AmiBay down?

[Harrison]

Originally Posted by Shambles1980

i thought apache was a hosting program you ran on your pc that emulated mysql / FTP, server(s)..

No, Apache is the web server. Web servers work by having an OS, such as Linux or Windows, and then on that you run the web server. This is normally Apache or for Windows often IIS. Things like PHP, ASP and MySQL are then installed for those servers as modules.

Apache is the web server that runs the majority of the internet, on Linux servers.

The problem with Amibay is that the Apache server was upgraded from version 1.3.4 to 2.2 and there were a lot of changes between these 2 versions, as you can imagine. A lot was changed to increase security of the server and in doing so they stopped certain coding methods, and introduced others. So the issue we have is that the site is broken because it is using some code somewhere that worked fine under the old version of Apache, but it isn't liked by the new version.

Hopefully it isn't a big issue to fix it... it's just finding where the problem is.

[Wolfy]

Thanks for putting in the time to maintain such a fun resource!

[ubermick]

To be fair, while a lot of us are feeling the "itch" (I've only been on there a week, and I'm already needing a fix!), and a few of us have an ongoing transaction, it's not like this was an intentional outage, and poor oul' Harrison has a lot on his plate with the house and wee one. As Shambles said, life comes first.

My bet is a fresh install of vbulletin, as well as the accompanying modules, and a rebuild of the database is in order.

[magge]

Deadguy if you come here, i am imaga_050 on Amibay can you send me your address again i have it in my inbox at amibay but can't access it ATM.

[desiv]

Originally Posted by protek

@Merlin: Apache is a web server like IIS but it is Java based.

Interesting..
Wrong, but interesting... ;-)
It is a webserver like IIS. It's not Java based. Written in C.

I'm sure he doesn't need any help, but if he does, have him PM me..
I'm pretty Apache familiar...
(Just read Harrison's reply.. Sounds like he's got it well covered...)

desiv

[Merlin]

Originally Posted by Wolfy

No, apache just handles http, things like ftp, mysql, php are also servers, it is the integration of these that gives a platform to run appliances like vbuleitin or wordpress for example...

Probably as simple as changing a path in a config file (apache2.conf?)

Maybe more like editing the httpd.conf file to point to the where the index.php actually is, but then again, I know zilch about Apache...

[desiv]

Originally Posted by Merlin

Maybe more like editing the httpd.conf file to point to the where the index.php actually is, but then again, I know zilch about Apache...

Could be as simple as:
DocumentRoot "/srv/www/mywebdir"

or it could be more application specific and several changes..
1.3 to 2.x in Apache was a big jump...
Could also be the you need to enable processing for .php files as indexes, or PHP needs to be enabled or ?????

desiv

[quarkx]

Finally, this sign up attempt worked.
My Apache guy is unavailable (on holiday right now) otherwise I would try to get- offer some help,
I see everyone sort of just moved here.

[JuvUK]

i think i was here before Amibay, but i can't check right now, plus it isn't the original Amibay so i'm not sure the join date would be correct anyway

[Gouldin]

I signed up here over 10 years ago, my account got deleted though

[davideo]

Originally Posted by JuvUK

i think i was here before Amibay, but i can't check right now, plus it isn't the original Amibay so i'm not sure the join date would be correct anyway

@juvvie

I was definitely here before Amibay.

Dave G

[Merlin]

Harrison has found the issue, we know what's wrong and he has referred it to 1&1's datacentre to sort it out, since it was their upgrade to Apache that has caused the problem.

The site is refusing to parse some files following their upgrade to Apache 2.x.....

[JuvUK]

i'm still JuvUK on here!!

[CU_AMiGA]

anyone having trouble getting onto amibay? an error page seems to come up when i try and get onto the site!

[cosmicfrog]

all the best Harrison

in the mean time looks like we amibays are takeing up squatters rights here on EAB

[quarkx]

All we need is someone to put a bad x through the logo and write "Temp Amibay"

[Zetr0]

Originally Posted by CU_AMiGA

anyone having trouble getting onto amibay? an error page seems to come up when i try and get onto the site!

@CU AMiGA

your a little behind everyone else at the moment - click here for solidarity and support

[CU_AMiGA]

ah cheers!

[Peter]

Long Live EAB!

[HonestFlames]

Originally Posted by Gouldin

Lol, it's me selling it. I really want to accept the money. (My car is buggered and this'll pay for the repairs)

Take it ya managed to see the pics I uploaded before the site went down?

I didn't get to see the piccies. I went to bed not long after my last post on Amibay because I was knackered

If you can get some piccies to me and your PayPal, I hope the Amibay mods would be OK with me completing the transaction here if we promise to update the thread when everything is working again!