From 4360a78142df2d7aadb1ff2846dfffef6fcee535 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Don Mitchell <dmitchell@edx.org>
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2014 14:42:33 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Studio render XBlockAside views PLAT-280

---
 cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views/item.py     |  3 +--
 cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views/preview.py  | 12 ++++++++---
 .../contentstore/views/tests/test_preview.py  | 13 ++++++++++--
 cms/lib/xblock/runtime.py                     |  8 --------
 .../xmodule/xmodule/modulestore/mongo/base.py |  4 ++++
 .../xmodule/modulestore/tests/test_asides.py  |  2 +-
 .../modulestore/tests/test_libraries.py       |  2 +-
 common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/x_module.py        | 20 ++++---------------
 .../instructor/views/instructor_dashboard.py  |  6 +++---
 lms/djangoapps/lms_xblock/runtime.py          |  1 -
 10 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 37 deletions(-)

diff --git a/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views/item.py b/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views/item.py
index 6de67226df87..28c9a5e48093 100644
--- a/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views/item.py
+++ b/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views/item.py
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 from contentstore.views.preview import get_preview_fragment
 from edxmako.shortcuts import render_to_string
 from models.settings.course_grading import CourseGradingModel
-from cms.lib.xblock.runtime import handler_url, local_resource_url, applicable_aside_types
+from cms.lib.xblock.runtime import handler_url, local_resource_url
 from opaque_keys.edx.keys import UsageKey, CourseKey
 
 __all__ = ['orphan_handler', 'xblock_handler', 'xblock_view_handler', 'xblock_outline_handler']
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@
 # TODO: Remove this code when Runtimes are no longer created by modulestores
 xmodule.x_module.descriptor_global_handler_url = handler_url
 xmodule.x_module.descriptor_global_local_resource_url = local_resource_url
-xmodule.x_module.descriptor_global_applicable_aside_types = applicable_aside_types
 
 
 def hash_resource(resource):
diff --git a/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views/preview.py b/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views/preview.py
index 4dc7e0742288..f6fba13c682c 100644
--- a/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views/preview.py
+++ b/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views/preview.py
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ class PreviewModuleSystem(ModuleSystem):  # pylint: disable=abstract-method
 
     def handler_url(self, block, handler_name, suffix='', query='', thirdparty=False):
         return reverse('preview_handler', kwargs={
-            'usage_key_string': unicode(block.location),
+            'usage_key_string': unicode(block.scope_ids.usage_id),
             'handler': handler_name,
             'suffix': suffix,
         }) + '?' + query
@@ -96,8 +96,14 @@ def local_resource_url(self, block, uri):
         return local_resource_url(block, uri)
 
     def applicable_aside_types(self, block):
-        # TODO: Implement this to enable XBlockAsides on previews in Studio
-        return []
+        """
+        Remove acid_aside
+        """
+        return [
+            aside_type
+            for aside_type in super(PreviewModuleSystem, self).applicable_aside_types(block)
+            if aside_type != 'acid_aside'
+        ]
 
 
 class StudioUserService(object):
diff --git a/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views/tests/test_preview.py b/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views/tests/test_preview.py
index b661c97e87f1..6631daace4ac 100644
--- a/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views/tests/test_preview.py
+++ b/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views/tests/test_preview.py
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@
 from xmodule.modulestore.tests.factories import CourseFactory, ItemFactory
 
 from contentstore.views.preview import get_preview_fragment
+from xmodule.modulestore import ModuleStoreEnum
+from xblock.core import XBlockAside
+from xmodule.modulestore.tests.test_asides import AsideTestType
+import re
 
 
 class GetPreviewHtmlTestCase(TestCase):
@@ -19,6 +23,7 @@ class GetPreviewHtmlTestCase(TestCase):
     get_preview_fragment via the xblock RESTful API.
     """
 
+    @XBlockAside.register_temp_plugin(AsideTestType, 'test_aside')
     def test_preview_fragment(self):
         """
         Test for calling get_preview_html.
@@ -26,7 +31,7 @@ def test_preview_fragment(self):
         This test used to be specifically about Locators (ensuring that they did not
         get translated to Locations). The test now has questionable value.
         """
-        course = CourseFactory.create()
+        course = CourseFactory.create(default_store=ModuleStoreEnum.Type.split)
         html = ItemFactory.create(
             parent_location=course.location,
             category="html",
@@ -45,9 +50,13 @@ def test_preview_fragment(self):
         html = get_preview_fragment(request, html, context).content
 
