Chapter 3. Maintenance

There is little ongoing maintenance required for an Interact Server other than adding and removing spaces or user accounts. As long as you set up the cron job mentioned in the installation process the following server maintenance tasks will be automated:

  • Stale user accounts will be deleted (set the number of days to keep stale accounts in the local/config.inc.php file)

  • Old news items will be deleted as long as the user has set the date to remove

  • Old calendar events will be deleted as long as the user set the date to remove

  • Components in trash will be deleted (set the number of days to keep items in trash in the local/config.inc.php file)

As your Interact server grows you should make yourself familiar with your database managment tools. Mysql has a number of tools available for optimizing your tables, etc. Consult the http://www.mysql.com/ site for details about these.