Plugin / Scanner Pause to allow for Device updates

[PrctclIT]

Can there be an overall Pause Updates - Plugins, so to allow for quicker updating of the Device list, especially with a new setup or major changes?

Utilizing NetAlertx on Docker for the first time while setting up a home lab / security system using OPNsense - RSTIMPRT and TP-Link Omada - OMDSDNOPENAPI plugins (which work great by the way) to update the NetAlertx captured devices, which result in 1 - 5 minute pause between saves / updating the device list. I believe to understand why the delay exists (single-threaded PHP execution and SQLite write-serialization) and get it that's better to confirm a record is fully written before moving on to the next task.

I'm aware of the option to download and upload the Devices to NetAlertx, though the interface is very functional and I wanted to fully utilize the UI before resorting to any typos that may occur with the download / upload Devices option.

Thanks for the consideration and for your work on this project.

[jokob-sk]

Hi

Thanks for the suggestion. Would a global pause scan setting (true/false or for period after settings are saved) work? Please elaborate which and why.

I'd rather not introduce another mechanism to pass values to the backend if not necessary, but let me know your thoughts and I might change my stance.

[PrctclIT]

Hi jokob-sk, and appreciate I'm no programmer, though I was thinking of a single switch where the plugins (which I'm interpreting is the source of all the automated updates to the Device database) would be paused and any updates to the Device database is done by the user manually through the "Devices" interface, as per your current setup. Then once the user is done with the updates, they would click on the switch to un-pause the plugins allowing for NetAlertx plugins to run as normal. The alternative is that I would go into each of the plugins, and at the "When to run" setting I would switch it to disable and then save.

Let me know if you have further questions. Thanks,

[jokob-sk]

Thanks for the info - please test as per #1754 and comment there if any feedback or issues occur

[PrctclIT]

Hi Jokob, will do so in the next couple of days though I appreciate your quick response and thank you.