         # Verify student view html is returned, and the usage ID is as expected.
-        html_pattern = unicode(course.id.make_usage_key('html', 'html_')).replace('html_', r'html_[0-9]*')
+        html_pattern = re.escape(unicode(course.id.make_usage_key('html', 'replaceme'))).replace('replaceme', r'html_[0-9]*')
         self.assertRegexpMatches(
             html,
             'data-usage-id="{}"'.format(html_pattern)
         )
         self.assertRegexpMatches(html, '<html>foobar</html>')
+        self.assertRegexpMatches(html, r"data-block-type=[\"\']test_aside[\"\']")
+        self.assertRegexpMatches(html, "Aside rendered")
+        # Now ensure the acid_aside is not in the result
+        self.assertNotRegexpMatches(html, r"data-block-type=[\"\']acid_aside[\"\']")
diff --git a/cms/lib/xblock/runtime.py b/cms/lib/xblock/runtime.py
index 5048f422b354..b460f175c261 100644
--- a/cms/lib/xblock/runtime.py
+++ b/cms/lib/xblock/runtime.py
@@ -33,11 +33,3 @@ def local_resource_url(block, uri):
         'block_type': block.scope_ids.block_type,
         'uri': uri,
     })
-
-
-def applicable_aside_types(block):  # pylint: disable=unused-argument
-    """
-    Get the application-relative list of aside types for this type of block.
-    """
-    # TODO: Implement this method to make XBlockAsides for editing views in Studio
-    return []
diff --git a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/modulestore/mongo/base.py b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/modulestore/mongo/base.py
index 04123f057920..f417086274d4 100644
--- a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/modulestore/mongo/base.py
+++ b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/modulestore/mongo/base.py
@@ -356,6 +356,10 @@ def get_published_on(self, xblock):
         """
         return xblock._edit_info.get('published_date')
 
+    def applicable_aside_types(self, block):
+        # "old" mongo does support asides yet
+        return []
+
 
 # The only thing using this w/ wildcards is contentstore.mongo for asset retrieval
 def location_to_query(location, wildcard=True, tag='i4x'):
diff --git a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/modulestore/tests/test_asides.py b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/modulestore/tests/test_asides.py
index 5aa86cb59b69..4a9e98114cfe 100644
--- a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/modulestore/tests/test_asides.py
+++ b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/modulestore/tests/test_asides.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ class TestAsidesXmlStore(TestCase):
     """
     Test Asides sourced from xml store
     """
-    @patch('xmodule.x_module.descriptor_global_applicable_aside_types', lambda block: ['test_aside'])
+    @patch('xmodule.modulestore.xml.ImportSystem.applicable_aside_types', lambda self, block: ['test_aside'])
     @XBlockAside.register_temp_plugin(AsideTestType, 'test_aside')
     def test_xml_aside(self):
         """
diff --git a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/modulestore/tests/test_libraries.py b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/modulestore/tests/test_libraries.py
index 0e61e325be9a..252d98462287 100644
--- a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/modulestore/tests/test_libraries.py
+++ b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/modulestore/tests/test_libraries.py
@@ -203,6 +203,6 @@ def test_library_author_view(self):
         message = u"Hello world"
         hello_render = lambda _, context: Fragment(message)
         with patch('xmodule.html_module.HtmlDescriptor.author_view', hello_render, create=True):
-            with patch('xmodule.x_module.descriptor_global_applicable_aside_types', lambda block: []):
+            with patch('xmodule.x_module.DescriptorSystem.applicable_aside_types', lambda self, block: []):
                 result = library.render(AUTHOR_VIEW, context)
         self.assertIn(message, result.content)
diff --git a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/x_module.py b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/x_module.py
index e660211fd5dc..a4943fc83d9a 100644
--- a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/x_module.py
+++ b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/x_module.py
@@ -1133,15 +1133,6 @@ def descriptor_global_local_resource_url(block, uri):  # pylint: disable=invalid
     raise NotImplementedError("Applications must monkey-patch this function before using local_resource_url for studio_view")
 
