# Ability to update Dex "loginAlertMessage" without ood\_portal.yml reload
**URL:** https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/ability-to-update-dex-loginalertmessage-without-ood-portal-yml-reload/1451
**Category:** Feature Requests and Roadmap Discussion
**Tags:** feature-request
**Created:** [April 29, 2021, 2:44pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/ability-to-update-dex-loginalertmessage-without-ood-portal-yml-reload/1451 "2021-04-29T14:44:48Z")
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### Author:  [@brandon-biggs](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/brandon-biggs)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2021, 2:44pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/ability-to-update-dex-loginalertmessage-without-ood-portal-yml-reload/1451/1 "2021-04-29T14:44:48Z")
Hi,
This might already exist and I’m just not aware of it, but I was wondering if there was a way to update the dex “loginAlertMessage” and “loginAlertType” without reloading ood\_portal.yml. I really like the ability to show a login alert message, but when we’re done with the message, we have to reload and restart httpd and it kicks people from their sessions. Maybe it’s possible to update this without a reload. If it’s not, is that something that could be added?
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### Author:  [@tdockendorf](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/tdockendorf)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2022, 6:59pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/ability-to-update-dex-loginalertmessage-without-ood-portal-yml-reload/1451/2 "2022-05-17T18:59:51Z")
If you update ood\_portal.yml and run the update\_ood\_portal command, it only prints the commands to restart Apache, nothing is actually restarted. So you would update ood\_portal.yml then run `/opt/ood/ood-portal-generator/sbin/update_ood_portal` then restart ondemand-dex service once the configs are updated.