[mythtv-users] MythWeb without MythBackend

[Kevin Kuphal]

Gavin Haslett wrote:

>Not sure if this has been addressed before, I can't find a reference. Is
>there a way I can split off my MythWeb from my backend server and put it
>on a different server? 
>
>Basically my problem is thus; I have a web server already on my home
>network... A perfectly serviceable Linux box that serves web pages on
>the Internet and Intranet. It already does a good chunk of PHP
>processing, so I'm not worried about the load on that. Every time I try
>to use Mythweb and someone is watching live TV, it pauses... Sometimes
>several times in a row and can get really annoying. Watching top I saw
>that the problem is the PHP processing of HTTPD... I tried renicing
>HTTPD and it helped, but didn't eliminate the problem.
>
>The SQL server on the backend isn't a problem; I've got it tuned to chow
>down more RAM than it actually needs (got 768M in the box... More than
>enough), so the SQL queries are pretty fast. It's really just the PHP
>rendering that's giving me grief.
>
>So, can I install Mythweb on my other box (Mandrake 10 if that helps)
>and have that take over the PHP processing load without having to
>install a slave backend on it? I'd really rather not install a slave
>backend if I don't have to.
>
>Thoughts?
>  
>
Certainly, just install it on the other server and edit the conf.php in 
your config subfolder to point to the DB server.  I believe MythWeb gets 
the information about the backend IP, etc. from the DB directly.

Kevin