friendica.world
Ruud
Ruud friendica (DFRN)

Friendica.world status

I want to update you on the status of the friendica.world (in)stability issues.

The first fix seems to have worked, we now have set the pm.max_children setting high enough so they don't get maxed out anymore.

Next issue we see now, is the max_connections to the Mariadb database, so we're now trying to tune that (without blowing up the server).

In short: the issues haven't been solved, but it looks like we're making progress 😀

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Adam
Adam friendica (DFRN)
@Ruud Thanks for the update! It's really appreciated. Glad you're making progress on the issue 😀
@Ruud
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𓂀 Cynni 💜
𓂀 Cynni 💜 friendica (DFRN)
Thanks for the hard work and the update. Hopefully there will be a way to keep the instance happy soon, so it won't need a nap during our night time. 😉 Fingers crossed that you'll be able to tackle the issue soon and that the server will accept it. 🍀
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Fleur Bergman
Fleur Bergman friendica (DFRN)
Do the inconsistencies in language have anything to do with this?
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Ruud
Ruud friendica (DFRN)
Inconsistencies in language?
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WildeWeefster
WildeWeefster friendica (DFRN)
Thank you.
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Pygoscelis Papua
Pygoscelis Papua friendica (DFRN)
So, based on what you've said here and in your replies elsewhere, it sounds like there is a surge of activity every day (in the middle of your night) from US timezones that is overwhelming the database with connections. Other than throwing more RAM at it, can things be scaled horizontally as well? Or is it that Friendica was never designed for this many users on a single instance?
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Ruud
Ruud friendica (DFRN)

I think we could scale horizontally by hosting the app and cron containers on other VMs. I think we could also create multiple hosts for app/cron (just the DB needs to be on 1 server)

What I would need is at least 1 or 2 people helping out planning / testing this stuff, and see if we can get some donations from the Friendica users to cover the extra costs.

I'll see in the current team if people can assist, but they have the hands full with Lemmy/Mastodon etc.

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Sarah Peck 👥
Sarah Peck 👥 friendica (DFRN)
@Ruud I am happy to set up a recurring monthly donation and also to help if there are tasks that do not require technical knowledge/skills.
@Ruud
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