How to Protect Upgrade.php in Elgg 1.8

Last Updated on Thursday, 29 November 2012 07:45 Written by Rodolfo Hernandez Thursday, 29 November 2012 12:00

Elgg has a nice feature called upgrade.php that allows you to flush the elgg cache and update your network layout. However if this tool is being run by several users at the same time, it could waste our server resources. For that reason in this article I will give a step by step guide on how to protect upgrade.php in elgg 1.8

1. In order to protect upgrade.php we will use a tool called Upgrade Key which can be downloaded here