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Setting Up Profiles

After installing Install & Upgrade, you will need to set up profiles for any provider you like to use. To set up a new profile, navigate to ACP > Setup > Service Providers > Install & Upgrade profiles and click “Add profile”.

We currently ship the following service providers with Install & Upgrade:

ThemeHouse

This profile is responsible for your ThemeHouse add-ons and styles.

API Key

You may obtain your ThemeHouse API key in your customer area on ThemeHouse. Navigate to your account dashboard > Account > API > Generate an API key before copying it.

XenForo 2 Resource Manager

This profile is responsible for the specified XenForo resource manager. You may use it to connect to the XenForo Resource Manager or any 3rd party site that runs a XenForo 2 resource manager.

Resource Manager base url The URL of this resource manager’s installation. Please be aware that the resource manager of this page has to be accessible via (URL)/resources, otherwise Install & Upgrade won’t know where to download your resources from.

Page title The name of the page.

Email or username The username or email address you use to log into the above entered site.

Password The password you use to log into the above entered site.

Note: The password is stored in your database in an encrypted form (with the encryption secret used below). It will not be exposed to anyone after encryption and is only ever temporarily encrypted for Install & Upgrade.

Has two-factor authentication This option must be enabled if your account entered above is protected by two-factor authentication. Install & Upgrade will prompt you for your two-factor code whenever required.

Encryption secret This is your on-site password used by Install & Upgrade to encrypt your actual site password entered above. You can use this to provide other administrators with the ability to use Install & Upgrade without exposing your actual password for this site to them.

Note: If you lose your encryption secret, you will need to edit this profile and re-enter your actual password, so Install & Upgrade can re-encrypt it with a new encryption secret.

Dragonbyte

This profile is responsible for your Dragonbyte add-ons.

API Key

You may obtain your Dragonbyte API key in your customer area on Dragonbyte. To grab your API key click on the “View API Key” button at the top-right of the page.

Atelier Aphelion

This profile is responsible for your Atelier Aphelion add-ons.

API Key

You may obtain your Dragonbyte API key in your customer area on Dragonbyte. To grab your API key click on the “View API Key” button at the top-right of the page.