# Problems migrating dashboard/branding configs to ondemand.d/\*yml

**URL:** <https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/problems-migrating-dashboard-branding-configs-to-ondemand-d-yml/4694>\
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**Created:** [January 7, 2026, 7:29pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/problems-migrating-dashboard-branding-configs-to-ondemand-d-yml/4694 "2026-01-07T19:29:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![RonRahaman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/discourse.openondemand.org/ronrahaman/32/1031_2.png) [@RonRahaman](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/RonRahaman)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2026, 7:29pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/problems-migrating-dashboard-branding-configs-to-ondemand-d-yml/4694/1 "2026-01-07T19:29:46Z")

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For our site’s configurations, I’m migrating most of our env vars from `nginx_stage.yml` to the parameters in `ondemand.d/*.yml`. Overall, I’m very happy with the change, but for some reason, I can’t get `brand_link_active_bg_color` to work. Any tips on debugging it?

We’re still on OOD 3.1.16 and here is the YAML I’m using. Other than `brand_link_active_bg_color`, everything else works. It’s possible I’ve got some configuration cruft laying around in another file, but I can’t find anything unexpected by grepping.

```yaml
dashboard_title: “PACE Phoenix-Dev OnDemand”
dashboard_logo: “/public/phoenix-dev_logo.png”
dashboard_logo_height: 200px
brand_bg_color: “#a4925a”
brand_link_active_bg_color: “#ff0000”

```

Thanks again!  
Ron

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**Author:** ![jeff.ohrstrom](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/discourse.openondemand.org/jeff.ohrstrom/32/136_2.png) [@jeff.ohrstrom](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/jeff.ohrstrom)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2026, 7:46pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/problems-migrating-dashboard-branding-configs-to-ondemand-d-yml/4694/2 "2026-01-07T19:46:03Z")

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That appears to be a bug we fixed in 4.0, but looking now we didn’t backport it to 3.1.

> <https://github.com/OSC/ondemand/issues/4181>
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> It seems that the property to control the background color of the active navigat…ion item is not working.
> \`brand\_link\_active\_bg\_color\`
> 
> I have tested in OODv3.1.7 and 4.0.1.
> 
> It looks like the CSS selector no longer matches the navigation active item:
> 
> \`\`\`ERB
> .navbar-dark ul.navbar-nav \> li.nav-item \> a:focus, .navbar-dark ul.navbar-nav \> li.nav-item.show \> a {
> background-color: \<%= link\_active\_color || 'rgb(59, 61, 63)' %\>;
> border-radius: 0.25em;
> }
> .navbar-light ul.navbar-nav \> li.nav-item \> a:focus, li.nav-item a {
> background-color: \<%= link\_active\_color || 'rgb(231, 231, 231)' %\>;
> border-radius: 0.25em;
> }
> \`\`\`
> 
> Could somebody confirm.

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**Author:** ![RonRahaman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/discourse.openondemand.org/ronrahaman/32/1031_2.png) [@RonRahaman](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/RonRahaman)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2026, 8:37pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/problems-migrating-dashboard-branding-configs-to-ondemand-d-yml/4694/3 "2026-01-07T20:37:42Z")

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Got it, another reason for us to upgrade to 4.X 🙂

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/osc/original/2X/b/bae70bd0ed39a3ae769c2108155f4cb3e9da8385.png) [@system](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2026, 8:38pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/problems-migrating-dashboard-branding-configs-to-ondemand-d-yml/4694/4 "2026-07-06T20:38:13Z")

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