Enable Downloads from Instructor tab in LMS

These instructions will allow you to enable downloads from instructor tab in LMS.

First, create symlink to true location of .csv files(/tmp/edx-s3/grades) in (/edx/var/edxapp/media) directory.

Issue the following command from the terminal:

ln -s /tmp/edx-s3/grades /edx/var/edxapp/media

Make the following changes in nginx configuration. First, open the lms nginx file from your favourite editor.

Issue the following command from the terminal:

sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/lms

Find the following code on the file:

location ~ ^/media/(?P<file>.*) {
root /edx/var/edxapp/media;
try_files /$file =404;
expires 31536000s;
}

Change it to the following line of codes:

location ~ ^/media/(?P<file>.*) {
root /edx/var/edxapp/media;
try_files /$file /media/grades/$file;
expires 31536000s;
}

location ~ ^/grades/(?P<file>.*) {
root /edx/var/edxapp/media/grades;
try_files /$file =404;
expires 31536000s;
}

Restart the nginx service by issuing the following command:

sudo service nginx restart