From 1121deb0784ab0def083e1aa5c744fda62bcee5c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: FloatingGhost Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2022 20:24:04 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Document instance reboots --- docs/docs/administration/CLI_tasks/config.md | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/docs/administration/CLI_tasks/config.md b/docs/docs/administration/CLI_tasks/config.md index 490d6315f..31e5af401 100644 --- a/docs/docs/administration/CLI_tasks/config.md +++ b/docs/docs/administration/CLI_tasks/config.md @@ -179,6 +179,11 @@ it may be easier to dump the values to JSON and then modify them in a text edito ## Loading specific configuration values from JSON +**Note:** This will overwrite any existing value in the database, and can +cause crashes if you do not have exactly the correct formatting. + +Once you have modified the JSON file, you can load it back into the database. + === "OTP" ```sh @@ -194,3 +199,7 @@ it may be easier to dump the values to JSON and then modify them in a text edito # For example, to load the MRF simple configuration: mix pleroma.config load_from_file /tmp/mrf_simple.json ``` + +**NOTE** an instance reboot is needed for many changes to take effect, +you may want to visit `/api/v1/pleroma/admin/restart` on your instance +to soft-restart the instance.