Charles Maxwell

Thanks, I appreciate it. I think the problem I'm having is different than the one that XAMPP solves though, I already have an apache server running and can run modern Invision forums with it. My confusion is that downgrading my PHP version to one that ought to work with old Invision forums (5.6) results in the check_requirements.php page saying everything is fine, but every other page being blank with no error messages in the logs. That said; I was able to use waybackmachine to view an archive of a few pages on the site I'm trying to recreate, and that's allowed me to make some progress with a static site conversion tool I'm building. I'll share it with the community if I can get it working somewhat reliably. It still has a ways to go, though.

My hero, thank you!

Just locally.

I have backups of the database and site files of several old self-hosted Invision Power Board forums. I'm trying to get them running again locally so that I can create a static archives and make the information in them accessible again. The oldest documentation I can find online is for IPB4, but the board I'm trying to run at the moment is IPB2. Where can I find an archive of the documentation? Thanks for your help.

I'm not sure you fully understand the situation here. The reply by @Daniel F does not in any way address the cron jobs not actually pruning member IP history in Admin. He explicitly states that Admin is not being touched. Waiting for IPS to add a feature that's not coming is not a solution.

Anyone?

Thanks...but that has nothing to do with this problem, nor will it solve the issue in the future. What's the solution to the immediate issue?

@Daniel F - I'm not sure I understand. This feature currently exists, but doesn't seem to be working with my install. Are you saying that IP cleanup being broken is a known (and very long-standing issue) that is about to be fixed? What is the workaround in the interim, if so?

Hi, @Jim M - I apologize for my late reply here. I didn't receive a notice of your response. @Randy Calvert is correct. IP addresses are not getting pruned out of member histories when the jobs run. They are getting pruned off of posts. However, you can pull up any member's history and see every IP address they have ever used, back to the beginning of time. These are the IP addresses I am trying to clean up. I have seen other people post about this problem, but I've yet to see a fix. Do you know of one? Screenshots of my current ACP settings are below, along with an example of a member with IP addresses that go back as far as 2019.

Hi, Invision team - As stated in the title of this forum topic, the "Prune Member IP Addresses" feature is not working for my self-hosted install. My community is fully up to date, I have the correct options enabled, and I have cron jobs running constantly to ensure that all tasks execute as they should. However, in spite of everything being in order, member IP addresses going back to the beginning of time are clogging up the system. I've even manually kicked off prune jobs just to ensure that I've got my bases covered. To comply with GDPR, I must be able to purge member data, especially IP addresses. A prime example of IP addresses never pruning can be seen on the member account called "Charles Maxwell." Can you please assist in resolving this problem? You can find the details about my forum in my Client Area. Thank you in advance for your time and consideration.