is it worth it to switch to cloud linux? | Forum

Joseph Mar 30 '12
so I was talking to my server's tech support they suggested I use cloud linux while their supervisor said it will do me no good as my server does not have a lot of resource (80 gb storage and 2 gb ram)

so what do the oxwall experts suggest I do to use less ram?

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Den Apr 3 '12
I would advise you this scheme:

1) Install nginx and eaccelerator on your server. It doen't metter what type of server you use (cloud/dedicated/VPS)


2) Configure Oxwall to store all your static content on CDN (like amazon or rackspace). You can find a manual about this here http://docs.oxwall.org/install:cloud_hosting 

Note, that if you switch to CDN on working site, you should migrate your current static content to CDN first.


These two option will reduce resource usage a lot. 

Joseph Apr 3 '12
talked to my server tech and I have eaccelerator installed yet my site is not storing to the cache its set to store 16 mb and is barely storing 4kb
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Den Apr 5 '12
Quote from Joseph o the cache its set to store 16 mb and is barely storing 4kb

Something wrong with your eaccelerator settings. Check it.
Joseph Apr 6 '12
how can i check it?
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Den Apr 11 '12
Sorry, but I can't assist you with that. Contact your hoster. There should be a professional tech guys wh could asisst you with that. 
Joseph Apr 11 '12
thats just it they sent me here to ask you guys whats wrong because tehy say its oxwall and not them
Joseph May 6 '12
so since the tutorial and the documentation are somewhat out dated i guess the question is now that I have a amazon account do I need to get cloud front? 
I was able to install oxwall on Amzon Cloud.. but with some problems. If someone wishes to install, lets together work and solve the issue.
Mark May 6 '12
Quote from Joseph how can i check it?

the config files are usually stored inside your php.ini file (i believe)
Joseph May 6 '12
ok for s3 I have set up my bucket and followed the instructiopns but my image url's show up like this http://fantasycoven.com/%7Bhttp://s3.amazonaws.com/fantasycoven%7Dow_userfiles/plugins/photo/photo_preview_1073.jpg

which of course does not work below is my configuration for the url



define('OW_AMAZON_S3_BUCKET_NAME', '{fantasycoven}');    // the name of the bucket for recording datadefine('OW_AMAZON_S3_BUCKET_URL', '{http://fantasycoven.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com}');      // url of the bucket for recording data (for example, http://test.s3.amazonaws.com/)

Are you sure to include "{" in the value?

I believe you guys are discussing about using cloud CDN installion and not the cloud server hosting.. Just yesterday I successfully installed in cloud. I am working on the Amazon CDN integration.