System Context — MicroMasters
Generated 2026-06-24 13:33 UTC · c4gen dev
The widest view: MicroMasters and every external actor and system it exchanges data with. Edges shown are curated and code-verified; raw graph-derived candidates are listed under Dependencies & Cycles.
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External systems & peers
| System | Role |
|---|---|
| edX.org (Open edX) | Open edX at courses.edx.org — OAuth2 identity provider and source of enrollments, certificates, and current grades (edx-api-client). |
| MITx Online | MITx Online (Open edX) — OAuth2 IdP, course/enrollment/grade source, and the cart that handles verified-track checkout (MITXONLINE_CART_URL). |
| MIT Learn | SOA discovery platform. Consumes MicroMasters' catalog + Wagtail pages (peer pull), and serves the course-run catalog MicroMasters syncs from. |
| Mailgun | Transactional and cohort/automatic email delivery (MailgunClient over REST). |
| CyberSource | Secure Acceptance payment gateway (legacy direct checkout; config retained, checkout now largely delegated to the MITx Online cart). |
| Open Exchange Rates | Currency exchange rates for income-based financial aid tiers (config present). |