 
-# pylint: disable=invalid-name
-def descriptor_global_applicable_aside_types(block):  # pylint: disable=unused-argument
-    """
-    See :meth:`xblock.runtime.Runtime.applicable_aside_types`.
-    """
-    raise NotImplementedError("Applications must monkey-patch this function before using applicable_aside_types"
-                              " from a DescriptorSystem.")
-
-
 class MetricsMixin(object):
     """
     Mixin for adding metric logging for render and handle methods in the DescriptorSystem and ModuleSystem.
@@ -1320,14 +1311,11 @@ def applicable_aside_types(self, block):
         """
         See :meth:`xblock.runtime.Runtime:applicable_aside_types` for documentation.
         """
+        potential_set = set(super(DescriptorSystem, self).applicable_aside_types(block))
         if getattr(block, 'xmodule_runtime', None) is not None:
-            return block.xmodule_runtime.applicable_aside_types(block)
-        else:
-            # Currently, Modulestore is responsible for instantiating DescriptorSystems
-            # This means that LMS/CMS don't have a way to define a subclass of DescriptorSystem
-            # that implements the correct get_asides. So, for now, instead, we will reference a
-            # global function that the application can override.
-            return descriptor_global_applicable_aside_types(block)
+            application_set = set(block.xmodule_runtime.applicable_aside_types(block))
+            return list(potential_set.intersection(application_set))
+        return list(potential_set)
 
     def resource_url(self, resource):
         """
diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/instructor/views/instructor_dashboard.py b/lms/djangoapps/instructor/views/instructor_dashboard.py
index 649988639806..a32c864f95e4 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/instructor/views/instructor_dashboard.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/instructor/views/instructor_dashboard.py
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ def _section_data_download(course, access):
 
 def null_applicable_aside_types(block):  # pylint: disable=unused-argument
     """
-    get_aside method for monkey-patching into descriptor_global_applicable_aside_types
+    get_aside method for monkey-patching into applicable_aside_types
     while rendering an HtmlDescriptor for email text editing. This returns
     an empty list.
     """
@@ -337,8 +337,8 @@ def _section_send_email(course, access):
     """ Provide data for the corresponding bulk email section """
     course_key = course.id
 
-    # Monkey-patch descriptor_global_applicable_aside_types to return no asides for the duration of this render
-    with patch('xmodule.x_module.descriptor_global_applicable_aside_types', null_applicable_aside_types):
+    # Monkey-patch applicable_aside_types to return no asides for the duration of this render
+    with patch.object(course.runtime, 'applicable_aside_types', null_applicable_aside_types):
         # This HtmlDescriptor is only being used to generate a nice text editor.
         html_module = HtmlDescriptor(
             course.system,
diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/lms_xblock/runtime.py b/lms/djangoapps/lms_xblock/runtime.py
index c319370e9943..c85e39eeebc1 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/lms_xblock/runtime.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/lms_xblock/runtime.py
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 from django.conf import settings
 from lms.djangoapps.lms_xblock.models import XBlockAsidesConfig
 from openedx.core.djangoapps.user_api.api import course_tag as user_course_tag_api
-from xblock.core import XBlockAside
 from xmodule.modulestore.django import modulestore
 from xmodule.x_module import ModuleSystem
 from xmodule.partitions.partitions_service import PartitionService

From d49c82f9bdb5689c1595a4d39aa6a1e038ecf33b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Don Mitchell <dmitchell@edx.org>
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2014 11:57:00 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Add configuration to studio for asides

---
 cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views/preview.py  |  5 +-
 .../contentstore/views/tests/test_preview.py  | 55 ++++++++++++--
 cms/djangoapps/xblock_config/__init__.py      |  0
 cms/djangoapps/xblock_config/admin.py         |  9 +++
 .../xblock_config/migrations/0001_initial.py  | 74 +++++++++++++++++++
 .../xblock_config/migrations/__init__.py      |  0
 cms/djangoapps/xblock_config/models.py        | 28 +++++++
 cms/envs/common.py                            |  1 +
 pavelib/utils/test/suites/acceptance_suite.py |  3 +
 scripts/reset-test-db.sh                      |  3 +
 10 files changed, 170 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 cms/djangoapps/xblock_config/__init__.py
 create mode 100644 cms/djangoapps/xblock_config/admin.py
 create mode 100644 cms/djangoapps/xblock_config/migrations/0001_initial.py
 create mode 100644 cms/djangoapps/xblock_config/migrations/__init__.py
 create mode 100644 cms/djangoapps/xblock_config/models.py

