News: Expose config option to disable News feed (#69365)

* customize news feed

* remove url customisation

pkg/api/dtos/frontend_settings.go

@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ type FrontendSettingsDTO struct {
 	ExploreEnabled      bool `json:"exploreEnabled"`
 	HelpEnabled         bool `json:"helpEnabled"`
 	ProfileEnabled      bool `json:"profileEnabled"`
+	NewsFeedEnabled     bool `json:"newsFeedEnabled"`
 	QueryHistoryEnabled bool `json:"queryHistoryEnabled"`
 
 	GoogleAnalyticsId                   string `json:"googleAnalyticsId"`

pkg/api/dtos/index.go

@@ -32,5 +32,6 @@ type IndexViewData struct {
 	CSPEnabled                          bool
 	IsDevelopmentEnv                    bool
 	// Nonce is a cryptographic identifier for use with Content Security Policy.
-	Nonce string
+	Nonce           string
+	NewsFeedEnabled bool
 }

pkg/api/frontendsettings.go

@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ func (hs *HTTPServer) getFrontendSettings(c *contextmodel.ReqContext) (*dtos.Fro
 		ExploreEnabled:                      setting.ExploreEnabled,
 		HelpEnabled:                         setting.HelpEnabled,
 		ProfileEnabled:                      setting.ProfileEnabled,
+		NewsFeedEnabled:                     setting.NewsFeedEnabled,
 		QueryHistoryEnabled:                 hs.Cfg.QueryHistoryEnabled,
 		GoogleAnalyticsId:                   hs.Cfg.GoogleAnalyticsID,
 		GoogleAnalytics4Id:                  hs.Cfg.GoogleAnalytics4ID,

pkg/api/index.go

@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ func (hs *HTTPServer) setIndexViewData(c *contextmodel.ReqContext) (*dtos.IndexV
 		ThemeType:                           theme.Type,
 		AppUrl:                              appURL,
 		AppSubUrl:                           appSubURL,
+		NewsFeedEnabled:                     setting.NewsFeedEnabled,
 		GoogleAnalyticsId:                   settings.GoogleAnalyticsId,
 		GoogleAnalytics4Id:                  settings.GoogleAnalytics4Id,
 		GoogleAnalytics4SendManualPageViews: hs.Cfg.GoogleAnalytics4SendManualPageViews,

pkg/setting/setting.go

@@ -135,6 +135,9 @@ var (
 	// Profile UI
 	ProfileEnabled bool
 
+	// News Feed
+	NewsFeedEnabled bool
+
 	// Grafana.NET URL
 	GrafanaComUrl string
 
@@ -1104,6 +1107,9 @@ func (cfg *Cfg) Load(args CommandLineArgs) error {
 	profile := iniFile.Section("profile")
 	ProfileEnabled = profile.Key("enabled").MustBool(true)
 
+	news := iniFile.Section("news")
+	NewsFeedEnabled = news.Key("news_feed_enabled").MustBool(true)
+
 	queryHistory := iniFile.Section("query_history")
 	cfg.QueryHistoryEnabled = queryHistory.Key("enabled").MustBool(true)