Akeeba Backup for Joomla!

Monday, 02 July 2012 06:41 CDT

bredamcguigan

Mandatory information about my setup:

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Joomla! version: 2.5.4
PHP version: 5
MySQL version:
Host: 1and1
Akeeba Backup version: pro

Description of my issue:
Hi I've just installed the pro version of Akeeba backup and I've tried to get a cron set up on my host. I followed the instructions from this page: https://www.akeebabackup.com/documentation/quick-start-guide/automating-the-backup.html and used the instructions for setting up cron on your own server.
The vget method did not work so I tried the curl one. It seemed to run but I got this messaage at the end:
Warning: Failed to save cookies in /temp/cookies.txt 200 ok(uisercer):

Is there some way I can check if the cron is making the backup and also I can't figure out how to set the frequency of the backup in the cron, I only want it to run once per day?
thanks
Breda

Monday, 02 July 2012 07:16 CDT

nicholas

I believe you mistyped something. Your command line should specify /tmp/cookies.txt (t-m-p, without an e in the middle) instead of /temp/cookies.txt. You added an extra "e" in there.

Has the backup completed? That's very easy to find out. Go to the backend of your site, Akeeba Backup, Administer Backup Files and check if the backup is reported as OK.

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

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Monday, 02 July 2012 08:05 CDT

bredamcguigan

Hi Nicholas,
I made a typo when putting it into this ticket but it was ok in putty.
When I log into the admin area of the site, Akeeba backup and administer backup files I am only seeing the backups I did inside Joomla, should I see the cron backups there if they were successful?
If yes I'll log in tomorrow and see if there is a new one.
Regards
Breda

Monday, 02 July 2012 08:09 CDT

nicholas

In that case you don't have write access to the system-wide tmp directory. Let's try a different CRON command line:
curl -b $HOME/public_html/tmp/cookies.txt -c $HOME/public_html/cookies.txt -L --max-redirs 1000 -v
"http://www.example.com/tmp/index.php?option=com_akeeba&view=backup&key=YourSecretKey&format=raw"
Where:
- public_html is the directory which contains your site. It may be public_html, htdocs, httpdocs, www or something in the like. You can check it with your FTP programme
- www.example.com is your site's domain name
- YourSecretKey is the secret key for the front-end backup feature

I suspect that it might also work if you remove the entire "-b $HOME/public_html/tmp/cookies.txt -c $HOME/public_html/cookies.txt" part from the command-line, but your mileage may vary.

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

🇬🇷Greek: native 🇬🇧English: excellent 🇫🇷French: basic • 🕐 My time zone is Europe / Athens
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Wednesday, 04 July 2012 03:27 CDT

bredamcguigan

Thanks Nicholas,
I will try this, can you tell me where it sets the schedule for the cron job, I don't want it running every minute, once per day is enough?
thanks,
Breda

Wednesday, 04 July 2012 06:46 CDT

nicholas

Hello Breda,

You'll have to ask your host about that. I can only go as far as telling you what the command line is, within a degree of accuracy. For more information regarding the use of your host-provided CRON setup tool you have to ask your host. I can't know how each host's control panel works :)

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

🇬🇷Greek: native 🇬🇧English: excellent 🇫🇷French: basic • 🕐 My time zone is Europe / Athens
Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!

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