diff --git a/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views/preview.py b/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views/preview.py
index f6fba13c682c..71d6056f42da 100644
--- a/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views/preview.py
+++ b/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views/preview.py
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 from .helpers import render_from_lms
 
 from contentstore.views.access import get_user_role
+from cms.djangoapps.xblock_config.models import StudioConfig
 
 __all__ = ['preview_handler']
 
@@ -97,8 +98,10 @@ def local_resource_url(self, block, uri):
 
     def applicable_aside_types(self, block):
         """
-        Remove acid_aside
+        Remove acid_aside and honor the config record
         """
+        if not StudioConfig.asides_enabled(block.scope_ids.block_type):
+            return []
         return [
             aside_type
             for aside_type in super(PreviewModuleSystem, self).applicable_aside_types(block)
diff --git a/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views/tests/test_preview.py b/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views/tests/test_preview.py
index 6631daace4ac..6ba40c1a58c1 100644
--- a/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views/tests/test_preview.py
+++ b/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views/tests/test_preview.py
@@ -1,18 +1,21 @@
 """
 Tests for contentstore.views.preview.py
 """
+import re
+
 from django.test import TestCase
 from django.test.client import RequestFactory
 
+from xblock.core import XBlockAside
 from student.tests.factories import UserFactory
 
 from xmodule.modulestore.tests.factories import CourseFactory, ItemFactory
 
 from contentstore.views.preview import get_preview_fragment
 from xmodule.modulestore import ModuleStoreEnum
-from xblock.core import XBlockAside
 from xmodule.modulestore.tests.test_asides import AsideTestType
-import re
+from cms.djangoapps.xblock_config.models import StudioConfig
+from xmodule.modulestore.django import modulestore
 
 
 class GetPreviewHtmlTestCase(TestCase):
@@ -22,14 +25,11 @@ class GetPreviewHtmlTestCase(TestCase):
     Note that there are other existing test cases in test_contentstore that indirectly execute
     get_preview_fragment via the xblock RESTful API.
     """
-
     @XBlockAside.register_temp_plugin(AsideTestType, 'test_aside')
     def test_preview_fragment(self):
         """
-        Test for calling get_preview_html.
-
-        This test used to be specifically about Locators (ensuring that they did not
-        get translated to Locations). The test now has questionable value.
+        Test for calling get_preview_html. Ensures data-usage-id is correctly set and
+        asides are correctly included.
         """
         course = CourseFactory.create(default_store=ModuleStoreEnum.Type.split)
         html = ItemFactory.create(
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ def test_preview_fragment(self):
             data={'data': "<html>foobar</html>"}
         )
 
