Addressing jarv's concerns

playbooks/roles/common/tasks/software_update.yml

 ---
 - name: edx-update.sh, manual lms/cms update script
-  template: src=roles/common/templates/edx-update.sh.j2 dest=/usr/local/bin/edx-update.sh owner=ubuntu group=adm mode=0775
+  template: src=edx-update.sh.j2 dest=/usr/local/bin/edx-update.sh owner=ubuntu group=adm mode=0775
   tags:
   - release
   - update

playbooks/roles/gunicorn/templates/cms.conf.j2

@@ -22,4 +22,4 @@ env SERVICE_VARIANT="cms"
 chdir {{platform_code_dir}}
 setuid www-data
  
-exec ${venv_dir}/bin/gunicorn_django -b 127.0.0.1:$PORT -w $WORKERS --timeout=300 --pythonpath={{platform_code_dir}} --settings=cms.envs.aws
+exec {{venv_dir}}/bin/gunicorn_django -b 127.0.0.1:$PORT -w $WORKERS --timeout=300 --pythonpath={{platform_code_dir}} --settings=cms.envs.aws