feat: update Open edX image to use ubuntu 24.04 as base OS

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
           # It's important that we build the tutor binaries with the *oldest* possible
           # OS releases and Python version. See these docs for more information:
           # https://pyinstaller.org/en/stable/usage.html#making-gnu-linux-apps-forward-compatible
-          - os: ubuntu-20.04
+          - os: ubuntu-24.04
             locale: C.UTF-8
           # https://endoflife.date/macos
           - os: macos-12

Makefile

@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ bootstrap-dev-plugins: bootstrap-dev ## Install dev requirements and all support
 	pip install -r requirements/plugins.txt
 
 pull-base-images: # Manually pull base images
-	docker image pull docker.io/ubuntu:20.04
+	docker image pull docker.io/ubuntu:24.04
 
 ci-info: ## Print info about environment
 	python --version

changelog.d/20241010_122752_dawoud.sheraz_ubuntu_upgrade.md

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+- 💥[Feature] Update Open edX Image to use Ubuntu 24.04 as base OS. (by @dawoudsheraz)
+  - Change APP_USER_ID to 1001 as UID 1000 is now shipped by default
+  - Adds xmlsec related dependencies to fix xmlsec import issues during translations build

tutor/templates/build/openedx/Dockerfile

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # syntax=docker/dockerfile:1
 ###### Minimal image with base system requirements for most stages
-FROM docker.io/ubuntu:20.04 AS minimal
+FROM docker.io/ubuntu:24.04 AS minimal
 LABEL maintainer="Overhang.io <[email protected]>"
 
 ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/var/cache/apt,sharing=locked \
     apt update && \
     apt install -y libssl-dev zlib1g-dev libbz2-dev \
     libreadline-dev libsqlite3-dev wget curl llvm libncurses5-dev libncursesw5-dev \
-    xz-utils tk-dev libffi-dev liblzma-dev python-openssl git
+    xz-utils tk-dev libffi-dev liblzma-dev python3-openssl git
 
 # Install pyenv
 # https://www.python.org/downloads/
@@ -78,7 +78,10 @@ ENV XDG_CACHE_HOME=/openedx/.cache
 RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/var/cache/apt,sharing=locked \
     --mount=type=cache,target=/var/lib/apt,sharing=locked \
     apt update \
-    && apt install -y software-properties-common libmysqlclient-dev libxmlsec1-dev libgeos-dev
+    && apt install -y software-properties-common libmysqlclient-dev libxmlsec1-dev libgeos-dev \
+     # Install xmlsec dependencies
+    libxml2-dev \
+    libxmlsec1-openssl
 
 # Install the right version of pip/setuptools
 RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/openedx/.cache/pip,sharing=shared \
@@ -138,9 +141,10 @@ RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/var/cache/apt,sharing=locked \
     apt update \
     && apt install -y gettext gfortran graphviz graphviz-dev libffi-dev libfreetype6-dev libgeos-dev libjpeg8-dev liblapack-dev libmysqlclient-dev libpng-dev libsqlite3-dev libxmlsec1-dev lynx mysql-client ntp pkg-config rdfind
 
+
 # From then on, run as unprivileged "app" user
 # Note that this must always be different from root (APP_USER_ID=0)
-ARG APP_USER_ID=1000
+ARG APP_USER_ID=1001
 RUN if [ "$APP_USER_ID" = 0 ]; then echo "app user may not be root" && false; fi
 RUN useradd --no-log-init --home-dir /openedx --create-home --shell /bin/bash --uid ${APP_USER_ID} app
 USER ${APP_USER_ID}