Yeeha

[My_Blood_Bleeds_Red]

Does the discord group have a crypto signals thread ? If yes then count me in pls.

 

[dee]

@The Nomad is going to take over setting up the (backup?) discord server so that we have an alternative home if we decide that this is no longer viable.

Can anyone else that can 'dabble' in Ubuntu shell, MySQL and XenForo software admin make themselves known. I'm not at Jono's level but can probably bumble along in the short term. Would be great if we could get a group together to manage as a collective.

 

[dee]

So no hack occurred?

No. Passwords will be changed and one of the first steps will be to make the site significantly more secure (move to HTTPS) if we can get a team together

 

[My_Blood_Bleeds_Red]

For those of a mildly technical disposition a brief explaination.

Our forum is housed on a virtual server commercially hosted. It is a pretty simple affair (Dual CPU and 2GB Ram with 2 volumes of storage). The server OS is installed on the first volume and uses that for housekeeping (logs and backups). The application software (this forum) is installed on the second volume.

The first volume ran out of space and so the database that underpins the forum software stopped working as it was unable to operate. The database couldn't be restarted as it had no logging space nor temp space for the it to come online and so whilst the forum software could 'boot' it couldn't operate without the database.

Jono extended the primary volume to create additional space which allowed the database to start up (log/temp space available) but the forum couldn't operate as the loss of space when the problem occured had corrupted the search indexes. Jono kicked off a rebuild that fixed the indexes and so we are back up and running for now.

what forum software does it run on ?

 

[The Nomad]

So no hack occurred?

That's good news. Although someone must have been getting warnings that the database was reaching its limit?!

 

[dee]

what forum software does it run on ?

Look at the bottom left of the page

 

[dee]

That's good news. Although someone must have been getting warnings that the database was reaching its limit?!

Part of why we need a team of people

 

[Gerry_A_Trick]

I don't know enough about this stuff anymore, but us it worth considering a clean break. There must be a newer version of forums that is more plug and play where there is no need to think about databases, that's what a yearly sub pays for... maybe that's discord, maybe something else. Would mean dumping what's here, but might be better than someone giving up multiple hours, when I'm sure they'd rather do something else. Happy to throw money at the problem if that helps too.

 

[Beamrider]

I don't know enough about this stuff anymore, but us it worth considering a clean break. There must be a newer version of forums that is more plug and play where there is no need to think about databases, that's what a yearly sub pays for... maybe that's discord, maybe something else. Would mean dumping what's here, but might be better than someone giving up multiple hours, when I'm sure they'd rather do something else. Happy to throw money at the problem if that helps too.

This is where I am at too. I have zero expertise in this stuff but if a financial contribution towards a long-term solution will help then please don't be afraid to ask. I'm sure others will feel the same way.
And a big thank you for all the work behind the scenes.

 

[Dreambeliever]

Where’s my invite you fucker!!!

Ha ha. What’s your FB ID?

 

[Dreambeliever]

that thread consisted of me pasting dad joke observations and dreamy laughing at them by the way. That’s it really

5-1! Don’t diss the process!!

 

[dee]

I don't know enough about this stuff anymore, but us it worth considering a clean break. There must be a newer version of forums that is more plug and play where there is no need to think about databases, that's what a yearly sub pays for... maybe that's discord, maybe something else. Would mean dumping what's here, but might be better than someone giving up multiple hours, when I'm sure they'd rather do something else. Happy to throw money at the problem if that helps too.

My thinking is, if we can get a team together to re-baseline the server (more vols, better group admin/alerting etc), add security and upgrade to the latest version of software the maintenance will be minimal. However, if the group prefers to shift to Discord which is only $99/year then fine.

 

[Dreambeliever]

Ditto. Why not just post the link !?

It’s a private group but can invite. There’s over 100 members though,

 

[Dreambeliever]

Fuck FB, Discord was where the real action was

I was instant banned 😀

 

[dee]

I was instant banned 😀

There IS a god!

 

[Gerry_A_Trick]

My thinking is, if we can get a team together to re-baseline the server (more vols, better group admin/alerting etc), add security and upgrade to the latest version of software the maintenance will be minimal. However, if the group prefers to shift to Discord which is only $99/year then fine.

Honestly, from my point of view, whatever is easier to do. I have no idea how long what you said takes, and if it would be needed to be done again in a few years. If it's hassle, I'd be for the easiest option. Might be worth putting it to a vote.

 

[Dreambeliever]

For those of a mildly technical disposition a brief explaination.

Our forum is housed on a virtual server commercially hosted. It is a pretty simple affair (Dual CPU and 2GB Ram with 2 volumes of storage). The server OS is installed on the first volume and uses that for housekeeping (logs and backups). The application software (this forum) is installed on the second volume.

