Running Elgg on a MySQL cluster

I have recently been exploring some aspects of the Elgg scalability question by exploring how easy it would be to get the latest version of Elgg (1.6) running on a MySQL cluster. In this article I will document the process, but first I should point out: This is highly experimental and not endorsed in any […]

Marcus Povey

I have recently been exploring some aspects of the Elgg scalability question by exploring how easy it would be to get the latest version of Elgg (1.6) running on a MySQL cluster. In this article I will document the process, but first I should point out: This is highly experimental and not endorsed in any […]

Using Elgg’s REST-like API

Another one of Elgg‘s less documented but very powerful features is the ability to expose functionality from the core and user modules in a standard way via a REST like API. This gives you the opportunity to develop interoperable web services and provide them to the users of your site, all in a standardised way. […]

Marcus Povey

Another one of Elgg‘s less documented but very powerful features is the ability to expose functionality from the core and user modules in a standard way via a REST like API. This gives you the opportunity to develop interoperable web services and provide them to the users of your site, all in a standardised way. […]

Its a question of time

Sometimes things need to be done without user interaction – for example, database optimisation or log rotation. For this, Elgg has a cron endpoint. Cron is a unix tool which executes commands at a specific time of day (other operating systems have similar tools). This keys off a file called a crontab – an example […]

Marcus Povey

Sometimes things need to be done without user interaction – for example, database optimisation or log rotation. For this, Elgg has a cron endpoint. Cron is a unix tool which executes commands at a specific time of day (other operating systems have similar tools). This keys off a file called a crontab – an example […]