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disable_user_register_protection.info not working on Hostmaster site
I'm trying to setup the aegir instance to allow new users register by creating a new client.
Anon user clicks add client -> form filled -> Account verified by clicking link in inbox
I used disable_user_register_protection.info in the modules folder of the hostmaster site but it still doesn't allow the anonymous users to add a new client. It still shows the Error 403 Forbidden page.
Anyone out there with a fix?
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Incomplete database.sql in Backup archive
I recently tried moving a site backup from one server to the other but ran into an issue with the database.sql file. It looks like it doesn't have all of the tables in it. The last table in the dump is 'cache_form' and there is no sign of 'system', 'node', etc..
Has anyone seen something like this before?
Read moreBarracuda upgrading between OS releases, do-release-upgrade
I've got some servers that are running Ubuntu Natty 11.04. This release is no longer supported and its repos have been taken offline (i.e. aptitude full-upgrade can do nothing), however, I've got update-manager-core installed and do-release-upgrade is offering to upgrade to Oneiric. Oneiric is also EOL, but its repos are still available so I do have a path to an LTS release.
Cant migrate a site because of version error
Hello,
i have copied a platform including all modules and themes to create a new platform out of it. This worked fine, now im trying to migrate a site to that new platform but getting an error because of media module version conflict:
Current: media-7.x-2.0-unstable7 (7211)
Target: media-7.x-2.0-unstable7 (7210)
I thougt i would be exactly the same version if i just copy it? Even downloading the media module in all available version did not helped.
Read moreBOA very slow once a day
I have BOA installed and running a few platforms + sites. It seems to be very slow every morning, just as if all opcode caches were cleared every night. It seems to get faster once some pages has been visited. Visitors do not get that slowness at least in the same amount.
Has anyone else experienced similar?
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High load average alerts
I am having trouble keeping my installation of BOA on a Linode VPS from running into system spikes that cause service interruptions. The troubles began around the time of an upgrade to BOA-2.0.9. I don't necessarily blame the upgrade. Actually, I'm not sure what to blame at this point, but it is clear that some process is spiking to the extent that it is pulling down my system.
Read moreShell Escape Alert - forbidden path over SSH
Today I got the warning below from BOA in my email, twice. One of those times it happened exactly as I was doing something on the system - logging in via shell and SFTP with Filezilla (not sure about the other warning).
2013-06-27 22:27:01,325 (o1.ftp): *** forbidden path over SSH: sh -c python -c 'import os,sys,stat; print os.stat(sys.argv[1])[stat.ST_MTIME]' /etc/favicon.png
I suspect this has something to do with my own logins, but I've never seen this before and I don't know what would cause this. Any ideas?
Read moreAccount Settings not working on all Platforms
Hello,
i facing a very strange behaivor on all sites i create with BOA.
When i change the Account Settings (admin/config/people/accounts) to "Administrator only" or "Visitor" for registrations of new user it always shows "Visitors, but administrator approval is required" thicked after saving the form. The exact same happens for "Require e-mail verification when a visitor creates an account.". I uncheck it and save the settings and it's checked again.
Read moreClone / migrate task spins forever
Hi all,
I cloned a small site (ie 4MB database and no files) but the task spins forever.
omega8cc says here http://omega8.cc/aegir-task-fails-or-spins-forever-126
"But before you will go to the steps nr 7 and 8 above (platform and site re-verify), you must delete also the migrated/cloned site node in Aegir first."
I don't follow this - it can't mean delete the original site because then after the clone I would have only one site not two sites - but then if it does not mean delete the cloned site I am not sure what "delete the cloned site node" means.
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My Database is 256 mb big now... is this a bad thing?
I am having issues trying to back my database up with backup-migrate. Right now my database is about 256 mb big... I have no idea if this is a good or bad thing. My site seems to be running ok, speedwise. I have just finished a university term with about 160 students that did about 10 nodes each, and I have created about 1500 nodes... I am not sure how many total node s I have created,,,
Read moreMySQL Partition full
Hello,
im facing a WSOD On all my sites. It seems this happens because of a full mysql partition.
Trying to restart mysql:
service mysql restart
gives:
/etc/init.d/mysql: ERROR: The partition with /var/lib/mysql is too full! ... failed!
Any suggestion on how to solve this?
Thanks, N20
Read moreCannot access aegir control panel DNS lookup failed
First off this is my first time ever using BOA so I apologize if there is an obvious step, process or even concept that I missed which resulted in this rudimentary problem.
Read moreCan't create more than 4 octopus instances
I've been using BOA for a year and it's been great except that I've never been able to create more than four instances on my EC2 debian instances. I've had to create new servers just so I can have more octopus instances. Is this normal for BOA or is there a way out of this?
I'm putting more accounts on the servers and having to create a new EC2 instance everytime is getting expensive.
Read moreIs there an easy way to schedule entire BOA backups to another server?
I use BOA on a XEN server that provides automated daily backups . However I found a better service but the turnoff is that there are no scheduled backups. Did anyone setup a "set and forget" backup/restore workflow for BOA? rsync is too much hassle for a BOA vps!
Read moreinstall - DNS problem
Hi all,
I have installed Aegir on an Ubuntu VPS successfully before but I am having a DNS problem with BOA...
I am using EASY PUBLIC SETUP MODE. I have entered my FQDN in BARRACUDA.sh.txt but have not entered my IP address - I thought this was automatically detected
The BOA script says: are you sure it's a valid FQDN hostname?
Yes it is
Then the BOA script says: Are you sure your FQDN hostname matches your IP address: 127.0.0.1?
I think IP address should be IP of my server not 127.0.0.1
Any ideas please what I am doing wrong?
Read moreAdvice on migrating site from using sites/[site] for code to sites/all?
Hey everyone,
I've got a big ol' D6 site that I'm finally getting around to trying to convert from using the non-aegir way of sites/[site] for code and onto a custom platform as suggested http://omega8.cc/the-best-recipes-for-disaster-139
I've got a working makefile for a platform that should work, but I'm not sure how to remove the sites/[site]/modules/[modules] properly so that the upgrade happens properly. I tried migrating and then deleting the site specific versions, but I get all kinds of problems.
Has anyone done this before have some basic step by step instructions?
Read moreBOA hosting is offline. Not sure what went wrong.
Hi,
I am having trouble with my Barracuda hosting I created at Linode1024 few weeks earlier. My knowledge about BOA consists of only running few commands to install the system and how to manage the system later on I am still learning.
After install I was able to create websites using default platforms and performance was extremely good compared to shared hosting.
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Debian 7 (wheezy) is nearly here
The Debian 7 release is nearly here. It's a big deal.
- Debian is the main Internet OS
- Ubuntu, a Debian derivative, is the main cloud OS
What difference will that make to BOA?
Read moreNginx Accel Redirect Support
I'm really having trouble trying to get accel redirect working on BOA. The nginx conf file says that it's supported within the /private/files directory, but I can't seem to get it working. Was this feature added, then half removed? Has anyone got any workarounds that work for this?
Thanks :)
BOA Mac Local Version - MAMP?
Hi
I currently run all my local Drupal sites off MAMP. Is there anything I need to consider when installing BOA? For example I'm unsure as to whether I need to delete MAMP first? Or does BOA run separately etc?
Thank you
Stephen
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