Re: [Tiki-devel] PHP-FMP multiple php version, virtualmin and resources

Thanks Bernard

There also is a minimal install option which i think excludes the mail server, spam-assassin etc

    https://www.virtualmin.com/documentation/installation/automated#toc-full-install-vs-minimal-install-oBwnbmEV

(don't we need postfix to send notification emails out?)

jonny


> On 11 May 2021, at 12:32, Bsfez Tiki <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Back with answers from virtualmin forum;
> 
> We need to keep alive only what we need. We can shutdown, shutdown and keep down or purge:
> 
>> For all of my servers, I usually go with the “apt purge” approach but if you are unsure, you can just go with the Webmin > System > Bootup and Shutdown > Tick the phpXX-fpm you want to disable> Disable Now and On Boot approach as well.
>> 
>> Only difference is that the Bootup and Shutdown approach won’t delete any files and dependencies of the disabled fpm version and you can re-enable them at any time without having to reinstall the extension and it’s dependencies again.
>> 
> 
> —
> 
> By the way I checked other things like mail stuff (I don’t use mail on most of my servers)
> 
>> Dovecot and Postfix are installed and running on the server whether you enable them on your virtual server or not.
>> 
>> You can disable them in Webmin/System/Boot Up and Shutdown
>> 
>> Simply shut them down and uncheck the “start on startup” and they’re disabled.
>> 
> B
> 
> PS: I need to check Tiki sending mail after I shut them down to be sure….
> 
> 
> 
>> On 10 May 2021, at 14:25 , Jonny Bradley via TikiWiki-devel <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> Have wondered the same, and i have 7.0 and 7.1 lying around doing nothing too :p
>> 
>> jb
>> 
>> 
>>> On 10 May 2021, at 09:46, Bsfez Tiki via TikiWiki-devel <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hello devs,
>>> 
>>> This is not directly related to Tiki but we are a few now using Tiki, Debian, MariaDB and Virtualmin so may be others have ideas and it may also help more people.
>>> 
>>> Since a discussion we had during a meeting (TRM I think) I switch from PHP-CGI to PHP-FMP and performance were largely improved.
>>> Also, with Virtualmin you can run several PHP version + Virtualmin installs/update the version it needs.
>>> 
>>> Now I check a server and I see a lot of the memory is used by several PHP-FMP process and that I have a lot of PHP servers running.
>>> PHP-FMP 7.2.x
>>> PHP-FMP 7.3.x
>>> PHP-FMP 7.4.x
>>> PHP-FMP 8.x
>>> 
>>> All this on a server I have now a single Tiki22 running… while I need to keep the PHP version Virtualmin it seems I can spare some resources.
>>> I think that I could keep alive 7.4 (for the domain) and 8.x (for virtualmin).
>>> 
>>> Is shutting down at bootup the other php services safe ?
>>> (IE: php7.2-fpm, php7.2-fpm.service, etc) at Webmin => Bootup and Shutdown
>>> 
>>> Does anyone has experience with this ?
>>> 
>>> Bernard
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