Given we have different settings on a staging site, mainly Url is different Auth0 settings are different and Email is disabled what would be a good way to get the latest data from a production discourse site into a staging site. I’m thinking. Export settings via console. backup production data…

That sounds like a good approach. We have a couple of rake tasks to help with exporting/importing site settings: rake site_settings:export and rake site_settings:import

I’ve also got a ruby app that will upload settings [image] GitHub - pfaffman/discourse-settings-uploader: Install a Discourse settings JSON file to a site Install a Discourse settings JSON file to a site The auth0 config might be as simple as allowing …

This has been failing for me… it says Don't know how to build task 'site_settings:export'

I realize this is very late but for future reference, you need to set up the rake tasks linked in the post you are replying to before they will be available via rake.

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pfaffman (Jay Pfaffman) February 22, 2019, 11:22am 3

I’ve also got a ruby app that will upload settings

The auth0 config might be as simple as allowing the new site to the auth0 config.

If you don’t configure email, it doesn’t matter if you disable it.

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