[wp-hackers] Clustering WordPress

[Martin Lazarov]

 /wp-admin/ can be forced to be only on one server. So when you make
change on this server all other copies are replicated (for example
with resync+crontab).


On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 12:53 AM, Brian Layman
<wp-hackers at thecodecave.com> wrote:
> I've written plugins that disable all of those messages and version checks
> (but that was harder to do than you might think and I'm not sure I like my
> final result).
>
> However, it can also just be handled as a training issue.  Having only a
> very limited number of admins able to take those actions helps a lot.  After
> all, it's best if admin accounts are used only for those types of
> administrative actions.  Lower level accounts should be used for your
> posting needs.
>
> Monitoring what's changed on your servers is a good idea in any case.  A VCS
> can show you that easily.  You just need to commit the changes you approve.
>
> Brian Layman
>
> On 8/20/2012 5:43 PM, John Elliot wrote:
>>
>> On 2012-08-21 06:20, Brian Layman wrote:
>>>
>>> Good stuff:
>>>
>>> http://wordpress.tv/2011/08/20/mark-jaquith-scaling-servers-and-deploys-oh-my/
>>
>> Thanks for sharing that.
>>
>> Initially I put a few of my WordPress installations in svn like Mark
>> recommends and installed them on the server by checking them out. Then I
>> used the admin interface to upgrade and it corrupted my svn working copy
>> so I couldn't check the changes back in to svn.
>>
>> Also on another attempt one of my users used the admin tool to change
>> his theme and the files got out of sync with the repo then too.
>>
>> So now I have a bunch of WordPress installations that initially were in
>> svn and are now just corrupt and useless svn working copies.
>>
>> If you check your WordPress installation into a VCS what is the
>> recommended strategy for upgrading it? Can you disable administrative
>> functions such as in-browser upgrades, installing themes, upgrading
>> plugins, etc. in the config file somehow? Is that what you're supposed
>> to do?
>>
>>
>>
>>
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