Board Optimization - [DBTech] vB Optimise v2 (vB4)

vB Optimise Lite

Professional version & feature list available @ www.DragonByte-Tech.com
Priority support for Lite version is handled at the Developers Website.


What does it do?

vB Optimise is intended to optimise vBulletin software by integrating several PHP "cachers" and handling data before vBulletin. This works by encountering and handling data prior to vBulletin in order to skip the arbitary execution that would be more server intensive.

Real-Life Statistics

We've teamed up with some Big Forums to show you the impact of vB Optimise, you can view this public chart which shows both our statistics and theirs:

View Public vB Optimise Resource Statistics

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Features - Lite

• Supported Extensions
  • APC
  • eAccelerator
  • Memcache
  • XCache
  • WinCache
  • Filecache
• Style Cacher
  Caches style data to globally reduce a query within all vBulletin forum-based pages.
• Template Cacher
  Caches template data to globally reduce a query within all vBulletin forum-based pages.
• Datastore Cacher
  Forces custom datastore items from modifications (including those from vB's blogs) to use your configured Datastore Cache method instead of being forced into the database. This reduces page queries by where affected.
• vB CMS Template Caching
  (Automatic) Corrects many uncached templates within vB CMS to reduce upto 20+ queries on CMS pages (number varies based on content).
• [DBTech] Advanced Post Thanks / Like statistics Caching
  Caches statistics page for the Advanced Post Thanks / Like mod by DBTech.
• [DBTech] Advanced User Tagging statistics Caching
  Caches statistics page for the Advanced User Tagging mod by DBTech.
• Optimal Settings Check
  Provides a quick interface to identify possible settings which can be changed on your forum for further optimisation.
• Self-System Tester
  Provides a relatively straight-forward system check to ensure your vB Optimise installation works fully.
• Automatic Cache Flusher
  Automatically flushes cache within the Admin CP based on specific triggers to make sure content does not remain stale on your forum.
• XCache Authentification
  Supports XCache Admin Authentification by allowing you specify the username/password in a configuration if needs be.
• Forum Resource Statistic
  Shows off vB Optimise resource saving statistics directly within forumhome statistics.
• Statistical Resource Savings
  Ability to see just exactly how many queries per day vB Optimise has saved your database. You'll be surprised at the numbers.

Features - Pro

• Notices Cacher
  Caches users dismissed notices to reduce a near-global query within all vBulletin forum-based pages.
• Showgroups Cacher
  Caches the showgroups query which becomes more intensive as your user-base grows.
• Forum Display Query Enhancement
  Enhances a stock vBulletin query within Forum Display to speed up the page.
• Forum Home WOL Cache
  Caches Forum Home "Who's Online" to remove an intensive query and allow larger sites to display this data without impact.
• "Who Has Read Thread" Cache (4.2.0+)
  Caches Show Thread "Who Has Read Thread" to remove a query and allow larger sites to display this data without impact.
• "Who Has Visited Forum" Cache (4.2.0+)
  Caches Forum Home "Who Has Visited Forum" to remove a query and allow larger sites to display this data without impact.
• vB Cache Override (Feature not available on vBulletin 3)
  Ability to override vBulletins new built-in database cacher for the CMS / Forum Sidebar Blocks to remove anything from 1 to 20+ queries based on your content.
• Full Guest Caching
  Ability to cache entire pages and serve them saving not only hundreds of queries but upto 90% of CPU processing towards Guests.
• CDN Integration
  vB Optimise now integrates with popular CDN systems: Amazon S3, Origin Pull or Mirror, Rackspace Cloud, Remote Server (custom CDN) and Windows Azure.
• Plugin Cache
  Stores all plugins in a PHP file, improving performance for plugin execution
• ....and more!

Support

Priority support will be handled at DBTech.

FAQ

Q: I have WinCache installed, but vB Optimise tells me it's not?
A: WinCache only introduced OpCode support in version 1.1, if you're using version 1.0.x you will need to upgrade.

