flag is set to True in cms.env.json.

Change user and activate env:

sudo -H -u edxapp bash
source /edx/app/edxapp/edxapp_env

Get the source to the /edx/app/edxapp/ folder:

cd /edx/app/edxapp/
git clone https://github.com/jswope00/s3-uploader-downloader.git

For Installation:

pip install s3-uploader-downloader/

To upgrade an existing installation of this XBlock, fetch the latest code and then update:

cd s3-uploader-downloader/
git pull origin master
cd ..
pip install -U --no-deps s3-uploader-downloader/

Configure S3 keys in lms.auth.json and cms.auth.json:

"AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID":"YOUR_AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID",
"AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY":"YOUR_AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY"

Add s3uploader_downloader in INSTALLED_APPS of lms/envs/common.py & cms/envs/common.py:

cd /edx/app/edxapp/edx-platform
nano lms/envs/common.py
nano cms/envs/common.py

Run migration:

python manage.py lms makemigrations s3uploader_downloader --settings=aws
python manage.py lms migrate s3uploader_downloader --settings=aws

Compile Assets:

paver update_assets cms --settings=aws
paver update_assets lms --settings=aws

Restart Edxapp:

exit
sudo /edx/bin/supervisorctl restart edxapp:

You can enable the s3-uploader-downloader XBlock in studio through the advanced settings.

1. From the main page of a specific course, navigate to Settings -> Advanced Settings from the top menu.
2. Check for the advanced_modules policy key, and add "s3uploader_downloader" to the policy value list.
3. Click the "Save changes" button.