+        config = StudioConfig.current()
+        config.enabled = True
+        config.save()
+
         request = RequestFactory().get('/dummy-url')
         request.user = UserFactory()
         request.session = {}
@@ -60,3 +64,40 @@ def test_preview_fragment(self):
         self.assertRegexpMatches(html, "Aside rendered")
         # Now ensure the acid_aside is not in the result
         self.assertNotRegexpMatches(html, r"data-block-type=[\"\']acid_aside[\"\']")
+
+        # Ensure about pages don't have asides
+        about = modulestore().get_item(course.id.make_usage_key('about', 'overview'))
+        html = get_preview_fragment(request, about, context).content
+        self.assertNotRegexpMatches(html, r"data-block-type=[\"\']test_aside[\"\']")
+        self.assertNotRegexpMatches(html, "Aside rendered")
+
+    @XBlockAside.register_temp_plugin(AsideTestType, 'test_aside')
+    def test_preview_no_asides(self):
+        """
+        Test for calling get_preview_html. Ensures data-usage-id is correctly set and
+        asides are correctly excluded because they are not enabled.
+        """
+        course = CourseFactory.create(default_store=ModuleStoreEnum.Type.split)
+        html = ItemFactory.create(
+            parent_location=course.location,
+            category="html",
+            data={'data': "<html>foobar</html>"}
+        )
+
+        config = StudioConfig.current()
+        config.enabled = False
+        config.save()
+
+        request = RequestFactory().get('/dummy-url')
+        request.user = UserFactory()
+        request.session = {}
+
+        # Call get_preview_fragment directly.
+        context = {
+            'reorderable_items': set(),
+            'read_only': True
+        }
+        html = get_preview_fragment(request, html, context).content
+
+        self.assertNotRegexpMatches(html, r"data-block-type=[\"\']test_aside[\"\']")
+        self.assertNotRegexpMatches(html, "Aside rendered")
diff --git a/cms/djangoapps/xblock_config/__init__.py b/cms/djangoapps/xblock_config/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e69de29bb2d1
diff --git a/cms/djangoapps/xblock_config/admin.py b/cms/djangoapps/xblock_config/admin.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..daad91a062ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cms/djangoapps/xblock_config/admin.py
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+"""
+Django admin dashboard configuration for LMS XBlock infrastructure.
+"""
+
+from django.contrib import admin
+from config_models.admin import ConfigurationModelAdmin
+from cms.djangoapps.xblock_config.models import StudioConfig
+
+admin.site.register(StudioConfig, ConfigurationModelAdmin)
diff --git a/cms/djangoapps/xblock_config/migrations/0001_initial.py b/cms/djangoapps/xblock_config/migrations/0001_initial.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c48d02bd5710
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cms/djangoapps/xblock_config/migrations/0001_initial.py
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+import datetime
+from south.db import db
+from south.v2 import SchemaMigration
+from django.db import models
+
+
+class Migration(SchemaMigration):
+
+    def forwards(self, orm):
+        # Adding model 'StudioConfig'
+        db.create_table('xblock_config_studioconfig', (
+            ('id', self.gf('django.db.models.fields.AutoField')(primary_key=True)),
+            ('change_date', self.gf('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField')(auto_now_add=True, blank=True)),
+            ('changed_by', self.gf('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey')(to=orm['auth.User'], null=True, on_delete=models.PROTECT)),
+            ('enabled', self.gf('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField')(default=False)),
+            ('disabled_blocks', self.gf('django.db.models.fields.TextField')(default='about course_info static_tab')),
+        ))
+        db.send_create_signal('xblock_config', ['StudioConfig'])
+
+
+    def backwards(self, orm):
+        # Deleting model 'StudioConfig'
+        db.delete_table('xblock_config_studioconfig')
+
+
+    models = {
+        'auth.group': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'Group'},
+            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'unique': 'True', 'max_length': '80'}),
+            'permissions': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'to': "orm['auth.Permission']", 'symmetrical': 'False', 'blank': 'True'})
+        },
+        'auth.permission': {
+            'Meta': {'ordering': "('content_type__app_label', 'content_type__model', 'codename')", 'unique_together': "(('content_type', 'codename'),)", 'object_name': 'Permission'},
+            'codename': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100'}),
+            'content_type': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': "orm['contenttypes.ContentType']"}),
+            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '50'})
+        },
+        'auth.user': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'User'},
+            'date_joined': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'default': 'datetime.datetime.now'}),
+            'email': ('django.db.models.fields.EmailField', [], {'max_length': '75', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'first_name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '30', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'groups': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'to': "orm['auth.Group']", 'symmetrical': 'False', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'is_active': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'True'}),
+            'is_staff': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False'}),
+            'is_superuser': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False'}),
+            'last_login': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'default': 'datetime.datetime.now'}),
+            'last_name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '30', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'password': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '128'}),
+            'user_permissions': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'to': "orm['auth.Permission']", 'symmetrical': 'False', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'username': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'unique': 'True', 'max_length': '30'})
+        },
+        'contenttypes.contenttype': {
+            'Meta': {'ordering': "('name',)", 'unique_together': "(('app_label', 'model'),)", 'object_name': 'ContentType', 'db_table': "'django_content_type'"},
+            'app_label': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100'}),
+            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'model': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100'}),
+            'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100'})
+        },
+        'xblock_config.studioconfig': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'StudioConfig'},
+            'change_date': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'auto_now_add': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'changed_by': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': "orm['auth.User']", 'null': 'True', 'on_delete': 'models.PROTECT'}),
+            'disabled_blocks': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {'default': "'about course_info static_tab'"}),
+            'enabled': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False'}),
+            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'})
+        }
+    }
+
+    complete_apps = ['xblock_config']
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cms/djangoapps/xblock_config/migrations/__init__.py b/cms/djangoapps/xblock_config/migrations/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e69de29bb2d1
diff --git a/cms/djangoapps/xblock_config/models.py b/cms/djangoapps/xblock_config/models.py
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index 000000000000..b002d13850b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cms/djangoapps/xblock_config/models.py
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+"""
+Models used by Studio XBlock infrastructure.
+
+Includes:
+    StudioConfig: A ConfigurationModel for managing Studio.
+"""
+
+from django.db.models import TextField
+
+from config_models.models import ConfigurationModel
+
+
+class StudioConfig(ConfigurationModel):
+    """
+    Configuration for XBlockAsides.
+    """
+    disabled_blocks = TextField(
+        default="about course_info static_tab",
+        help_text="Space-separated list of XBlocks on which XBlockAsides should never render in studio",
+    )
+
+    @classmethod
+    def asides_enabled(cls, block_type):
+        """
+        Return True if asides are enabled for this type of block in studio
+        """
+        studio_config = cls.current()
+        return studio_config.enabled and block_type not in studio_config.disabled_blocks.split()
diff --git a/cms/envs/common.py b/cms/envs/common.py
index 397620ef864b..216cc8fbc6ba 100644
--- a/cms/envs/common.py
+++ b/cms/envs/common.py
@@ -581,6 +581,7 @@
     'course_creators',
     'student',  # misleading name due to sharing with lms
     'openedx.core.djangoapps.course_groups',  # not used in cms (yet), but tests run
+    'xblock_config',
 
