# Is een upgrade oké in de alleen-lezen modus, en waarom vereist de alleen-lezen modus het inschakelen van restores?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-an-upgrade-ok-in-read-only-mode-and-why-does-read-only-mode-require-enabling-restores/217435
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [8 februari 2022 om 03:47 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-an-upgrade-ok-in-read-only-mode-and-why-does-read-only-mode-require-enabling-restores/217435 "2022-02-08T03:47:42Z")
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### Author: ![peternlewis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/peternlewis/32/108888_2.png) [@peternlewis](https://meta.discourse.org/u/peternlewis)
#### Post date: [8 februari 2022 om 03:47 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-an-upgrade-ok-in-read-only-mode-and-why-does-read-only-mode-require-enabling-restores/217435/1 "2022-02-08T03:47:42Z")

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I plan to do some maintenance to the server, including updating the server and the server OS, as well as updating Discourse to 2.8.0 from 2.7.x. So I want to set it in to read-only mode for the duration of that process.

I saw the method is oddly in the Backups settings as described:

> [@Enabling a "Read-Only Mode"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/enabling-a-read-only-mode/152970):
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> I have a forum for a project that I am archiving, and instead of deleting it, I want to put the forum into a read-only mode. The whole forum will be read-only and no likes, posts, or topics can be created. Is there a way to do this in a regular discourse or would I have to look into a plugin?

Firstly, I presume read-only mode does not affect an upgrade process?

Also, it is really weird that Enable read-only is in the Backup settings, and even more weird that it requires restoring to be enabled in order to set the site in to read-only mode. There are other reasons for wanting to set a site in to read-only mode.

Thanks.

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### Author: ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [8 februari 2022 om 18:28 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-an-upgrade-ok-in-read-only-mode-and-why-does-read-only-mode-require-enabling-restores/217435/2 "2022-02-08T18:28:30Z")

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If your plan is to upgrade the OS, I’d recommending instead that you spin up a new VM and move to it. Down time will be much less and there is zero chance of ending up with a broken forum.

It is a little strange that read-only is on the backup page, but the time that most people put a forum in read-only mode is just before making a backup to move to a different server.