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OVH allows you to configure certain aspects of your account using a file .ovhconfig - see documentation.

You may need to adjust some of these settings, by adding or updating lines in this file.

PHP interface

OVH provides two ways to call PHP scripts: php-cgi and php-fpm. Many users report that php-fpm does not work with webtrees 2.0.

Some pages make a second call to the web-server to create parts of the page. For example, some of the home-page blocks, the charts, the calendar, etc. With php-fpm, these fail to load - and the page just displays a spinning wheel. To select php-cgi, use this option in .ovhconfig.

app.engine=phpcgi

Mod-Security

The package mod-security is known to block certain webtrees scripts. If some scripts fail silently, you can disable it using this option in .ovhconfig.

http.firewall=none

Environment

For performance, you should generally enable production mode, using this option in .ovhconfig.

environment=production

However, if you are experiencing problems, you can switch back to development mode while you investigate.

environment=development

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