     # Tracking
     'track',
diff --git a/pavelib/utils/test/suites/acceptance_suite.py b/pavelib/utils/test/suites/acceptance_suite.py
index 377b753836fa..55ac45720900 100644
--- a/pavelib/utils/test/suites/acceptance_suite.py
+++ b/pavelib/utils/test/suites/acceptance_suite.py
@@ -122,10 +122,13 @@ def _setup_acceptance_db(self):
 
             # Run migrations to update the db, starting from its cached state
             sh("./manage.py lms --settings acceptance migrate --traceback --noinput")
+            sh("./manage.py cms --settings acceptance migrate --traceback --noinput")
         else:
             # If no cached database exists, syncdb before migrating, then create the cache
             sh("./manage.py lms --settings acceptance syncdb --traceback --noinput")
+            sh("./manage.py cms --settings acceptance syncdb --traceback --noinput")
             sh("./manage.py lms --settings acceptance migrate --traceback --noinput")
+            sh("./manage.py cms --settings acceptance migrate --traceback --noinput")
 
             # Create the cache if it doesn't already exist
             sh("cp {db} {db_cache}".format(db_cache=self.db_cache, db=self.db))
diff --git a/scripts/reset-test-db.sh b/scripts/reset-test-db.sh
index 4b6634bc47c2..102e7f367c5b 100755
--- a/scripts/reset-test-db.sh
+++ b/scripts/reset-test-db.sh
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ if [[ -f $DB_CACHE_DIR/bok_choy_schema.sql && -f $DB_CACHE_DIR/bok_choy_data.jso
 
     # Re-run migrations to ensure we are up-to-date
     ./manage.py lms --settings bok_choy migrate --traceback --noinput
+    ./manage.py cms --settings bok_choy migrate --traceback --noinput
 
 # Otherwise, update the test database and update the cache
 else
@@ -48,7 +49,9 @@ else
 
     # Re-run migrations on the test database
     ./manage.py lms --settings bok_choy syncdb --traceback --noinput
+    ./manage.py cms --settings bok_choy syncdb --traceback --noinput
     ./manage.py lms --settings bok_choy migrate --traceback --noinput
+    ./manage.py cms --settings bok_choy migrate --traceback --noinput
 
     # Dump the schema and data to the cache
     ./manage.py lms --settings bok_choy dumpdata > $DB_CACHE_DIR/bok_choy_data.json