From 200d10ea116d740d78b599ab1f20e6aef37f25f0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: simbarashe <antonychigz@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 2 May 2026 10:45:17 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Remove external community and support communication links

---
 README.md                                      | 17 +++++++----------
 ui/public/config.json                          | 14 +-------------
 ui/src/components/page/GlobalFooter.vue        |  5 -----
 ui/src/views/dashboard/OnboardingDashboard.vue |  2 +-
 4 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a5aacb49f6b5..efcf57d2b472 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -118,9 +118,7 @@ via GitHub pull requests.
 ## News and Events
 
 * [Blog](https://blogs.apache.org/cloudstack)
-* [Twitter](https://twitter.com/cloudstack)
 * [Events and meetup](http://cloudstackcollab.org/)
-* [YouTube channel](https://www.youtube.com/ApacheCloudStack)
 
 ## Getting Involved and Contributing
 
@@ -143,14 +141,13 @@ several communications channels, the [mailing lists](https://cloudstack.apache.o
 official channels for making decisions about the project itself.
 
 Mailing lists:
-- [Development Mailing List](mailto:dev-subscribe@cloudstack.apache.org)
-- [Users Mailing List](mailto:users-subscribe@cloudstack.apache.org)
-- [Commits Mailing List](mailto:commits-subscribe@cloudstack.apache.org)
-- [Issues Mailing List](mailto:issues-subscribe@cloudstack.apache.org)
-- [Marketing Mailing List](mailto:marketing-subscribe@cloudstack.apache.org)
-
-Report and/or check bugs on [GitHub](https://github.com/apache/cloudstack/issues) and check our
-developer [page](https://cloudstack.apache.org/developers.html) for contributing code.
+- Development Mailing List
+- Users Mailing List
+- Commits Mailing List
+- Issues Mailing List
+- Marketing Mailing List
+
+Check our developer [page](https://cloudstack.apache.org/developers.html) for contributing code.
 
 ## Reporting Security Vulnerabilities
 
diff --git a/ui/public/config.json b/ui/public/config.json
index 81d3938a5dee..b8bef45d8e1c 100644
--- a/ui/public/config.json
+++ b/ui/public/config.json
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   ],
   "docBase": "http://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/en/latest",
   "appTitle": "CloudStack",
-  "footer": "Licensed under the <a href='http://www.apache.org/licenses/' target='_blank'>Apache License</a>, Version 2.0.",
+  "footer": "Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.",
   "loginTitle": "CloudStack",
   "loginFavicon": "assets/logo.svg",
   "loginFooter": "",
@@ -81,18 +81,6 @@
         "link": "https://cloudstack.apache.org/api.html",
         "icon": "api-outlined"
       },
-      {
-        "title": "Email Support",
-        "text": "Join CloudStack users mailing list to seek and provide support",
-        "link": "mailto:users-subscribe@cloudstack.apache.org",
-        "icon": "mail-outlined"
-      },
-      {
-        "title": "Report Issue",
-        "text": "Submit a bug or improvement request",
-        "link": "https://github.com/apache/cloudstack/issues/new",
-        "icon": "bug-outlined"
-      }
     ]
   },
   "plugins": [],
diff --git a/ui/src/components/page/GlobalFooter.vue b/ui/src/components/page/GlobalFooter.vue
index a89e5f2d8b39..1b301a893ab0 100644
--- a/ui/src/components/page/GlobalFooter.vue
+++ b/ui/src/components/page/GlobalFooter.vue
@@ -31,11 +31,6 @@
             {{ $t('label.new.version.available') + ': ' + $store.getters.latestVersion.version }}
         </a>
       </span>
-      <a-divider type="vertical" />
-      <a href="https://github.com/apache/cloudstack/discussions" target="_blank">
-        <github-outlined />
-        {{ $t('label.report.bug') }}
-      </a>
     </div>
   </div>
 </template>
diff --git a/ui/src/views/dashboard/OnboardingDashboard.vue b/ui/src/views/dashboard/OnboardingDashboard.vue
index e985e706644e..03b89790b259 100644
--- a/ui/src/views/dashboard/OnboardingDashboard.vue
+++ b/ui/src/views/dashboard/OnboardingDashboard.vue
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 
         <pre>{{ $t('message.installwizard.cloudstack.helptext.mailinglists') }}<a href="https://cloudstack.apache.org/mailing-lists.html" target="_blank">https://cloudstack.apache.org/mailing-lists.html</a></pre>
         <pre>{{ $t('message.installwizard.cloudstack.helptext.survey') }}<a href="https://cloudstack.apache.org/survey.html" target="_blank">https://cloudstack.apache.org/survey.html</a></pre>
-        <pre>{{ $t('message.installwizard.cloudstack.helptext.issues') }}<a href="https://github.com/apache/cloudstack/issues/new" target="_blank">https://github.com/apache/cloudstack/issues/new</a></pre>
+        <pre>{{ $t('message.installwizard.cloudstack.helptext.issues') }}</pre>
 
         <a-button @click="() => { step = 1 }" type="primary">
           {{ $t('label.continue.install') }}