Cleaning Up PhpBB Forum
Sep 22, 2007
I am in the process of cleaning one old unused phpBB technical forum. As of now the forum is full of spam posting and junk users. I did upgrade it to the latest version, applied a few security tools to prevent spam users from registering. It seems they aren't that much effective. I still get around 50 new spam posting a day.
Do you have any suggestions/tools to help me in getting up the database cleaned. Do you prefer migrating to another forum software. If yes can you recommend some tool for that?
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Jul 10, 2008
What minimum VPS specs should I be looking for to support a PHPBB3 forum that uses 100GB/mth bandwidth and has 50 concurrent users at peak times (measured by PHPBB, so not real-time concurrent)?
And are there any suggestions for inexpensive ($30 or less) options that would be worth trying? Have never used a VPS before.
If not, are there any shared hosting providers that specialize in hosting message boards like PHPBB?
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Aug 6, 2007
Is there anything like System cleaning in VPS (Linux with apache) ? I need to do system cleaning so that my space and performance can increase.
Is there anything like that in Linux?
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Mar 10, 2007
When I run yum update as normal it always says something like
Added xx packages, deleted 0 old in x seconds.
I was wondering where ARE these old packages stored? It seems like every time I run yum update it uses a tiny bit of my disk space whenever it downloads all the packages, seems natural though. But for all I know I probably have update package downloads from when the OS was first installed...
My question is, if they are anywhere, how do I just clean out ALL old packages from yum update that I don't need anymore? Are there old packages sitting in there because it says "deleted 0 old" all the time? Just curious because it all adds up when I think about it.
And oh one more question, when I update the kernel - I noticed it keeps packing kernel files in /boot/. How can I tell which of these I don't need anymore? It seems to be getting quite full.
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Sep 20, 2014
My root partition has been growing slowly but steadily over the last weeks, which makes me uncomfortable being now at 60%.
We are running V 12.0.18
Looking into possible causes found in /root/parallels/ all these packages:
4 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Sep 20 04:03 APACHE_2.2.27
4 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Sep 20 04:03 BILLING_12.0.18
4 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Sep 20 04:03 MYSQL_5.5.37
4 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Sep 20 04:03 NGINX_1.6.0
[Code] ....
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Feb 14, 2008
What's the best way of removing files and cleaning up when finishing a server rental?
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Apr 25, 2007
how much ram do i need for my site (currently on local shared hosting which offtenly highload because of my site), using cpanel vps (cause i don't understand other control panel)
I'm using phpBB2 Forum with few mods and total of 17.800+ member, 300MB Mysql DB, with user online between 100 - 120 at peak hours.
here's my alexa traffic link:
[url]
my site is www.modifikasi.com
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Jul 6, 2008
I have just started a discussion website using phpBB, with over 3000 forums. PhP memory is becoming a problem. My current host provides 16M. As I know 32M is recommeded by phpBB. I asked my current host to increase the memory but found out it's really costly.
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Sep 29, 2007
Mods, if this topic does not belong there - please forgive me and move it where it does belong
I have a question about forums. I am going to have a website based on Typo3 cms. The host is almost found. The site will have its forum and I want it to be as secure as possible. Unfortunately, I cannot invest $ into paid forums, like vbulletin.
The question is, which forum is more secure and which one will become the biggest obstacle for hackers / spambots - phpbb or Typo3 forum?
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Aug 4, 2008
a host for less than $15 a month that can host a phpbb client with likely around 150-400 members. The site will have little media, mostly pictures if anything, nothing fancy. So what is the best for this?
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May 11, 2007
i not sure what goin on, my phpbb display tis msg when i navigate inside the forum (IIS6.0, windows 2k3)
This msg
your browser does not support meta redirection please click HERE to be redirected
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Sep 22, 2007
Can I know is the latest version of phpbb still vulnerable to bots signing up? I had given up using phpbb for sometime. Thinking of using it again but I really fear those bots.
