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https://www.akeebabackup.com/documentation/akeeba-backup-documentation/automating-your-backup.html#frontend-backup
Joomla! version: 2.5.6
PHP version: 5.3.14
MySQL version: 5.5.23-55
Host: Hostgator
Akeeba Backup version: 3.5.2

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Description of my issue:

Hi there Nicholas, hope you can help.

Noticed my cron frontend backups for my 2.5 websites are not working. They are supposed to make a backup to my server and send a copy to dropbox. Instead, there is no backup on the server, none sent to dropbox and no email.

I have been using the cron:
/usr/local/bin/php /home/username/public_html/website/administrator/components/com_akeeba/backup.php -profile 4 -description "name Dropbox" >/dev/null 2>&1

It works for my older 1.5 websites, using akeeba 3.4.3, and used to work for the 2.5 websites, but not now. I'm not sure why??

So am updating the cron to this:
/usr/bin/wget --max-redirect=10000 --output-document=/dev/null "http://www.website.com/index.php?option=com_akeeba&view=backup&key=password&format=raw&profile=4"

Does this look correct to trigger the cron??

And are there any other parameters that can be added? I see the one for the profile number, but is there one for a description?

I'll do another test tonight and retest.

Thanks in advance!

Hi again Nicholas, thanks for the super quick reply.

After testing, here is what worked for me on a shared hostgator account:
/usr/bin/php-cli /home/accountname/public_html/cli/akeeba-backup.php --profile=yournumber

From hostgator support, it needs the -cli added to their regular /usr/bin/php to connect to cli. According to a ssl request using putty, it should be /usr/local/bin... , but it wouldn't work with this added.

So for hostgator, it's /usr/bin/php-cli . Hope this helps out.

Thanks again for the programme. Restores, site transfers, testing... job critical tasks all done in minutes. Appreciated!

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