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Well, I've seen quite a few requests for help in this forum now and I thought I'd gather a number of tools you can use to report your status. This will help others help you faster. :D That and additional ability to help yourself as well.

Helpful information
The following are information that's often crucial to diagnosing problems.
What is the environment you are running your website from? IPB Hosting / Shared hosting / VPS / Cloud / Dedicated Server? If VPS/Cloud/Dedi, what are your cpu, ram and disk availability?

Tools
The following are tools you can run in order to gather further data. These can be run from ssh and is only accessible for vps, cloud and dedicated servers for linux distributions.

top - Top processes (very useful for any scenario) | top is usually available in all linux OS distros by default.

top (this will constantly output your server's general status as well as top processes, default in CPU usage order) top n -1 (same as above, but will output your first stat instead of constant loop) If you'd like more colourful version. There is also htop (usually not available by default. Can get here: http://htop.sourceforge.net/ or rpmforge ) iostat - Input/Output Statistics (very useful in diagnosing disk usage) | iostat is part of sysstat package.

iostat (this will output general stats regarding IO) iostat -x 10 5 (this will output extra information for 5 times total with 10 second intervals. First stat is always "since boot" and after is since last report) sar - System Activity Reporter (Displays system performance over time) | sar is part of sysstat package

sar mpstat - Multiprocessor Usage (Displays system stats in relative to CPU) | mpstat is part of sysstat package

mpstat Apache Status (Outputs the apache status) | apachectl status, as name suggests requres apache to get the stats. You will also need to have a shell browser to run.

apachectl status (This outputs the simplified current status) apachectl fullstatus (This outputs the detailed current status. Please be warned that this will list all users and their requests. So, you will want to remove any IP address and further private information) Connections

netstat -an | grep :80 | wc -l (This lets us know how many people are connected to your server on port 80 [http]) Uptime (How long you've been up)

uptime vmstat - virtual memory statistics (This is actually not related to virtualization. This is about your swap)

vmstat free (Shows your memory statistics)

free free -m (In megabytes) free -g (In gigabytes) beancounters (Shows your limits) | Only for those with VPS/Cloud systems

cat /proc/user_beancounters ifstat (Gives live information about network usage on each network interface)

ifstat iftop (Similar to ifstat, but per user and top behavior)

iftop mysqltuner (Gives information and suggestions about your current mysql configuration) | Available at below address Available at: http://mysqltuner.pl/ You can run the mysqltuner with perl (chmod to 755 and run or call with perl) and type in your administrative mysql user id/pass. mysqlmymon Available at: http://mysqlmymon.com/ Similar to mysqltuner, but lot more information about everything else too! This is mostly meant to serve as an all-in-one tool. MySQL Workbench http://www.mysql.com...ucts/workbench/ This is a GUI tool that helps you administer, diagnose and plan. (Complete) Monitoring Solutions Nagios (Everything - heavy learning curve) http://www.nagios.org/ Cacti (Network) http://www.cacti.net/ vnstat (Much more simple network usage logger) http://humdi.net/vnstat/ Useful to Know Settings MySQL settings | Only if you have mysql The settings are often found at: /etc/my.cnf Outputting your current information will help others identify problems. Apache/HTTPD settings | Only if you have apache The settings are often found at: /etc/httpd/conf.d/httpd.conf If you have WHM/cPanel, please look inside WHM instead. Outputting your current information will help others identify problems. Nginx Settings | Only if you have nginx The settings are often found at: /etc/nginx/nginx.conf Outputting your current information will help others identify problems. PHP Information (information regarding your current php build) | Available only to PHP users... for obvious reasons. To get full php information, there are 2 easy ways. One, make a php file with the below contents and save.

<?php phpinfo(); ?> Or via shell

php -i



I'll add more if people suggest other tools.