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May 28, 2009
My current phpbb Installation is 3.0.1 and i want to upgrade it to latest 3.0.4. However as you know, automatic upgrade is available only for 3.0.2 to 3.0.4 and 3.0.3 to 3.0.4. So iam attempting to upgrade 3.0.1 to 3.0.2 and then auto upgrade 3.0.2 to 3.0.4.
I have downloaded and extracted the 3.0.2 source. I have moved the install folder of 3.0.2 to root where my phpbb has been installed. I then used the url domain.com/phpbb/install and the browser based conversion/upgradation has been invoked.
However iam having serious trouble in providing the board path. whatever i have specified, it returns the error --
Could not find path to your former board. Please check your settings and try again.
» ../.. was specified as the source path.
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Oct 19, 2009
We are currently running a phpBB forum on Dreamhost shared hosting and have been getting a lot of Internal Server Errors, so it's time to move to a new host.
We generally have around 200-300 members online (within the last 30 mins). We are using around 2.8TB/month of bandwidth currently. We get around 135,000 visits per month and 470,000 pageviews.
Dreamhost use their own way of measuring database usage..
Quote:
We've developed a unit of measure that helps to track database performance that we call the "conuery":
(25 * connections) + queries = Your database's conuery usage
Our database disk usage us 24mb, we are averaging around 100,000 database connections per day, around 85,000 queries per day and our "Conuery" is around 3 MCn per day (this means nothing to me either lol).
I have found a VPS package with directspace - 2x Intel Quad Core Xeon, 50GB Storage, 2Gb RAM, 2.5GB Burst Ram and 5TB of monthly bandwidth, for $35/month.
Is this likely to be an adequate solution for our needs? We would be running both the database and web services for phpBB from this box.
Also, can anyone give any hints on the best (and most seamless way) to migrate? I'm thinking that we'll get the new host to install all the services and get the box up and running, then I can ftp the files to the new server and export/import the databases. Then perform a (301?) redirect on the old host, pointing to the new IP address until the DNS is updated.
I realise that I'll need to update the config.php for phpbb with the new database details etc, along with the database details for our wordpress implementation and update the server details in the board configuration.
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May 5, 2008
I wanted to create a phpBB forum without having to pay so I found a website and got it hosted. You can find it HERE: [removed]
I wanted to add on a "Downloads" section but I don't believe this is possible... Does anyone know of another free website that lets you host a phpBB forum and a web page or two?
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May 3, 2008
Current BB: readybb.com/cindysommer
Current host: readyBB
My technical skills: only enough to be dangerous
Thanks in advance to anyone who can help.
My current host is not satisfactory. Support is practically non-existant. I need to know if there is such a thing as a host that will provide transfer services as I do not have the technical ability to do it myself.
I would think the ideal situation would be to copy everything to the new host first, but as much as I've read and read about this for months, I still do not trust myself to do it.
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Mar 19, 2008
We have 2 users that have forums (phpbb) and we receive tons of rebounded mails everyday from people registering with fake mails.. I have a feeling it's a spam script or something..
Here's an example of a rebounded mail: ....
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May 27, 2007
My dedicated server has only one site hosted in it, and we have a forum (SMF), but it seems that it cant handle the traffic on peek hours.
Dual Processor Dual Core Intel Woodcrest 5140
4 Total 2.33 GHz Cores
Dual 1333 MHz Front-side Bus (FSB)
4 MB Shared L2 Cache
8 GB 667 MHz FB-DIMM Memory (Fully Buffered)
2 x 250 GB SATA HD in Hardware RAID 1
I've talked with several people and all said that this server is enough to handle such traffic. So the problem might be on the forum software.
I've already installed eAccelerator and tweaked everything, but it still hangs when spikes occur.
Do you think that phpBB will handle such traffic better?
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Jun 30, 2009
768MB VPS with DirectAdmin. I will be using phpBB, Joomla, and MediWiki and would like to install an opcode cacher. The 3 most popular ones appear to be: APC, xcache, and eAccelerator.
wouldn't be able to install an opcode cacher on my own without instructions I can just copy and paste into the command line. So my priorities are that it's easy to install/update, it doesn't take manual tweaking to get it working properly, and it's known to have less issues. With phpBB, Joomla, and MediaWiki in mind, which opcode cacher should I go with?