The first volume ran out of space and so the database that underpins the forum software stopped working as it was unable to operate. The database couldn't be restarted as it had no logging space nor temp space for the it to come online and so whilst the forum software could 'boot' it couldn't operate without the database.

Jono extended the primary volume to create additional space which allowed the database to start up (log/temp space available) but the forum couldn't operate as the loss of space when the problem occured had corrupted the search indexes. Jono kicked off a rebuild that fixed the indexes and so we are back up and running for now.

That’s good it wasn’t a hack just a disk space issue. Shite he had to rebuild indexes. Turn off the logs to fuck.

 

[rubans]

For those of a mildly technical disposition a brief explaination.

Our forum is housed on a virtual server commercially hosted. It is a pretty simple affair (Dual CPU and 2GB Ram with 2 volumes of storage). The server OS is installed on the first volume and uses that for housekeeping (logs and backups). The application software (this forum) is installed on the second volume.

The first volume ran out of space and so the database that underpins the forum software stopped working as it was unable to operate. The database couldn't be restarted as it had no logging space nor temp space for the it to come online and so whilst the forum software could 'boot' it couldn't operate without the database.

Jono extended the primary volume to create additional space which allowed the database to start up (log/temp space available) but the forum couldn't operate as the loss of space when the problem occured had corrupted the search indexes. Jono kicked off a rebuild that fixed the indexes and so we are back up and running for now.

Thanks for the explanation mate. Great work getting it backup. That united game broke the forum.
Interesting stuff, was about to whatsapp very few nos I had…

 

[Dreambeliever]

I don't know enough about this stuff anymore, but us it worth considering a clean break. There must be a newer version of forums that is more plug and play where there is no need to think about databases, that's what a yearly sub pays for... maybe that's discord, maybe something else. Would mean dumping what's here, but might be better than someone giving up multiple hours, when I'm sure they'd rather do something else. Happy to throw money at the problem if that helps too.

RIP the vault!

 

[dee]

Honestly, from my point of view, whatever is easier to do. I have no idea how long what you said takes, and if it would be needed to be done again in a few years. If it's hassle, I'd be for the easiest option. Might be worth putting it to a vote.

I discussed with @6TimesaRed lastnight (this morning!!) and he was of same opinion, and he's the expert, that if we get the server tidied up and better segmented then it will be much easier to maintain including regular upgrading. Jono just doesn't have the time unfortunately

 

[Dreambeliever]

There IS a god!

Yep I’m perma banned for some reason so I’m sure many will rejoice if we move to discord.

 

[My_Blood_Bleeds_Red]

Has anyone considered migrating over to open source forums such as Flarum, Proboards or Forumotion ?

if you’re all looking for free and hassle-free solutions.

Otherwise Discord is a good alternative but it will limit new people coming in cos it won’t be on the www searches. Unless you create a simple 6CM webpage (with enough basic SEO) and post the discord link on it. But that means you’d still have to pay a minimal fee for the web hosting.

 

[keniget]

Has anyone considered migrating over to open source forums such as Flarum, Proboards or Forumotion ?

if you’re all looking for free and hassle-free solutions.

Otherwise Discord is a good alternative but it will limit new people coming in cos it won’t be on the www searches. Unless you create a simple 6CM webpage (with enough basic SEO) and post the discord link on it. But that means you’d still have to pay a minimal fee for the web hosting.

It's probably worth putting together some options and then having a discussion / poll to see what the majority prefers.

I think I still prefer the forum format (maybe I'm just old).

 

[My_Blood_Bleeds_Red]

I don't know enough about this stuff anymore, but us it worth considering a clean break. There must be a newer version of forums that is more plug and play where there is no need to think about databases, that's what a yearly sub pays for... maybe that's discord, maybe something else. Would mean dumping what's here, but might be better than someone giving up multiple hours, when I'm sure they'd rather do something else. Happy to throw money at the problem if that helps too.

Apparently XenForo is one of the best out there.

 

[Mamma Mia]

I discussed with @6TimesaRed lastnight (this morning!!) and he was of same opinion, and he's the expert, that if we get the server tidied up and better segmented then it will be much easier to maintain including regular upgrading. Jono just doesn't have the time unfortunately

The last time we looked into this we considered a fully managed Xenforu service.

I think we could afford that and it's worth consideration.

 

[The Nomad]

It’s a private group but can invite. There’s over 100 members though,

Its almost as if I never posted the invite above..

 

[The Nomad]

Oh and try and VPN for discord.

 

[Dreambeliever]

Apparently XenForo is one of the best out there.

Prob just running a super old outdated and unsupported version then.

 

[dee]

Prob just running a super old outdated and unsupported version then.

We are

 

[dee]

Oh and try and VPN for discord.

DON'T help him!

:-D