ZylonBane on 30/9/2021 at 20:41
Aand... unsorted. The same error is back.
Al_B on 1/10/2021 at 13:42
The fundamental issue is that the search backend (sphinx) needs to be updated - it's been stable for many years but it is encountering issues with database rotation that appear to be fixed in more recent versions. I imagine the issue with the search failing yesterday was related to a server restart that was required due to an expiration of a letsencrypt root certificate in order to force the web server to point to the correct chain.
As an interim measure I can kick the search process off again if it goes wrong but will find an appropriate time to do the update to the latest version.
stevedonkey on 8/10/2021 at 13:35
yes, please upgrade sphinx as soon as you can. Not being able to search is getting me down. Maybe you'll find some time this weekend? If you need any assistance, I've some experience with the sphinx engine (albeit more than 5 years ago). But I imagine an upgrade should be more-or-less straight-forward. Anyways, thanks for looking into it/fixing it. Keep on taffin'
Al_B on 12/10/2021 at 20:04
Thanks for the kind offer - unfortunately the difficulties don't lie with sphinx directly but with the integration with the forum. It's something that I have some time this week to get to and will keep nudging it back into life in the meantime if it's being problematic.
Edit: updated version working well in test environment and plan to roll out next week
