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by mahouk 979 days ago
Update:

Sorry guys, but it seems the server has crashed due to a sudden influx of traffic, and I'm attending a funeral service at the moment so I don't have access to my laptop. Will try to get the site back up asap!

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Sorry to hear you lost someone close to you. I’ve prayed that Jesus Christ provides comfort to you and others involved. Do what you need to do and we’ll look at the site whenever it’s back up. No rush.

Edit: Forgot to add about the site crashing on heavy traffic. You might want to consider a CDN. Cloudflare is No 1 with a free option. StackPath was great but just shut down their CDN. I’m trying BunnyCDN now since it’s pennies per GB.

Thanks, I appreciate the kind words

I'm just new to devops stuff because the things I usually build don't get that much traffic, and a single server did the job without the need for CDNs, load balancers, etc. I had to figure this stuff out just now over the past few hours to help the site cope with all the load.