Lack of interest Add API endpoint to set boardActive/BoardInactive

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Earl said:
check my add-on also
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[Earl] Board Active Cli

Turn your board on and off with cli
this is not exactly what you're asking for, but take a look
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Thank you @Earl
I saw this post:
Earl

XF 2.1 Post in thread 'Changing admin options via the command line'

I just created a free add-on for this, And I'd like to share it with you guys...
here you go
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Unmaintained - [Earl] Board Active Cli

This add-on allows you to turn your board on and off with command line interface. So you can use this option to flip the "Board active" switch when you preparing to make a database backup and flip it back on when done. You can automate the...
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Feel free to modify the source and send pull requests.
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Earl Cannons / Board Active Cli · GitLab

Turn your XenForo board on and off with cli
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But I'm still not sure if it's still safe to automate mysqldump process without stopping the webserver service (Nginx or Apache) because even the board has deactivated, Users' last visit records could still run update queries? Maybe @Chris D would help
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I created the endpoint. It was actually easier than I thought.
No Idea why its not core XF...
 
Orit said:
No Idea why its not core XF...
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Most likely because setting a XenForo instance inactive is not smth. that is used often - and the API is probably used even less.

Honestly, how often do you need to do that?
Normally I'd say this is only required for major upgrades like 2.2 -> 2.3 which don't happen regularly.
 
Kirby said:
Most likely because setting a XenForo instance inactive is not smth. that is used often - and the API is probably used even less.

Honestly, how often do you need to do that?
Normally I'd say this is only required for major upgrades like 2.2 -> 2.3 which don't happen regularly.
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We actually close the board more often ;-)
Thanks for explaining.
 
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