Recent changes
Wednesday November 04 2026
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Check that cronjobs run Updated Markdown page
Step by step - confirm the scheduled jobs of the site run - the crontab entries, the cards and recent runs on Setup > Cronjobs, the workflow status bar, the system information check - and install the proposed crontab…
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Check the database schema Updated Markdown page
Step by step - run the database consistency check on Setup > Upgrade check, read missing, changed and extra tables, download the SQL, and apply only what you understand, after a backup.
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Check upgrade consistency Updated Markdown page
Step by step - run the file consistency check against the release manifest on Setup > Upgrade check or with checkmanifest.php, download the report, and decide what each modified or missing file means.
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Check who gets audit alerts Updated Markdown page
Step by step - list the audit alert rules and the addresses each one mails, fix the recipients so alerts reach a team mailbox instead of a placeholder or one person, and test a rule against a past day.
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Clear caches after a settings change Updated Markdown page
Step by step - make a changed INI setting take effect - clear the INI cache with the right tag, reload PHP-FPM or redeploy Velocity, then clear the page caches, and check the effective value with exp:ini.
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Clear caches after a template change Updated Markdown page
Step by step - make a changed or new template visible on the public site - clear the template caches (and the override cache for new templates), the content view cache and Velocity's response cache, without a restart.
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Clear the Velocity response cache Updated Markdown page
Step by step - make Velocity serve freshly rendered pages after a template change, a correction or a restore, with exp:velocity cache clear, at the right moment, and check with the X-Cache and Age headers.
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Deploy a PHP change Updated Markdown page
Step by step - ship a PHP class, operator or settings change with one command, exp:velocity deploy, after a dry run for the change record - autoloads, INI caches, the right PHP-FPM, Velocity, then the page caches in the…
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Enable the static cache Updated Markdown page
Step by step - generate static copies of public pages that the web server sends without starting PHP, check the result, switch StaticCache on, and keep it fresh, for sites that must stay fast under heavy public demand.
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Export audit records for an auditor Updated Markdown page
Step by step - export audit trail records for an internal or external auditor as CSV, JSON lines or JSON from Audit > Export or with exp:audit export, with a verification result attached and the export handled as…
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Fail over to a standby database Updated Markdown page
Step by step - when the primary database is lost and the database team has promoted a standby, point Exponential at it with a settings change, clear the INI cache, reload, and check; Exponential has no automatic…
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Find an error by its reference Updated Markdown page
Step by step - when a citizen or colleague reports an error page with a reference such as ERR-0123456789, find the log line and all lines of that request in the log viewer or with exp:logs, and hand it to developers.
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Lock configuration with ManagedByDeployment Updated Markdown page
Step by step - switch on ManagedByDeployment for the production administration siteaccess so settings, templates, extensions and packages can only change through version control, and check what is locked and what stays…
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Monthly operations review Updated Markdown page
A one-hour monthly checklist for a public-sector Exponential site - health, logs, security, audit, cronjobs, integrity, accounts, backups and updates - with the command or page for each item and a record for management.
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Pause cronjobs during maintenance Updated Markdown page
Step by step - pause one or all cronjob parts during a release or migration from Setup > Cronjobs, with a note saying why, so no runner starts them, and resume them afterwards without forgetting.
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Read system information for a support request Updated Markdown page
Step by step - prepare a support request to your partner or the project - download the system information report (secrets left out), add the error reference and log lines, and say which server answered.
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Read the error digest Updated Markdown page
Step by step - the daily five-minute look at Setup > Log files > Error digest - what is new, what grows, how to open a group, when to mark it as known and how to hand a real fault to developers.
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Renew an HTTPS certificate in Velocity Updated Markdown page
Step by step - see which certificate Exponential Velocity serves and when it expires, renew it (automatically for Let's Encrypt, by command, or by replacing your own files), and check that the running server picked it…
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Restore last night's backup to a test server Updated Markdown page
Step by step - prove your backup works by restoring last night's database and files to a test server, with mail switched to the file transport so no citizen is contacted, then check the site and record the time it took.
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Review the security log weekly Updated Markdown page
Step by step - a weekly review of security.log through the error digest and the log viewer - categories and rules, high-confidence lines that got a 200, floods, new targets - with a short record for the security team.