Q: I'm using the XCache method, flushing doesn't work?
A: If you have XCache authentification, turn the admin option on within vB Optimise Settings, then edit ./vboptimise/config.php and specify your XCache username/password. Alternatively you can disable XCache authentification within php.ini:

xcache.admin.enable_auth = Off

Q: I have eAccelerator installed, but vB Optimise tells me it's not?
A: eAccelerator does not provide the caching extension by default, you will need to recompile PHP with additional flags. For more information read eAccelerator documentation located here: http://eaccelerator.net/wiki/CompileConfiguration (Specifically look at: with-eaccelerator-shared-memory)

Q: It says my opcode cacher can't store data?
A: Check to see you're using a supported Apache handler if you're using Apache: http://www.thecpaneladmin.com/wp-con...phandlers2.png

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[DragonByte Tech]

vB Optimise v2.6.0 Beta 4

Integration With Other DBTech Products

• Support for caching of the [DBTech] vBAnswers "Latest X" (Landing Page) (Requires [DBTech] vBAnswers v2.0.0 - not yet released)

Fillip

[bsun]

While doing a quick security audit on an inherited installation of vBulletin, we were looking for recently modified .php files in the application folder and noticed that there is a file in the dbtech/vboptimise/filecache/ directory with a .php extension. (Specifically, the filename is what appears to be hexidecimal hash of some sort, followed by that .php ending.) The file appears to have no actual PHP logic in it, simply exiting from PHP and outputting a JSON object via normal text. (Object parts include what appear to be a "time" and a "value.") The file was modified today and is owned by the user that our webserver runs as.

In the interest of establishing a baseline against which we can do future audits: Is the creation of a .php file in the cache directory a normal behavior for this plugin?

[AusPhotography]

Originally Posted by bsun

In the interest of establishing a baseline against which we can do future audits: Is the creation of a .php file in the cache directory a normal behavior for this plugin?

If you are using file system cache (datastore) (vs Memory such as memcached, xcache etc.) then this will be normal as it writes a file to store the cached data and it will vary as the cache changes.

The component doing the writing of this file is ./upload/dbtech/vboptimise/includes/operators/filecache.php:

[bsun]

Originally Posted by AusPhotography

If you are using file system cache (datastore) (vs Memory such as memcached, xcache etc.) then this will be normal as it writes a file to store the cached data and it will vary as the cache changes.

The component doing the writing of this file is ./upload/dbtech/vboptimise/includes/operators/filecache.php:

Thanks! That's very good to know.

[DragonByte Tech]

Originally Posted by bsun

While doing a quick security audit on an inherited installation of vBulletin, we were looking for recently modified .php files in the application folder and noticed that there is a file in the dbtech/vboptimise/filecache/ directory with a .php extension. (Specifically, the filename is what appears to be hexidecimal hash of some sort, followed by that .php ending.) The file appears to have no actual PHP logic in it, simply exiting from PHP and outputting a JSON object via normal text. (Object parts include what appear to be a "time" and a "value.") The file was modified today and is owned by the user that our webserver runs as.

In the interest of establishing a baseline against which we can do future audits: Is the creation of a .php file in the cache directory a normal behavior for this plugin?

To elaborate; the reason why the files are .php as opposed to blank extension or some such, is because .php files can be cached by opcode cachers

The filenames are MD5 hashes, btw


Fillip

[DragonByte Tech]

Update

Hotfix: PHP 5.4 Compatibility fixes


This does not guarantee the mod is error free on PHP 5.4, but it will take care of the reported errors. Thank you all for your reports



Fillip

[datoneer]

I'm still having problems with xcache setting. When i change the opcache operator to xcache and turning on xcache authentication i'm start getting white pages. I've added my xcache username and password into cache.php

[DragonByte Tech]

Are you sure you put your xcache password in plaintext in the config.php file for vB Optimise, and not the md5 hash?

Fillip

[Justinphx]

your fix worked unfortunately not for me, my "Forum URL" setting does not have a trailing slash.
Only Display Total Saved Resources within "What's Going On?" works good.

Back in post #178 I was wondering if you ever found a solution to as why the Resource Stats weren't showing except on the forum home. I have the same issue. Everything seems to be working fine - just doesn't report the savings (although the total savings increases every minutes on the What's Going On/forum home).

Thanks. I really like this new version and will be getting the pro version - the guest cache seems like a winner.

[DragonByte Tech]

Unfortunately not, would you be willing to share your FTP / AdminCP details for me to look into this? Remember to link back to this post to remind me of the issue


Fillip