From 1538b4b9abed1329756eedfb08fb9540d7800145 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Feanil Patel <feanil@axim.org>
Date: Mon, 8 May 2023 10:12:28 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] test: Be able to run migrations locally on bare metal.

With this change, we can run the migrations locally using minimal.yml
---
 lms/envs/minimal.yml | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lms/envs/minimal.yml b/lms/envs/minimal.yml
index 54c3bcea26..f66dffc700 100644
--- a/lms/envs/minimal.yml
+++ b/lms/envs/minimal.yml
@@ -20,6 +20,12 @@ MKTG_URL_LINK_MAP: {}
 MKTG_URL_OVERRIDES: {}
 REST_FRAMEWORK: {}
 
+# We need MEDIA_ROOT because otherwise ./lms/djangoapps/certificates/migrations/0003_data__default_modes.py will fail.
+#
+# Using a local tmp location is not a good default for a production system. For production we should use
+# off-machine storage to more easily scale the system.
+MEDIA_ROOT: "/tmp/edx-platform/media/"
+
 # For just the CMS
 LMS_ROOT_URL: "http://localhost"
 LMS_INTERNAL_ROOT_URL: "http://localhost"