The official GitHub page for Discourse says “ We use Redis as a cache and for transient data. ”. But Sidekiq, which is a part of Discourse, says “ Many people use Redis as a cache but it’s important that Sidekiq be run against a Redis instance that is not configured as a cache but as a persistent…

In general we try to avoid Redis flushes, but it’s not completely the end of the world if it does get flushed. Worst case, some emails might not get sent such as password resets and users will need to re-request.

Are you trying to install Discourse for production use? If so, simply follow these instructions: docs/INSTALL-cloud.md main # Install Discourse on a Cloud Server > To install and self-host Discourse, follow the steps below. But if you'd rather skip the setup, maintenance, and…

I’m not using Docker. I deployed it through Capistrano. It’s production.

Just for info, on the forums: The only officially supported installs of Discourse are the Docker based beginner and advanced installs. We regret that we cannot support any other methods of installation. docs/INSTALL.md main To install and self-host Discourse, follow the step…

Yes, I know that. But for Chinese users, Docker is not a good choice: it’s intended for convenience but due to the network block(GFW) from within China, bundler install fails frequently for network error. So Chinese Docker user has to manually edit the Docker templates and configs and so on to fix t…

[image] louirobert: bundler install fails frequently for network error. I am pretty sure @fantasticfears had a workaround for this.

[image] Replace rubygems.org with taobao mirror to resolve network error in China Sysadmins rubygems.org hosts its resource in Amazon S3 which is disturbed by GFW. So gem and bundle complain from time to time. This guide assumes you used docker installation. T…

Thanks. However I tried Taobao mirror before, that doesn’t always work: Gems of required(new) version had been missing for 1+ months because the mirror server stopped syncing with official source for unknown reason. Here is an example: Could not find email_reply_trimmer-0.1.1 in any of the sources ·…

Thanks but @fantasticfears ’s solution depends on Taobao mirror, which is not always reliable. Please see my previous reply for details.

It’s been moved to RubyChina mirror. I documented them here and there in Chinese. You have more than one way to fix this, either by mirrors or by proxy. If you have a reliable proxy, you don’t even bother whether a mirror is perfectly stable to you. Besides, RubyChina mirror is rather stable compar…

Thanks! I’ll look into the Docker solution again when I have to turn to it. For now, my Capistrano deployment has been working well. Thanks for all your help!

Should Redis be configed as a cache server or not?

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Should Redis be configed as a cache server or not?

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