Settings to disable the bot and the advances channel configuration

server/lib/middlewares/configuration/configuration.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import type { RegisterServerOptions } from '@peertube/peertube-types'
+import type { Request, Response, NextFunction } from 'express'
+import type { RequestPromiseHandler } from '../async'
+
+/**
+ * Returns a middleware handler to check if advanced configuration is not disabled
+ * @param options Peertube server options
+ * @returns middleware function
+ */
+function checkConfigurationEnabledMiddleware (options: RegisterServerOptions): RequestPromiseHandler {
+  return async (req: Request, res: Response, next: NextFunction) => {
+    const settings = await options.settingsManager.getSettings([
+      'disable-configuration'
+    ])
+    if (!settings['disable-configuration']) {
+      next()
+      return
+    }
+    options.peertubeHelpers.logger.info('Advanced Configuration is disabled, blocking the request.')
+    res.sendStatus(403)
+  }
+}
+
+export {
+  checkConfigurationEnabledMiddleware
+}

server/lib/routers/api/configuration.ts

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import type { Router, Request, Response, NextFunction } from 'express'
 import type { ChannelInfos } from '../../../../shared/lib/types'
 import { asyncMiddleware } from '../../middlewares/async'
 import { getCheckConfigurationChannelMiddleware } from '../../middlewares/configuration/channel'
+import { checkConfigurationEnabledMiddleware } from '../../middlewares/configuration/configuration'
 import { getChannelConfigurationOptions, storeChannelConfigurationOptions } from '../../configuration/channel/storage'
 import { sanitizeChannelConfigurationOptions } from '../../configuration/channel/sanitize'
 
@@ -11,6 +12,7 @@ async function initConfigurationApiRouter (options: RegisterServerOptions): Prom
   const logger = options.peertubeHelpers.logger
 
   router.get('/channel/:channelId', asyncMiddleware([
+    checkConfigurationEnabledMiddleware(options),
     getCheckConfigurationChannelMiddleware(options),
     async (req: Request, res: Response, _next: NextFunction): Promise<void> => {
       if (!res.locals.channelInfos) {
@@ -27,6 +29,7 @@ async function initConfigurationApiRouter (options: RegisterServerOptions): Prom
   ]))
 
   router.post('/channel/:channelId', asyncMiddleware([
+    checkConfigurationEnabledMiddleware(options),
     getCheckConfigurationChannelMiddleware(options),
     async (req: Request, res: Response, _next: NextFunction): Promise<void> => {
       if (!res.locals.channelInfos) {

server/lib/settings.ts

@@ -81,6 +81,26 @@ Please read
     private: true
   })
 
+  // ********** Moderation and advances customization
+  registerSetting({
+    type: 'html',
+    private: true,
+    descriptionHTML: loc('configuration_description')
+  })
+  registerSetting({
+    type: 'html',
+    private: true,
+    descriptionHTML: loc('experimental_warning')
+  })
+  registerSetting({
+    name: 'disable-configuration',
+    label: loc('disable_configuration_label'),
+    // descriptionHTML: loc('disable_configuration_description'),
+    type: 'input-checkbox',
+    default: false,
+    private: false
+  })
+
   // ********** Chat behaviour
   registerSetting({
     type: 'html',