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Jan 12, 2015
I am running phpbb 3.0.12 installed from Plesk. In Plesk it is showing me that there is an upgrade available to version 3.1.2-15 however when I Re-Check the version in phpbb it says that I already have the latest version 3.0.12. That's a little weird.
The problem is when I upgrade to 3.1.2-15 in Plesk, it will mess with the whole installation. The forum page will redirect in circles to /install/index.php which doesn't even exist and I can't do anything except revert to before the upgrade.
So my questions are: Why does Plesk show a version 3.1.2-15 but phpbb says the latest one is 3.0.12? How does the upgrade process from Plesk work? I expect it to automatically do everything, or why else would I want to let Plesk upgrade?
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Jan 5, 2007
I just toke a Virtual dedicated server based on linux-vserver technology with 512Mo of ram burstable to 3 Go, to host my ipb active forum (20,000 registred members ~80 simultalinous)..
the probleme is the vds can't handle the forum due to bad memory Usage..
Look at the memstat output :
Quote:
root@xxxxxx:/etc/init.d# memstat
676k: PID 2303 (/dev/zero)
436k: PID 2308 (/lib/tls/libnss_files-2.3.2.so)
11956k: PID 4215 (/SYSV00000000)
244k: PID 4234 (/usr/lib/libdb3.so.3.0.2)
34500k: PID 4280 (/lib/tls/libnss_files-2.3.2.so)
252k: PID 4287 (/lib/tls/libc-2.3.2.so)
396k: PID 4527 (/usr/lib/libdb3.so.3.0.2)
264k: PID 4529 (/lib/tls/libc-2.3.2.so)
392k: PID 4558 (/usr/lib/libdb3.so.3.0.2)
264k: PID 4563 (/lib/tls/libc-2.3.2.so)
236k: PID 4569 (/usr/lib/libdb3.so.3.0.2)
3560k: PID 4714 (/lib/tls/libnss_files-2.3.2.so)
3556k: PID 4791 (/lib/tls/libcrypt-2.3.2.so)
3476k: PID 4792 (/lib/tls/libcrypt-2.3.2.so)
3588k: PID 4793 (/lib/tls/libcrypt-2.3.2.so)
3468k: PID 4794 (/lib/tls/libcrypt-2.3.2.so)
3564k: PID 4795 (/lib/tls/libcrypt-2.3.2.so)
3620k: PID 4796 (/lib/tls/libcrypt-2.3.2.so)
3472k: PID 4797 (/lib/tls/libcrypt-2.3.2.so)
3468k: PID 4819 (/lib/tls/libcrypt-2.3.2.so)
460k: PID 5064 (/lib/tls/libnss_files-2.3.2.so)
248k: PID 5087 (/lib/tls/libnss_files-2.3.2.so)
248k: PID 5090 (/lib/tls/libnss_files-2.3.2.so)
8532k: PID 6351 (/SYSV00000000)
320k: PID 7933 (/usr/lib/gconv/ISO8859-15.so)
307124k: PID 7969 (/lib/tls/libnss_files-2.3.2.so)
240k: PID 7970 (/usr/lib/locale/locale-archive)
980k: PID 12506 (/lib/tls/libc-2.3.2.so)
752k: PID 13316 (/lib/tls/libnss_nis-2.3.2.so)
664k: PID 17042 (/dev/zero)
404k: PID 17195 (/lib/tls/libnss_files-2.3.2.so)
3328k: PID 24943 (/SYSV00000000)
12248k: PID 25310 (/SYSV00000000)
11128k: PID 25311 (/SYSV00000000)
11772k: PID 25312 (/SYSV00000000)