Add the following to your .htaccess file
# BEGIN GZIP COMPRESSION <IfModulemod_gzip.c> mod_gzip_onYes mod_gzip_dechunkYes mod_gzip_item_includefile.(html?|txt|css|js|php|pl)$ mod_gzip_item_includehandler^cgi-script$ mod_gzip_item_includemime^text/.* mod_gzip_item_includemime^application/x-javascript.* mod_gzip_item_excludemime^image/.* mod_gzip_item_excluderspheader^Content-Encoding:.*gzip.* </IfModule> # END GZIP COMPRESSION Or if you were using Nginx (for future reference), you would add this to your config file (nothing you need to worry about, since you are using Apache).
gzipon; gzip_comp_level2; gzip_http_version1.0; gzip_proxied any; gzip_min_length1100; gzip_buffers168k; gzip_types text/plain text/html text/css application/x-javascript text/xml application/xml application/xml+rss text/javascript; gzip_varyon;  

It will be handy to be able to export the "Error Logs" after doing a more specific search like IP...

Spam on the contact form is a disaster, there is no verification of the domain name via the whois function to know if it exists or not. As well as forbidding the HTML format and remote images.

I have something that might help you. I can add a task to deleting them periodically OR add a feature that you requesting. PM me for more details.
 
 

In my opinion, it would be great if there was an option in the group settings which disallowed IP logging. This would be useful for administrators, moderators, and groups for people that have a thing for privacy.
A good reason to disable IP logging for admins/mods is that if a security breach ever occurs, the forum administration team will badly be affected (affected the most). 

I remember that someone made such a plugin.
Edit.
Here it is Highlight Posts Per User Group but I agree, it's nice to have it built in.

Does 4.6 support .webp?

You can add the bugs here:
https://invisioncommunity.com/4bugtrack/alpha-and-beta-reports/

You can use Microsoft authenticator, it doesn't strictly need to be 'Google Authenticator'. Scan the QR code with that app instead.

Hello,
Is it possible to add Microsoft Authenticator ?

Hello,
In Features Pages can modify Author in Publishing Settings.

But it's not possible assignate to an member.
I am the author Chose a member Define Owner Define Group When the wiki mode is activated it would be useful to be able to define a user or a group as with the blog.

Hello,
I see a problem in the Pages module. I have created relational headings to avoid using TAGs which simplifies the keywords but I realize that it is not possible to assign several times the page in relational mode.

Hello,
Could you add a downloads tab in the user profile ?

Hello,
I use the club module a lot to create work groups. But I see a problem it is not possible to put a download area that is common to two clubs, this would avoid having duplicate files.
The idea is to allow you to create an alias that displays the content of a section like for example the space for downloads. We can also imagine wanting to post in another club (private), a blog to avoid duplication.
The member would not see the difference between the origin and the alias while the moderator and administrators would be informed.

Hello,

In CP-Admin it's possible purge after x day(s), but it's not possible export to CSV file.
Can you add feature to download files CSV of logs errors, please.
 

We're requiring PHP 7.2 and recommending PHP 7.4.0 for IPS 4.6 , but I would personally recommend to use PHP 8 if it is available on your system !

Invision offers a subscription-based spam filter, it would be convenient to have this additional feature without having to go through an external developer.

Hello,
The management of support tickets request of past from the admin interface. Why don't I create a copy of the ticket "locally" on the forum to have a follow up and make the pictures also be stored on the client's web site "locally"?

You should read this report: Persistent Tracking in Modern Browsers
solomos-ndss21.pdf

Back-up! 

It's a good idea when the website is in multiple languages or deals with different themes, having the possibility to create categories for clubs would simplify the life of the members.

It's a good idea when the website is in multiple languages or deals with different themes, having the possibility to create categories for clubs would simplify the life of the members.

This is a great idea 😉
Like that if it changes system (zendesk) have will not lose all the subjects created. Another advantage is that it is no longer necessary to break your head for the respect of the private sphere, which is interpreted differently in each country.