![[Earl] Board Active Cli](/data/resource_icons/2/2670.jpg?1618488728){kind=icon}
- Compatible XF Versions
- 2.2
- Visible Branding
- No
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 whole backup process by making a shell script like this and adding it to the crontab
example usage:
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 whole backup process by making a shell script like this and adding it to the crontab
Bash:
#!/usr/bin/env bash
############################################################################
# #
# SET VARS #
# #
############################################################################
vhost_path=/home/nginx/domains/yourdomain.com
public_doc_dir=$vhost_path/public
random_string=$(cat /dev/random | tr -dc '0-9' | fold -w 256 | head --bytes 7)
backup_dir=$public_doc_dir/backups/$(date +"%d-%m-%Y")/$random_string
elastic_snapshot_repo=/home/es_repo
dbuser=$(grep username $public_doc_dir/src/config.php | awk -F\' '{ print $6 }')
dbpass=$(grep password $public_doc_dir/src/config.php | awk -F\' '{ print $6 }')
dbname=$(grep dbname $public_doc_dir/src/config.php | awk -F\' '{ print $6 }')
############################################################################
# #
# BACKUP PROCESS #
# #
############################################################################
mkdir -p $backup_dir
# board active switch turns to off
/bin/env php $public_doc_dir/cmd.php xf:board-active off -m "Sorry for the inconvenience but we're performing some maintenance at the moment. we'll be back online shortly!"
mysqldump --opt --default-character-set=utf8mb4 -u$dbuser -p$dbpass $dbname > db$(date +"%d-%m-%Y").sql
....
...
..
# Board active switch turns to on and message sets back to the default
/bin/env php $public_doc_dir/cmd.php xf:board-active off -m "Sorry, we're currently unavailable. Please check back later.."example usage:
php cmd.php xf:board-active on -m "Sorry, we're currently unavailable. Please check back later.."