11072k: PID 25313 (/SYSV00000000)
12028k: PID 25314 (/SYSV00000000)
12028k: PID 25316 (/SYSV00000000)
11688k: PID 25317 (/SYSV00000000)
12340k: PID 25318 (/SYSV00000000)
11224k: PID 25319 (/SYSV00000000)
11796k: PID 25320 (/SYSV00000000)
11548k: PID 25322 (/SYSV00000000)
12012k: PID 25323 (/SYSV00000000)
11736k: PID 25324 (/SYSV00000000)
11440k: PID 25325 (/SYSV00000000)
11540k: PID 25326 (/SYSV00000000)
9344k: PID 25327 (/SYSV00000000)
11164k: PID 25328 (/SYSV00000000)
12080k: PID 25329 (/SYSV00000000)
10136k: PID 25330 (/SYSV00000000)
12084k: PID 25331 (/SYSV00000000)
396k: PID 32054 (/lib/tls/libc-2.3.2.so)
428k: PID 32055 (/lib/tls/libc-2.3.2.so)
428k: PID 32073 (/lib/tls/libc-2.3.2.so)
428k: PID 32074 (/lib/tls/libc-2.3.2.so)
428k: PID 32075 (/lib/tls/libc-2.3.2.so)
428k: PID 32076 (/lib/tls/libc-2.3.2.so)
428k: PID 32077 (/lib/tls/libc-2.3.2.so)
396k: PID 32087 (/usr/lib/libdb3.so.3.0.2)
268k: PID 32090 (/lib/tls/libc-2.3.2.so)
396k: PID 32140 (/usr/lib/libdb3.so.3.0.2)
264k: PID 32142 (/lib/tls/libc-2.3.2.so)
724k: /SYSV00000000 4215 6351 24943 25310 25311 25312 25313 25314 25316 ...
1280k: /dev/zero 17042
1280k: /dev/zero 17042
1280k: /dev/zero 2303
1280k: /dev/zero 2303
68k: /usr/lib/courier/authlib/authdaemond.mysql 32055 32073 32074 32075...
612k: /bin/bash 7933 17195
64k: /usr/lib/libtasn1.so.2.0.10 4215 6351 24943 25310 25311 25312 2531...
1644k: /usr/lib/locale/locale-archive 7933 7970 17195
1124k: /usr/lib/libperl.so.5.8.4 4215 6351 24943 25310 25311 25312 25313 ...
12k: /lib/libcap.so.1.10 2303 13316 17042
8k: /lib/libcom_err.so.2.1 4215 6351 24943 25310 25311 25312 25313 253...
8k: /usr/bin/logger 7970
248k: /lib/libncurses.so.5.4 7933 17195
20k: /lib/libnss_db-2.2.so 2303 4215 4234 4527 4558 4569 6351 13316 170...
32k: /lib/libpam.so.0.76 2303 4215 5064 5090 6351 13316 17042 24943 253...
28k: /lib/libwrap.so.0.7.6 2303 4215 4287 5064 6351 7969 13316 17042 24...
12k: /lib/security/pam_env.so 2303 17042
12k: /lib/security/pam_limits.so 2303 17042
8k: /lib/security/pam_mail.so 2303 17042
4k: /lib/security/pam_motd.so 2303 17042
8k: /lib/security/pam_nologin.so 2303 17042
44k: /lib/security/pam_unix.so 2303 17042
12k: /sbin/portmap 4287
28k: /sbin/syslogd 4234
408k: /usr/lib/libgnutls.so.11.1.16 4215 6351 24943 25310 25311 25312 25...
80k: /usr/lib/libgssapi_krb5.so.2.2 4215 6351 24943 25310 25311 25312 2...
136k: /usr/lib/libk5crypto.so.3.0 4215 6351 24943 25310 25311 25312 2531...
416k: /usr/lib/libkrb5.so.3.2 4215 6351 24943 25310 25311 25312 25313 25...
1008k: /usr/lib/i686/cmov/libcrypto.so.0.9.7 2303 2308 4215 4280 4714 479...
196k: /usr/lib/i686/cmov/libssl.so.0.9.7 4215 4714 4791 4792 4793 4794 4...
