October 2005 - support - lists.drupal.org

[drupal-support] Drupal.org survey
by Dries Buytaert 10 Oct '05

10 Oct '05

Hello, I'd like to invite you to participate in the Drupal.org survey. The objective of this survey is to get feedback on the Drupal.org website, and to prioritize the work we should put into improving Drupal.org. The survey will run for about one week, and the results of the survey will be published in 2-3 weeks. Preliminary results will be presented at the Drupal conference in Amsterdam. Take the survey at http://buytaert.net/drupal Thanks for your support, -- Dries Buytaert :: http://www.buytaert.net/

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RE: [drupal-support] Multiple HTTP Servers, one database?
by Adam Gaffin 10 Oct '05

10 Oct '05

> We have a system, which is currently running on a single Apache server > with a database. For reasons of load balancing and high availability, > we would like to have multiple httpd's on different machines. > > Is this possible with Drupal? Is it supported somehow? What is the > recommended setup? (Which Apache module, if any, login dispatcher, > whatever) Does the application need to support the setup? > We're running Drupal in a server farm. The only thing we had to do differently was to make sure that the config file pointed at the database server, rather than localhost. I make changes to files (style sheets, templates, settings.php, etc.) on our master server, which then replicates everything out to the other servers. All of this is behind some fancy-shmancy load balancer (Alteon, I think); the only problems we've ever had is when one of the servers goes kablooey and stops accepting updated files for one reason or another, and that's hardly Drupal's fault! Adam Gaffin Executive Editor, NetworkWorld.com agaffin(a)nww.com / (508) 490-6433 / http://www.networkworld.com "I programmed my robotic dog to bite the guy who delivers the electronic mail." -- Kibo

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[drupal-support] To INNODB or not to INNODB
by Gordon Heydon 10 Oct '05

10 Oct '05

Hi, I am in the process of setting up a web site for a client, which has ecommerce and a few other modules. Now my hosting company has just given me the option of using INNODB for the MySQL backend. I know that this speeds you up in some areas, and adds better data integrity. Should I use it, or should I stick with the MyISAM databases, esp. since this is a E-Commerce site. Thanks, Gordon.

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[drupal-support] drupal.org profile module?
by Jad Madi 08 Oct '05

08 Oct '05

Hi, which module is being used in drupal.org users profile to add interest and then list people interested in certain thing in a page like this ? http://drupal.org/profile/interest/xhtml please advise.

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[drupal-support] Member since the dawn of modern computing
by Mike Melanson 07 Oct '05

07 Oct '05

Hi, In my new Drupal installation, my master user is reported as being a member for 35 years and 41 weeks. Little does the computer realize I am not even that old. I realize that the creation timestamp for the user must be 0 which indicates New Years Day, 1970 and fortunately, all the rest of the timestamps in the installation appear to be okay. I just thought I would point out the aberration. -- -Mike Melanson

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[drupal-support] Wrong datatype for second argument
by Mike Melanson 07 Oct '05

07 Oct '05

Hi, I see from the list that one Gabriele Caniglia reported this same problem back in June. I just created a new Drupal v4.6.3 installation using Fantastico. I seem to be creating content just fine. But when I first create a story I see these errors on the top of the webpage: warning: in_array(): Wrong datatype for second argument in /home/melanson/public_html/trash/modules/node.module on line 1314. warning: in_array(): Wrong datatype for second argument in /home/melanson/public_html/trash/modules/node.module on line 1315. warning: in_array(): Wrong datatype for second argument in /home/melanson/public_html/trash/modules/node.module on line 1316. warning: in_array(): Wrong datatype for second argument in /home/melanson/public_html/trash/modules/node.module on line 1317. warning: in_array(): Wrong datatype for second argument in /home/melanson/public_html/trash/modules/node.module on line 1318. This did not happen before I started playing with the categories/taxonomy. Come to think of it, I created 3 vocabularies and then realized that I needed 1 vocabulary and deleted the other 2. Then I added 3 terms under the vocabulary. The problem seems to have started there. Thanks... -- -Mike Melanson

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RE: :[drupal-support] Multiple HTTP Servers, one database?
by Boerland, Bert 06 Oct '05

06 Oct '05

-----Original Message----- From: drupal-support-bounces(a)drupal.org [mailto:drupal-support-bounces@drupal.org]On Behalf Of Jochen Wiedmann Sent: donderdag 6 oktober 2005 9:10 Hi > sorry, if this may be a FAQ, but at least a search for "load > balancing" or "cluster" on this list did not produce meaningful hits. no it is not in the handbooks so good asking here. Yes, this is possible within drupal. Due to the fact that all sessionid's are stored in the database, the webserver(s) are stateless. so it is rather easy to do multiple frontends and one backe(cluser)server database. in fact, zattevrienden.be runs this way and I am sure that more high volume drupal sites do it this way. It is even possible to do it on DNS base instead with a expensive hardware loadbalancer. however, you wont devide the load, maybe share the load on the frontends I made a picture fro drupal.org sometime ago for a propossed infrastructure setu , however my image module is br0ken in a bad way, so no url, i'm sorry. Drupal.org itself will run on multiple frontends with one backend server in due time (all stuff is installed, just not active). you just have to make sure that you have a common disk space for the configuration files of the webserver and static content like uploaded pictures. this can be a nfs share or a nas. you dont need special setups for drupal or apache, it will work, make a connection to 10.1.2.3 instead of 127.0.0.1 in the config file of drupaql, thats all. a cheap hardware loadbalancer (hint ebay) is prefered though. in case you go this way, please add your setup and experiences to drupal.org (either by a mailinglist or a posting), so we can add that to the handbook!

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[drupal-support] Multiple HTTP Servers, one database?
by Jochen Wiedmann 06 Oct '05

06 Oct '05

Hi, sorry, if this may be a FAQ, but at least a search for "load balancing" or "cluster" on this list did not produce meaningful hits. We have a system, which is currently running on a single Apache server with a database. For reasons of load balancing and high availability, we would like to have multiple httpd's on different machines. Is this possible with Drupal? Is it supported somehow? What is the recommended setup? (Which Apache module, if any, login dispatcher, whatever) Does the application need to support the setup? Regards, Jochen -- Often it does seem a pity that Noah and his party did not miss the boat. (Mark Twain)

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[drupal-support] Uploading files to the audio module.
by Alex Polite 04 Oct '05

04 Oct '05

Hi. I'm trying out the audio module. Is there a way to supply an mp3 file that is already on the server file system rather than uploading via http post? Under my setup, the uploading chokes on all but the smallest files. regads alex -- Alex Polite http://flosspick.org - finding the right open source

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[drupal-support] private but unprotected blogs
by Eric Crump 04 Oct '05

04 Oct '05

Hope this isn't a faq but I haven't found a solution yet. I have one site that I'm using for a college class and the whole site is supposed to be private, that is, for class use only. I thought that would simply be a matter of giving anonymous users *no* privileges in 'access control' and for the most part, that seems to work. Anonymous users get 403s wherever they go *except* if they type the path to a user's blog. For any path 'http://site.org/blog/x' the blog teasers and links display just fine! If they click on a link, they get 403ed, but since anon users don't have content access privileges, this seems weird to me that they can see the titles and teasers for blogs. I've gotten the same result on drupal 4.6.3 and civicspace 0.8.1.3 sites. Is there a config option I've missed? Thanks! --Eric Crump

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