Hi guys, We have a INT and prod environment and it´s hard at the moment to keep track of all the differences. Is it possible somehow, to clone the PROD environment (topics / categories / settings / … ) to INT regulary and keep the INT individual stuff (hostname / ssl / email / … ) ? Do I have to do that manually (store the individual stuff somewhere / clone / overwrite the individual stuff with int specifics / … ), or is there some discourse tool which I could use ? Many thanks in advance and Greetings, JP

[image] Wurzelseppi: How would that be possible without reenabling the whole mail thing and don´t spam the users ? By choosing to disable emails for non-staff [Screenshot_20250702_085648_Firefox]

There is rake site_settings:import See Restoring forum to a new server - #2 by csmu

Hey guys, It´s actually as simple as: Specify all stage-individual settings as hard-coded variables in app.yaml Copy backup from prod to int Restore it Rebuild the app At least here it works, but here comes the next question: So the instance won´t pester the users, how can I deactivate all settings that could lead to an email to the users? Personal email settings Watched, tracked categories … At the moment, I intentionally misconfigured the mail server, but someday when I want to test something with mails … Any ideas? Thanks and greetings, WS

[image] Wurzelseppi: So the instance won’t pester the users, how can I deactivate all settings that could lead to an email to the users? There is a disable emails site setting. I think it’s automatically activated when you restore a backup. For testing, you could enable e-mails for staff only.

Hey @Moin (that´s a German term for good morning, I like that :slight_smile: ) thanks for your answer. I´m aware of that option, but I´m afraid as soon as I activate it there will be a flood of mails going out. What did you mean by [image] Moin: you could enable e-mails for staff only. How would that be possible without reenabling the whole mail thing and don´t spam the users ? The only thing I can imagine is to switch off the mail related user specific settings via rake console for every user. Or Would any of these Deactivate Stage Suspend Silence do the trick ? Cheers and thanks again, WS

[image] Moin: By choosing to disable emails for non-staff Doh, that would be possible, yes :see_no_evil_monkey: Thanks, I forgot completely, there is that “non-staff” option in that field :frowning: Have a great day and thanks! WS

That option is set automatically when you restore a backup, so you don’t need to do anything extra.

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There is a disable emails site setting. I think it’s automatically activated when you restore a backup. For testing, you could enable e-mails for staff only.

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