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==== Garbage Collection ==== | ==== Garbage Collection ==== | ||
+ | :!: Starting with VuFind 3.0, VuFind includes Solr 5, which does some garbage collection auto-tuning by default; the suggestions below may be less important for these newer releases, and you should probably not tinker with settings unless you have a known problem you are trying to solve. | ||
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Garbage collection is how aggressive the JVM is with clearing out unneeded objects. For the purposes of Vufind, parallel garbage collection should work nicely, but read Sun's [[http:// | Garbage collection is how aggressive the JVM is with clearing out unneeded objects. For the purposes of Vufind, parallel garbage collection should work nicely, but read Sun's [[http:// | ||
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- | Once you have a log file, you can use the [[http://www.tagtraum.com/gcviewer.html|gcviewer]] or [[http:// | + | Once you have a log file, you can use the [[https://github.com/chewiebug/ |
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====== PHP Tuning ====== | ====== PHP Tuning ====== | ||
- | On PHP 5.4, installing a PHP cache like [[http:// | + | On PHP 5.4, installing a PHP cache like [[http:// |
+ | ===== Asset Pipeline ===== | ||
- | If you created a custom module, remember | + | Starting with VuFind 3.1, there is an optional "asset pipeline" |
- | <code php> | + | |
- | ../ | + | |
- | </ | + | |
- | from module directory. | + | |
+ | ===== Theme Compiler ===== | ||
+ | Starting with VuFind 4.1, there is a [[administration: | ||
- | ===== Troubleshooting ===== | + | To use a compiled theme, follow these steps: |
- | There have been some reports of VuFind errors when running APC. | + | 1. Run "php $VUFIND_HOME/ |
- | // | + | 2. Update your [[configuration: |
- | Inserting the line in index.php | + | |
- | // | + | |
- | <code php> | + | Note: NEVER EDIT THE COMPILED THEME. Instead, edit the source theme and recompile it when you need to make changes. You must use the --force switch of the compiler if you need to overwrite your compiled theme with a new version. |
- | register_shutdown_function(' | + | |
- | </ | + | |
- | // | + | ===== Session Handling ===== |
- | immediately before requiring the session handler, seems to fix the problem with APC. Since this is the result of trawling the web and not of any deep understanding on my part, I can't guarantee this won't have sideffects (I'll report back if I find any), or that it will always work. | + | |
- | // | + | |
- | Note: As of VuFind 1.4, the default VuFind code will register the shutdown function, so this modification should no longer | + | When using database sessions, deleting expired sessions may be a surprisingly heavy process. On a busy site it may be beneficial to turn off PHP's session garbage collection (set session.gc_probability to 0 in php.ini) and run VuFind' |
====== Apache Tuning ====== | ====== Apache Tuning ====== | ||
- | For a productive environment, | + | |
+ | ===== GZIP Compression ===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | For a productive environment, | ||
<code bash> | <code bash> | ||
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- | One thing you should also do is minifying JS and CSS files. This removes whitespaces and line breaks. It can by done by your IDE. Netbeans for example has a plugin Js CSS Minify Compress. The minified files must be configured in theme.config.php and in some cases in the theme files. Just search for " | + | Note that the " |
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+ | ===== Minification ===== | ||
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+ | One thing you should also do is minifying JS and CSS files. This removes whitespaces and line breaks. It can by done by your IDE. Netbeans for example has a plugin Js CSS Minify Compress. The minified files must be configured in theme.config.php and in some cases in the theme files. Just search for " | ||
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+ | :!: Manual minification should not be necessary if you turn on VuFind' | ||
====== Solr Tuning ====== | ====== Solr Tuning ====== | ||
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See the [[configuration: | See the [[configuration: | ||
+ | ===== Limits ===== | ||
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+ | Certain operating system limits can impact Solr performance, | ||
===== Further Reading ===== | ===== Further Reading ===== | ||
* [[administration: | * [[administration: | ||
+ | * [[administration: | ||
* [[http:// | * [[http:// | ||
* [[http:// | * [[http:// |
administration/performance.txt · Last modified: 2022/05/06 12:52 by demiankatz