12k: /usr/lib/perl/5.8.4/auto/Cwd/Cwd.so 4215 6351 24943 25310 25311 25...
68k: /usr/lib/libz.so.1.2.2 2303 2308 4215 5064 6351 7969 13316 17042 2...
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Jan 10, 2009
I own a smf forum with usually 100-150 online users and sometimes it reaches 600-1000. My hosting refuses to host my forum anymore cause there is heavy cpu usage on their server.
So I want to ask you if there is any share web hosting provider that can host my forum with a reasonable prise.
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Oct 25, 2009
My site has outgrown my current host and I'm strongly leaning towards a vps. I am relatively inexperienced with web hosting as for the last 18 months I've had very few issues with my current host (Stream101.com). They are currently saying my site is very memory and processor intensive which is why I'm going to have to leave them soon(I can't pay the dedicated server prices that would give my site the stability I desire).
About my site:
My site has 18,000+ users, its about 18 months old. 5,632 threads, 78,967 posts. It used about 150gig of bandwidth last month. The site is growing quickly (IMO). The site makes some money, but not enough to justify spending what it would cost for a dedicated server.
I'm happy to provide any other information, but what I am looking for is suggestions on:
1) Is a VPS the right choice for my site in your opinion.
2) What hosting company's would you suggest I look into.
3) How much ram/processor speed should I be looking for
4) any other information you feel I should know about this.
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Feb 4, 2008
Our forum is under attack...and our host won't do anything except tell us that our load is too high and that they might turn off our account.
But, we've already turned off the forum...the only load is a note that says it's down for maintenance...no database...no html...nothing.
In a very short amount of time it has has over 300,000 page requests for the same three pages.
Is there anything on my side (since I don't run the server) that I can do to stop this or prevent it...etc?
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Jun 21, 2008
"Can i host a small forum at a 64mb ram vps with lighttpd and mysql? How many users can i have online?" I said that he can do that.Is this answer true?
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Jun 19, 2008
How much bandwidth does a forum take to run?
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Dec 19, 2008
I want to host a invision forum. I have a lot of exp admining and modding but I have never run one myself.
I plan on using 15-30 gigs of material on site and the rest will be offsite storage.
I do not know how many members I will have it could be just a couple of hundred to a couple of thousand.
My question. I was planning on going with WiredTree because of all the great reiviews out there. And buying thier vps512 which has 60 gigs of storage and 800 monthly bandwith.
Will that be enough do you think? More, less? I would like to stay within 50-100 dollars. since I am mainly running this for recreation and not looking to make a profit.
I have never hosted a website or such before, but after reading here and doing research I do not really want a shared server.
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Sep 3, 2008
After several stressful hours of reading these forums I have finally decided to post my own question. I have lurked and read here for months and picked my own reseller hosting after reading up on here.
I have a client with a problem with her SMF forum...
She set it up 6 months ago and needs to upgrade her hosting. Her current host is Ausweb and she has been suspended for abuse.
The scenario I need help with is SMF forum v.1.1.5
Traffic per month: 11-15 gbs
Hits per month: 10,000
Storage: 1084.8/2000 MB
Members: >200
She has been suspended 3 times last month, charged apparently for an upgrade and has forked out almost $1500 for 12 months from April, which I calculate to be $125 per month for 12 months... which should be a dedicated server!
Does she need a dedicated server?
Would a VPS suffice?
If she does.. who is economical as at this point it is non profit site although we are looking at changing that, through advertising.
What is the best scenario with the least added expense for this disillusioned forum owner who has a successful site but has had a horrendous experience with hosting?
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Aug 25, 2008
I've got my new hosting provider choice narrowed down to two providers (ServIt & WiredTree) for a Managed VPS. From the reviews here they both seem to be very similiar in customer support and reliability. The only difference I have found is that ServIt does have a community forum and WiredTree does not have a forum. It's wierd to be choosing a hosting provider based on this, so I thought I would come get your opinions on this.
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