Docker Openedx devstack theming - docker

Question

How do I install and enable my custom theme in OpenEdx's docker based DevStack?
I use comprehensive theming
I use docker on Linux

Answer 1

The LMS and CMS read many configuration settings from the container filesystem in the following locations:
/edx/app/edxapp/cms.env.json
/edx/app/edxapp/cms.auth.json
Since you are using docker DevStack, shell into LMS, CMS to find those files.
shell into LMS
make lms-shell
Shell into CMS
make studio-shell
You can create this directory at any location on a file system that is accessible to your Open edX installation. For example, you might place it at the root of the file system in a directory named /my-open-edx-themes.
Set the file permissions on the themes directory, and all of its subdirectories, to enable read+write permissions for the Ubuntu user.
sudo chown -R edxapp:edxapp /my-open-edx-themes
sudo chmod -R u+rw /my-open-edx-themes
For each Open edX component that you want to theme, set the
"ENABLE_COMPREHENSIVE_THEMING" = True
"DEFAULT_SITE_THEME": "Your-theme-name "
For LMS,
/edx/app/edxapp/lms.env.json
For Studio,
/edx/app/edxapp/cms.env.json
For the E-commerce,
/edx/etc/ecommerce.yml
And for each Open edX component that you want to apply a theme to, add the absolute path of the themes directory to the
COMPREHENSIVE_THEME_DIRS
configuration property.
For LMS and Studio,
"COMPREHENSIVE_THEME_DIRS": [
"/my-open-edx-themes/edx-platform"
]
For the E-commerce,
COMPREHENSIVE_THEME_DIRS: ["/my-open-edx-themes/ecommerce"]
Finally, Restart all servers.
For more info, please follow this documentation.
http://edx.readthedocs.io/projects/edx-installing-configuring-and-running/en/latest/configuration/changing_appearance/theming/enable_themes.html
Add comments if you have any additional questions.