Improving Performance for a Drupal 7 Climate Change Portal
An article on Ainsofs Blog details the resolution of severe performance issues faced by a climate change portal built on Drupal 7 due to excessive bot crawling. Initially, the Ban module in Drupal was used to block problematic IP addresses manually, significantly improving site performance. The Autoban module was implemented to automate this process, utilizing traffic logs to identify and ban suspicious IPs. While other modules like SecKit and Security Review were considered, the combination of Ban and Autoban modules proved to be the most effective solution. For a comprehensive overview and technical insights, visit the Ainsofs Blog here.
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