NODEBB: Nginx error performance & High CPU

[phenomlab]

@DownPW you should base it on the output of ulimit - see below

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With that high value you run the risk of overwhelming your server.

[DownPW]

@phenomlab

Thanks mark

My ulimit is 1024, so I will set it to 1024

[phenomlab]

@DownPW And the worker_processes value ? I expect this to be between 1 and 4 ?

[DownPW]

@phenomlab

worker_processes auto;

[phenomlab]

@DownPW ok. You should refer to that some article I previously provided. You can probably set this to a static value.

[DownPW]

@phenomlab

Ok I will see it for better worker_processes value

I add a rate limite request and limit_conn_zone on http block and vhost block :

– nginx.conf:

http {
 
	#Requete maximun par ip 
	limit_req_zone $binary_remote_addr zone=flood:10m rate=100r/s; 
	#Connexions maximum par ip 
	limit_conn_zone $binary_remote_addr zone=ddos:1m;

-- vhost.conf :
        location / {
				
				limit_req zone=flood burst=100 nodelay; 
				limit_conn ddos 10;
 

–> I have test other value for rate and burst but they cause problem access to the forum. If you have better, I take it

I add today a proxy_read_timeout on vhost.conf (60 by default)

proxy_read_timeout 180;

I have deactivate underattack mode on CF and change for high Level

I have add other rules on CF waf :

[phenomlab]

@DownPW what settings do you have in advanced (in settings) for rate limit etc?

[DownPW]

@phenomlab said in NODEBB: Nginx error performance & High CPU:

@DownPW what settings do you have in advanced (in settings) for rate limit etc?

In cloudflare ?

[DownPW]

@phenomlab

I wanted to test awstats on virtualmin with root account and it hasn’t updated since August 2022.

I wanted to regenerate the files but I have a problem of rights.

What do you think ? and how t ore-generate a rapport correctly

I would like to use it to better manage the @ips that connect to the server

[phenomlab]

@DownPW no, sorry - in NodeBB ACP

[phenomlab]

@DownPW from recollection, awstats is accessible via the web front end, so (for example) https://mydomain.com/awstats

However, as you are pushing everything into a reverse proxy you’ll need to add a custom route in the nginx.conf file you are using on the website so this can be rendered outside of NodeBB.

[DownPW]

@phenomlab said in NODEBB: Nginx error performance & High CPU:

@DownPW no, sorry - in NodeBB ACP

Here is the value

[phenomlab]

@DownPW what is the result of disabling it altogether? That will resolve the 503 rate limit error but could we leave the system exposed to bring overwhelmed.

[phenomlab]

@DownPW you should also review this

Scaling - NodeBB Documentation

Documentation portal for NodeBB Forum Software

docs.nodebb.org

In particular, the part concerning proxied assets.

[DownPW]

@phenomlab said in NODEBB: Nginx error performance & High CPU:

@DownPW from recollection, awstats is accessible via the web front end, so (for example) https://mydomain.com/awstats

However, as you are pushing everything into a reverse proxy you’ll need to add a custom route in the nginx.conf file you are using on the website so this can be rendered outside of NodeBB.

Thats why I have a permission error like the screen? Odd

Nope, Awstats is accessible like this via Virtualmin:

No preview available

It seems xxxx declined to respond to the data request. The link will still work, but no preview is available.

xxxx

I have jsut an error of permission whe nI test to regenerate a Report because the script can’t access to log file

[DownPW]

@phenomlab said in NODEBB: Nginx error performance & High CPU:

@DownPW what is the result of disabling it altogether? That will resolve the 503 rate limit error but could we leave the system exposed to bring overwhelmed.

Disabling What ? Traffic management? HSTS ?

[phenomlab]

@DownPW said in NODEBB: Nginx error performance & High CPU:

Thats why I have a permission error like the screen? Odd

No, not at all. That error is because www-data owns the files when it should be the account you are using to run the website itself under.

[DownPW]

@phenomlab said in NODEBB: Nginx error performance & High CPU:

@DownPW said in NODEBB: Nginx error performance & High CPU:

Thats why I have a permission error like the screen? Odd

No, not at all. That error is because www-data owns the files when it should be the account you are using to run the website itself under.

I thought that was weird

strange than that.

–> Would you have a solution so that I can regenerate the report and use awstats via virtualmin?

[phenomlab]

@DownPW try this
https://manpages.org/awstats

[DownPW]

@phenomlab said in NODEBB: Nginx error performance & High CPU:

@DownPW try this
https://manpages.org/awstats

It worked with the following command (very long) in cli but I’m afraid it won’t work with the virtualmin module

awstats -config=XXX-XXX.XXX -update