By default, all modules are configured so that module output can be written to a view. Turning off output offers a way to essentially disable a module that cannot be disabled due to hard dependencies.
For example, the Customer
module depends on the Review
module, so the Review
module cannot be disabled. However, if you do not want customers to provide reviews, you could turn off output from the Review
module.
If a merchant used the Admin to disable module output in a previous release, you must manually configure the system to migrate these settings.
The Output disabling is performed in following classes:
Disabling the module output does not disable the module. The module remains enabled and working, but no block, page, or field is rendered on the frontend or backend.
To disable module output in the pipeline deployment or any other deployment, with multiple instances of the Commerce application:
Backend
module’s config.xml
file.Backend
module config.xml
fileArchive the original config.xml
file.
Add lines similar to the following to the <Magento_install_dir>/vendor/magento/module-backend/etc/config.xml
file, directly under the <default>
element:
<advanced>
<modules_disable_output>
<Magento_Newsletter>1</Magento_Newsletter>
</modules_disable_output>
</advanced>
Here:
<modules_disable_output>
contains a list of modules.<Magento_Newsletter></Magento_Newsletter>
specifies which module to disable output for.1
is the flag that disables output for the Magento_Newsletter
module.As a sample result of this configuration, customers can no longer sign up to receive newsletters.
Run the following command to export the configuration changes:
bin/magento app:config:dump
The results are written to the <Magento_install_dir>/app/etc/config.php
file.
Next, clear the cache to enable the new setting:
bin/magento cache:clean config
The procedure for disabling module output on a single instance of Commerce is easier because the changes do not have to be distributed.
Archive the original <Magento_install_dir>/app/etc/config.php
file.
Add the advanced
and modules_disable_output
sections to the config.php
file (if they do not exist):
'system' =>
array (
'websites' =>
array (
'base' =>
array (
'advanced' =>
array (
'modules_disable_output' =>
array (
'Magento_Review' => '1',
),
),
),
),
),
In this example, output for the Magento_Review
module has been disabled and customers can no longer review products.
To re-enable output, set the value to 0
.