By moolaguide
This seems to be what is causing my droplet to crash. It’s located at http://dexterauction.com
Ubuntu WP Crashing: [ERROR] Unknown/unsupported storage engine: InnoDB
Keeps appearing in the MySQL logs whenever it crashes. I already have 2GB memory so it’s not a memory issue. Tried changing it to MySIAM, which didn’t help.
You can check logs here: http://pastebin.com/JkFKj9z8
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Your problem has nothing to do with Apache (though it can hog memory). If you’re not using innoDB, it doesn’t need to be loaded in, and it will cause memory problems if it is. <br> <br>1. Find your my.cnf file (the MySQL config). It will live in /etc/mysql/my.conf or in /etc/my.conf <br> <br>2. Assuming you are using myisam, add these two lines: <br> <br> default-storage-engine=myisam <br> skip_innodb <br> <br>3. Restart mysql: sudo service mysqld restart <br> <br>90% of the time that will fix it. If not, let us know and there are some other edge cases that could be tried. <br> <br>
ken555452,
But what if we were already using innodb as the storage? Changing it to myisam as you suggested works but my wordpress installation is lost and I have to reinstall from scratch. Obviously, not a good thing.
I’m using mysql 5.5 and after some recent Debian updates, I’m getting the same error as mooalguide.
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