Error upgrading live site from v8 to v8.1
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I've restored back to v8 but would like to get this site updated. Bob |
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I am exploring one thing that may be the issue. I had no issues when I upgraded my test site but I had had CloudFlare disabled for some time on the test site. I have kept CloudFlare disabled for my live site now and will try the upgrade again in the off chance that it is somehow related to DNS not having enough time to take CloudFlare out of the chain. This doesn't seem to be the case but it is all that I can think of to try. One thing I can say is that my Installatron backup /restore got a good workout and I was down less than ten minutes for each attempt before having my site restored. You gotta love good backups. I am always anticipating the worse, so I also initially exported a copy of my database "just in case" but it was never needed. If anyone (Jean?) has experience with upgrading and having CloudFlare issues, please let me know what you found. Thanks for any help. Bob |
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I think you may well be doing the right thing by waiting for the Cloudflare DNS redirect to be flushed from the DNS servers, but I am only guessing, 
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I hate being without it as my site is perceptibly slower and it also typically catches between 5 and 10 problem IPs a day, all before they ever hit my server. This will be a bit less important once the antispam feature makes its way into the general release but I they do have some other nice features as well. At any rate, CloudFlare works fine for me usually but there may be an issue when upgrading. I've made plenty of other changes in development mode though so I am really uncertain what to think. Bob |
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I will check with eLief. Bob |
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Well there are a lot of DNS problems being caused by a bug in a recent cpanel upgrade. Coincidence?
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Or maybe it's related to IPv6 Day. Oh wait, I tried my first update yesterday. I just want to get my live site updated before 8.1.1 drops (since Chris mentioned it was coming soon). Bob |
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Any other thoughts? I've never run into problems upgrading in the past and am really surprised that I am having such issues now since I am using ocPortal's recommended hosting partner. Bob |
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If I answered something that you think should be in the documentation, please take the initiative and add it to the community documentation. We really need people to help out here and build a well-organised large support resource. |
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If I answered something that you think should be in the documentation, please take the initiative and add it to the community documentation. We really need people to help out here and build a well-organised large support resource. |
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This was eLief's last response:
I've just run the upgrade again and left it broken with the site closed and I just posted FTP info in a bug report. Thanks very much for looking into this. Bob |
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add_ip_ban($user_ip,'',time()+60*intval(get_option('spam_cache_time')),false); // Mark a negative ban (i.e. cache)
But 8.1 must have also altered that file, and removed this new concept of 'negative ban'. Therefore all negative bans were resulting in positive bans, which were getting written to .htaccess. If you see no performance issues it may be fine as I have left it. The RBL checks are pretty fast - it's just a DNS lookup. If I answered something that you think should be in the documentation, please take the initiative and add it to the community documentation. We really need people to help out here and build a well-organised large support resource. |
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I have copies of all the antispam files to be updated after the 8.1 upgrade. I will comment out this line and hope there are no repercussions. Bob |
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Whatever we changed for 8.1 in sources/failure.php was probably minor, less important than the changes the antispam patch would have made. If I answered something that you think should be in the documentation, please take the initiative and add it to the community documentation. We really need people to help out here and build a well-organised large support resource. |
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Bob |
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Hopefully, eLief can get me back to last Monday or Sunday (before I used Installatron to backup). If not, I have at least one of possible recourse. My test site contains some, if not all, of the missing entries. Perhaps there is a was to export those entries (galleries is what I have found missing so far) and import them into my live site. Bob |
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If I answered something that you think should be in the documentation, please take the initiative and add it to the community documentation. We really need people to help out here and build a well-organised large support resource. |
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Worse case scenario is that I have to go back to May 25 using my test site as the source of current information. I need to see if I can find anything else missing. So far, it appears to be just two galleries. At least I know how to move forward once this is resolved. Thanks again for your help, Chris. Bob |
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Bummer! I feel your pain, more so that I know you are so damn careful with your backups … Salutary lesson for other users, perhaps? 
Take my advice. I'm not using it!
View my working ocPortal site (version 9.x.x) at Anglo-Indian Portal |
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