lighttpd and MariaDB support

[minimaul]

Hi all,

Looking at XenForo to replace what is currently a phpBB3 install.

The webserver is running lighttpd with PHP5 with APC via FastCGI and MariaDB 5.2 instead of MySQL. Website content is served from a 6 disk RAID6, database is stored on SSD. The site is served over HTTP and HTTPS.

Is this similar to anyone else's setup? Can anyone predict any problems?

 

[Paul B]

How can I check if my host supports XenForo?
The server requirements and a test script are available on the purchase page. The script will confirm that your server meets the PHP requirements; you will need to confirm the MySQL version independently. Please note that MySQLi is required. If your server does not meet all the requirements, you must contact your host.

http://xenforo.com/community/threads/pre-sales-faq.4951/

 

[Mike]

I doubt anyone has tried MariaDB. If it maintains MySQL compatibility across the query language, then it should be fine, but I've never tried it myself.

 

[Deebs]

I doubt anyone has tried MariaDB. It is maintains MySQL compatibility across the query language, then it should be fine, but I've never tried it myself.

I've used XenForo fine against MariaDB 5.2 fyi.

 

[AzzidReign]

I doubt anyone has tried MariaDB. If it maintains MySQL compatibility across the query language, then it should be fine, but I've never tried it myself.

Right now I'm using MariaDB on my IPB site and I'm doing the test conversion and so far, it's allowed me to do the install and starting of the conversion so I would think it's compatible.

 

[minimaul]

I doubt anyone has tried MariaDB. If it maintains MySQL compatibility across the query language, then it should be fine, but I've never tried it myself.

There are a few tiny changes but it's nothing as drastic as Drizzle. I've not run into any issues yet - I was just looking for anyone else who has tried a similar setup. Deebs provides that, so I'm fairly happy. If I was desperate I could have just installed MySQL - it's my server.

And yes, it passes the compatibility script.

 

[DeltaHF]

I am running a test XenForo install on MariaDB without any issues. If anything, I would recommend it over MySQL considering MariaDB's use of Percona-XtraDB as its InnoDB storage engine.

 

[Shamil]

http://kb.askmonty.org/en/mariadb-versus-mysql

The incompatibilities listed are minimal, and I've been using Mario, although not with XenForo yet, and it does offer better performance. I'll see if I can try it with XenForo locally next week.

 

[Deebs]

XenForo works absolutely fine with MariaDB and I would also add with Percona MySQL 5.1.x and Percona MySQL 5.5.x