Admin can now control channel creation from the admin dashboard

app/Http/Controllers/AdminChannelCreationController.php

@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App\Http\Controllers;
+
+use App\Models\AdminAuditLog;
+use App\Models\PlatformSetting;
+use App\Models\User;
+use Illuminate\Http\RedirectResponse;
+use Illuminate\Http\Request;
+
+class AdminChannelCreationController extends Controller
+{
+    public function updateDefault(Request $request): RedirectResponse
+    {
+        $validated = $request->validate([
+            'channel_creation_open' => ['required', 'boolean'],
+        ]);
+
+        $settings = PlatformSetting::current();
+
+        $settings->forceFill([
+            'channel_creation_open' => (bool) $validated['channel_creation_open'],
+        ])->save();
+
+        $this->audit($request, $settings, 'platform.channel_creation_default.updated', [
+            'channel_creation_open' => $settings->channel_creation_open,
+        ]);
+
+        return back()->with(
+            'success',
+            $settings->channel_creation_open
+                ? 'All verified users can create channels.'
+                : 'Channel creation now requires admin approval.',
+        );
+    }
+
+    public function updateUser(Request $request, User $user): RedirectResponse
+    {
+        $validated = $request->validate([
+            'can_create_channel' => ['required', 'boolean'],
+        ]);
+
+        $user->forceFill([
+            'can_create_channel' => (bool) $validated['can_create_channel'],
+        ])->save();
+
+        $this->audit($request, $user, 'user.creator_access.updated', [
+            'can_create_channel' => $user->can_create_channel,
+        ]);
+
+        return back()->with(
+            'success',
+            $user->can_create_channel
+                ? 'User can create a channel.'
+                : 'User channel creation access removed.',
+        );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param  array<string, mixed>  $metadata
+     */
+    private function audit(Request $request, object $subject, string $action, array $metadata = []): void
+    {
+        AdminAuditLog::query()->create([
+            'admin_user_id' => $request->user()?->id,
+            'subject_type' => $subject::class,
+            'subject_id' => $subject->id,
+            'action' => $action,
+            'metadata' => $metadata === [] ? null : $metadata,
+            'created_at' => now(),
+        ]);
+    }
+}

app/Http/Controllers/AdminDashboardController.php

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ namespace App\Http\Controllers;
 
 use App\Models\Broadcast;
 use App\Models\Channel;
+use App\Models\PlatformSetting;
 use App\Models\User;
 use App\Models\Vod;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Storage;
@@ -20,6 +21,10 @@ class AdminDashboardController extends Controller
                 'channels' => Channel::query()->count(),
                 'live_channels' => Channel::query()->where('is_live', true)->count(),
                 'vods' => Vod::query()->count(),
+                'creator_access_grants' => User::query()->where('can_create_channel', true)->count(),
+            ],
+            'channelCreationPolicy' => [
+                'channel_creation_open' => PlatformSetting::current()->channel_creation_open,
             ],
             'liveBroadcasts' => Broadcast::query()
                 ->where('status', Broadcast::STATUS_LIVE)
@@ -57,6 +62,25 @@ class AdminDashboardController extends Controller
                         'name' => $channel->user->name,
                     ],
                 ]),
+            'users' => User::query()
+                ->with('channel')
+                ->latest('id')
+                ->limit(50)
+                ->get()
+                ->map(fn (User $user) => [
+                    'id' => $user->id,
+                    'name' => $user->name,
+                    'email' => $user->email,
+                    'is_admin' => $user->is_admin,
+                    'can_create_channel' => $user->can_create_channel,
+                    'suspended_at' => $user->suspended_at?->toIso8601String(),
+                    'created_at' => $user->created_at?->toIso8601String(),
+                    'channel' => $user->channel ? [
+                        'id' => $user->channel->id,
+                        'slug' => $user->channel->slug,
+                        'display_name' => $user->channel->display_name,
+                    ] : null,
+                ]),
         ]);
     }
 

app/Http/Controllers/CreatorDashboardController.php

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ class CreatorDashboardController extends Controller
 
         return Inertia::render('dashboard', [
             'channel' => $channel ? $this->channelPayload($channel) : null,
+            'canCreateChannel' => $request->user()->canCreateChannel(),
             'plainStreamKey' => session('plain_stream_key'),
             'streaming' => [
                 'ingestServer' => $streamKeys->ingestServer(),
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@ class CreatorDashboardController extends Controller
     public function storeChannel(Request $request, StreamKeyManager $streamKeys): RedirectResponse
     {
         abort_if($request->user()->channel()->exists(), 422, 'This account already owns a channel.');
+        abort_unless($request->user()->canCreateChannel(), 403, 'An admin must enable channel creation for this account.');
 
         $validated = $request->validate([
             'display_name' => ['required', 'string', 'max:80'],