Hello,
I searched in the settings but I cannot find a way to temporarily disable a forum (such as to disable it for upgrades/changes/etc.). Where would I find such an option?
I want to disable logins that are not administrators and have it show as offline should anyone attempt to sign in.
Thanks
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In the backup area, press the âenable read only modeâ button.
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In that section I only see:
Enable read only mode while taking a backup
There doesnât seem to be a more âpermanentâ version. Also if read only would be the only way, can I disable logins as well?
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Got it thank you! Was looking in the Backup Settings instead.
Also, in the event I wish to disable log ins or take the forum completely offline is this possible?
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Stephen
(Stephen)
July 20, 2019, 1:41am
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If you donât want anyone to access it change your a record and add it to your hosts.
DiscoWebmaster:
disable log ins
You can disable logins via your site settings, or re-rerun the setup wizard which will also allow you to make your site login required.
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frold
October 25, 2019, 11:07am
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If you want to disable it totally.
Eg with a msg like âThe forum is temporary down due to maintenanceâ
As I need to move from server 1 (vultr) to server 2 (digitalocean)
and in that case also from url.tld to forum.url.tld
how do I do that?
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pfaffman
(Jay Pfaffman)
October 25, 2019, 11:18am
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I usually just put the old site in read only mode while making the transition to the new site.
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Stephen:
change your a record
This isnât working, perhaps due to caching? Iâm using AWS and DigitalOcean. Users who are logged in can still browse the old Discourse instance. Can I force a logout of everyone?
Stephen
(Stephen)
October 13, 2020, 1:46am
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Why not stop the container
Stephen:
stop the container
If I ssh into the droplet, cd into /var/discourse/, and run ./launcher stop app
, it outputs:
+ /usr/bin/docker stop -t 10 app
app
But Iâm still able to navigate and interact with the old Discourse instance in my other open web browser.
Stephen
(Stephen)
October 13, 2020, 3:02am
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Are you sure you connected to the correct server?
Whatâs the result of docker ps
?
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Are you sure you connected to the correct server?
Yes, I see it named in the command-line prompt.
Whatâs the result of docker ps
?
CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMES
riking
(Kane York)
October 25, 2020, 7:44am
16
That says that nothingâs running. Are you sure youâre administrating the correct server?
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pfaffman
(Jay Pfaffman)
October 25, 2020, 12:20pm
17
Discourse caches a bunch of stuff, so sometimes a site will appear to display when itâs down. If the site still shows it you do a hard reload, youâre not logged in to the right server
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I eventually just gave up and removed the subdomain from public service entirely, thank you.