I can't install extensions, it keeps saying Killed

pwn3r

Hello,
I'm new to your forums but I'm trying to run my community on Flarum
It keeps saying killed whenever I try to install an extension and no new extensions are showing in the extensions tab
composer require fof/links Do not run Composer as root/super user! See https://getcomposer.org/root for details Using version ^0.2.1 for fof/links ./composer.json has been updated Loading composer repositories with package information Updating dependencies (including require-dev) Killed

luceos

pwn3r This is usually a memory issue, composer loads a rather large set of data into memory to identify compatibilities. Usually your server requires 1 GB to work without any issues with composer.

pwn3r

luceos your server requires 1 GB to work without any issues with composer

I have exactly 1GB on my Virtual Server. Is there any workaround solution with my current server.

Also, I've installed many extensions, maybe erasing some of them will work? if it is, how can I do that?

luceos

pwn3r 1000MB is not 1GB, 1024MB is 1GB. However that difference should not matter much. You could create a swap file to easily alleviate this issue: https://stackoverflow.com/a/34998803/717181

pwn3r

luceos
about these commands, what shall I change in order to create the adequate swap file for my 1000MB RAM?
free -m mkdir -p /var/_swap_ cd /var/_swap_ #Here, 1M * 2000 ~= 2GB of swap memory dd if=/dev/zero of=swapfile bs=1M count=2000 mkswap swapfile swapon swapfile chmod 600 swapfile echo "/var/_swap_/swapfile none swap sw 0 0" >> /etc/fstab #cat /proc/meminfo free -m

luceos

pwn3r best would be to search for a tutorial for "creating a swap for <your operating system here>"

pwn3r

luceos nevermind. My VPS using OpenVZ tech which doesn't allow user-defined swap
What is the best/healthy way to delete extensions without breaking the server? knowing that they're not showing in the extensions tab

luceos

pwn3r easiest would be to follow the recommendation for production servers:

save your forum in git (or use ftp)
install/update extensions and flarum locally
commit to git and pull on the server (or copy using ftp)
do not store vendor, but do copy/save composer.lock
run composer install --prefer-dist --no-dev --a this will use the lock file and takes less memory to execute

pwn3r

is this tutorial for migrating my forum? I just wanted to delete the extensions so that I can empty up some space on my storage

luceos

pwn3r is this tutorial for migrating my forum? I just wanted to delete the extensions so that I can empty up some space on my storage

No it is not, you can delete the vendor directory if you want to clean up some storage, it will break your Flarum installation though.

LemonLone Do not run Composer as root/super user

That's a very normal message, seems you are running composer commands as the root user. Usually you are supposed to run composer with your own user or potentially the web user instead. This is just a warning however and if you're sure you're doing the right thing for your environment, you can ignore it.

LemonLone

Do not run Composer as root/super user