Creating A Forum
Apr 3, 2008
I want to create a forum and have not got any idea in where to start. All I have at the moment is a PhpBB2 template which I would like to use.
The few questions I have are:
1: Do I need to purchase Webspace, if so which are recommended?
2: How would I install the template to the webspace and would the users login information get stored in a seperate database or would that come with the web hosting?
All help would be very much appriciated as i have no idea where to start and how to get it up and running.
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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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I'm happy to provide any other information, but what I am looking for is suggestions on:
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In a very short amount of time it has has over 300,000 page requests for the same three pages.
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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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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
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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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How many mysql database might we need (just roughly for such a sized forum)?
How much bandwidth will we need?
Plus any other info you can give!
I could also do with some VPS hosting recommendations. We'll be adding other sites (with less traffic) in the VERY near future, so we'd like them to be accomodated. A host with good support/ response time is a must, and one with excellent uptime to!
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install a phpbb3 or a SMF forum on my template html file for my web hosting company, i basically just want the forum to be under my site banner
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What kind of webhost will I need for phpBB forum?
Here are the requirements :
A webserver or web hosting account running on any major Operating System with support for PHP
A SQL database system, one of:
FireBird 2.0 or above
MySQL 3.23 or above
MS SQL Server 2000 or above (directly or via ODBC)
Oracle
PostgreSQL 7.x or above
SQLite
PHP 4.3.3 or above with support for the database you intend to use. The optional presence of the following modules within PHP will provide access to additional features, but they are not required.
zlib Compression support
Remote FTP support
XML support
Imagemagick support
Of course free hosts are preferred, but nothing too expensive will do fine aswell. n_n
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Now, there are other members who've posted after the transfer but I've noticed decrease in activity. One of the members emailed me and told me that the board is still closed for him with the announcement shown. That message is from the old and not the new server. So how is this happening? What should he or I do? I and some other members can access and post normally.
The forum is is the one in my sig.
Just see if it's closed for you or not.
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running a vb forum around 400 members online and 300 guests(they don't have access to forum)..
here's my top list
top - 20:27:49 up 2:48, 1 user, load average: 7.41, 3.93, 2.00
Tasks: 164 total, 7 running, 157 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie
Cpu(s): 79.0%us, 3.8%sy, 0.0%ni, 16.6%id, 0.0%wa, 0.0%hi, 0.7%si, 0.0%st
Mem: 2059456k total, 1379400k used, 680056k free, 74100k buffers
Swap: 2031608k total, 0k used, 2031608k free, 578940k cached
PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
25037 apache 15 0 43488 20m 5168 S 25 1.0 0:05.08 httpd
25021 apache 15 0 45168 21m 4840 S 20 1.1 0:06.22 httpd
25033 apache 15 0 44072 20m 4900 S 15 1.0 0:04.18 httpd
25281 apache 16 0 41388 18m 4792 S 13 0.9 0:03.09 httpd
924 apache 15 0 47036 24m 6208 S 11 1.2 2:04.58 httpd
25000 apache 15 0 43036 19m 4884 S 9 1.0 0:04.27 httpd
25019 apache 15 0 44432 20m 4880 S 9 1.0 0:03.58 httpd
25793 apache 16 0 40228 16m 4656 R 8 0.8 0:00.25 httpd
24398 apache 16 0 42896 19m 5232 R 8 1.0 0:04.65 httpd
2516 apache 15 0 43868 21m 5412 S 7 1.0 1:42.88 httpd
916 apache 15 0 46212 23m 6268 S 7 1.2 2:01.07 httpd
25032 apache 15 0 42544 19m 4828 S 7 0.9 0:02.72 httpd
2674 mysql 15 0 180m 45m 4860 S 7 2.3 5:31.09 mysqld
23073 apache 15 0 44728 21m 5216 S 6 1.1 0:13.05 httpd
23062 apache 15 0 42992 19m 4916 S 5 1.0 0:16.05 httpd
25007 apache 15 0 47484 24m 5100 S 2 1.2 0:03.22 httpd
15795 apache 15 0 46944 23m 5544 S 1 1.2 0:47.47 httpd
16339 apache 15 0 46212 22m 5076 R 1 1.1 0:47.83 httpd
25038 apache 15 0 42336 18m 4788 S 1 0.9 0:02.92 httpd
16339 apache 15 0 46208 22m 5076 S 3 1.1 0:47.79 httpd
25020 apache 15 0 44860 21m 4864 S 2 1.1 0:04.71 httpd
25079 apache 17 0 45828 22m 4860 R 2 1.1 0:04.15 httpd
16361 apache 15 0 44872 21m 5392 S 1 1.1 0:50.04 httpd
22666 apache 15 0 43748 20m 5272 S 1 1.0 0:14.98 httpd
22671 apache 15 0 43320 20m 5244 S 1 1.0 0:16.42 httpd
25032 apache 15 0 42544 19m 4824 S 1 0.9 0:02.51 httpd
916 apache 15 0 46212 23m 6268 S 0 1.2 2:00.86 httpd
24247 root 15 0 2164 1104 816 R 0 0.1 0:00.64 top
25009 apache 15 0 43028 19m 4828 S 0 1.0 0:03.32 httpd
25034 apache 15 0 43492 20m 5128 S 0 1.0 0:02.63 httpd
25268 apache 15 0 40892 17m 4676 S 0 0.9 0:00.49 httpd
25282 apache 15 0 41168 17m 4700 S 0 0.9 0:01.37 httpd
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Quote:
Database error in vBulletin : mysql_connect() [<a href='function.mysql-connect'>function.mysql-connect</a>]: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock'
The server is a dual Pentium D with 4GB RAM
currently 600 users online and 20% RAM used
in rush hours there are 2000 users online and 50% RAM used
We want to optimize mysql - this is the current my.cnf
Quote:
[mysqld]
safe-show-database
old_passwords
back_log = 75
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max_connections = 2000
key_buffer = 80M
myisam_sort_buffer_size = 64M
join_buffer_size = 1M
read_buffer_size = 1M
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max_connect_errors = 10
thread_concurrency = 8
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query_cache_size = 64M
query_cache_type = 1
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query_alloc_block_size = 65536
transaction_alloc_block_size = 8192
transaction_prealloc_size = 4096
default-storage-engine = MyISAM
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basedir=/var/lib
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I'm the owner of a website/forum over the last year i have had health problems that forced me to let someone else administrate my site.
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What i would like to know given that all is in my name and that i have sole access to the master account. what do i need to do to make sure that if i have to rid myself of this person how do i protect my site.
He has access to the cpanel within my master account mysql ect..and hasn't changed the pswrd yet, if he does change it i still have access through the master account, but i would need to know how i can reset that password if he does. and lock him out if i cant change the pswrd.
Secondly he upgraded our forum to phpbb3 and in the proccess in the forum he has removed me as founder, and put himself as founder, i have asked him 3 times to put me to founder but he has yet to comply, and i have yet to make a big deal of this to avoid him taking action against me first, im not as tech savy as he is unfortunatly. For this i would need to know how to lock him out.Changing myself to founder and removing his access. also such as checking to see if he has created any sleeper admin accounts as a backdoor if i fire him.
legally i would also need to know what i can do, if he takes a copy of our forum and creates a knockoff site with it as he has also been manipulating the site's membership and a split will most likely result if i take action against him, do i have any legal recourse even though we are in different countries?
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I checked the apache log and it doesn't seem to be a robot script posting this. i.e. it browses to the index page, picked up my hidden field that blocks robots, post new topic, the go back to index page.
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