System upgrades

Posted by: pulse [x] - (Moderator)
Date: August 31, 2018 09:41AM
So we've upgraded all the webservers today; hence the outage for a while

Anyway, so far everything feels a lot quicker, let us know if you notice anything weird
Posted by: quasi [x] - (162.158.123.---)
Date: August 31, 2018 11:15AM
There are a lot of weird pictures on the site.

Well, you said weird. I don't think the admins are quite right either.
Posted by: quasi [x] - (162.158.123.---)
Date: August 31, 2018 11:17AM
Does seem faster, though. Weird, but faster.
Posted by: pulse [x] - (Moderator)
Date: August 31, 2018 12:00PM
The admins around here are downright strange.

I agree it all feels faster. DK also moved it all to php7, which seems like it has a lot of good performance improvements.

The database was all upgraded too, so that'll help as well.
Posted by: DarkKlown [x] - (Moderator)
Date: August 31, 2018 01:20PM
The load on the server has gone from pushing 6-7's to like .5.. i knew a upgrade would help but would of done it long ago had i known by how much..
Posted by: quasi [x] - (162.158.122.---)
Date: August 31, 2018 06:45PM
Just posted a comment on the most recent photo from DK and got a plus 613 is down message but the comment is there. Weird.
Posted by: pulse [x] - (Moderator)
Date: September 01, 2018 04:30AM
Yeah I just noticed that too. Image comments t gives a 500 error but it saves the comment. The redirect isn't working or something
Posted by: fossil_digger [x] - (108.162.221.---)
Date: September 01, 2018 03:52PM
it's definitely faster, and the free cookies at the door every week is a major bonus.
Posted by: fossil_digger [x] - (172.69.69.---)
Date: September 01, 2018 03:56PM
what's the Netflix password?
Posted by: fossil_digger [x] - (108.162.221.---)
Date: September 01, 2018 04:06PM
[www.plus613.net]

would be cool to get vids back
Posted by: pulse [x] - (Moderator)
Date: September 12, 2018 09:50AM
I think I've fixed the image comment stuff; seems to work OK now, so let me know if any issues, I haven't really tested it (and hacking php isn't my speciality)
Posted by: pulse [x] - (Moderator)
Date: April 06, 2020 01:51AM
I've changed most things to using SSL / https today. Things like viewing images, forum etc should give you a neat little padlock when browsing in chrome.

I don't know why the gallery doesn't. I don't see any non-https content in there. But whatever.

Either way, it's now secure to send me all your credit card information. Let me know if you see anything more broken than normal.
Posted by: woberto [x] - (162.158.63.---)
Date: April 06, 2020 09:13AM
https doesn't work anymore in BB code.
Butt dropping the s fixes it.

The other broken list is too long to post here.
Posted by: fossil_digger [x] - (172.69.71.---)
Date: June 17, 2020 02:32PM
Hey Carlos is this something you need because I got one cheap cheap.

[www-01.ibm.com]

Edit: Pulse not Carlos, damn phone!



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 17/06/2020 02:33PM by fossil_digger.
Posted by: pulse [x] - (Moderator)
Date: June 19, 2020 02:48AM
Heh nah all good thanks though

We've installed our new core DB, just doing testing before cutting the site over.

2 x 10 core (20 thread) Xeon, 128GB RAM, 8 x SSD
Posted by: DarkKlown [x] - (Moderator)
Date: July 05, 2020 01:14PM
Welcome to new hardware.. cyas in a few years winking smiley
Posted by: fossil_digger [x] - (172.69.68.---)
Date: July 06, 2020 02:32AM
That Klown ROCKS!
Posted by: pulse [x] - (Moderator)
Date: July 06, 2020 05:15AM
DK is a jerk
Posted by: fossil_digger [x] - (172.69.68.---)
Date: July 06, 2020 11:25AM
What you guys do in your free time is none of my business
Posted by: pro_junior [x] - (Moderator)
Date: July 07, 2020 03:24AM
the 'new comment' icon indicator bubble thing shows up on pics that I have already seen the comments on...it won't go away even if I refresh..
can't find the button for the smileys
Posted by: pro_junior [x] - (Moderator)
Date: July 07, 2020 03:26AM
refresh does fix it...I was just refreshing wrong (smiley with confused look)
Posted by: pulse [x] - (Moderator)
Date: July 07, 2020 11:13PM
Yeah refresh fixes it. I'm trying to figure out exactly what is caching it so differently compared to the old core.
Posted by: DarkKlown [x] - (Moderator)
Date: July 08, 2020 12:32PM
(*facepalm*)confused smiley
Posted by: pulse [x] - (Moderator)
Date: July 08, 2020 01:56PM
(*horse*)
Posted by: pro_junior [x] - (Moderator)
Date: July 08, 2020 10:11PM
have to log in each visit now..can only log in from forum page..
(typing whatever smiley instead of clicking the smiley button is just habit now)
Posted by: Mrkim [x] - (172.69.68.---)
Date: July 09, 2020 02:41AM
Editing comments is borked. When I edit it just sends me into a loop of no return, eg, the 1st comment posts and no editing is possible as it just shows the edited comment but never posts it.
Posted by: pulse [x] - (Moderator)
Date: July 09, 2020 07:00AM
Yeah, refresh will sort it, if you have further issues you might need to shift-refresh or delete cookies but it should be alright now.
Posted by: quasi [x] - (162.158.123.---)
Date: July 14, 2020 01:38PM
Apparently I'm logged in for forums but haven't been able to log in to galleries for a few days. I'm able to add photos as anonymous but trying to comment on a photo as such brought up a message saying it was a hack attempt.
Posted by: quasi [x] - (162.158.123.---)
Date: July 14, 2020 01:41PM
Okay, I just went to the gallery page from this forum after posting my last message and now I am logged in there as well. Weird stuff going on with the upgrade.
Posted by: pulse [x] - (Moderator)
Date: July 14, 2020 01:53PM
You could try deleting cookies for the site. Otherwise yeah just come to forum, log off and log on again.

The caching issue we had (which I think is now fixed) was well and truly messing up the login status etc. If you eg visit in incognito/private browsing/whatever mode and login I'm pretty confident that session will just work

Shift+refresh on the affected pages might help too. As far as hacking attempt etc, that'll be Cloudflare, our front end provider messing with that. I don't truly understand how we changed servers and the behaviour of caching completely changed to the point where we had to turn all page speedups / caching off on cloudflare.
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