Akeeba Backup for Joomla!

Wednesday, 04 March 2015 07:22 CST

joanne721

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Description of my issue:

I have Joomla installed and use Akeeba to back it up. I manage 15 other sites and always use Akeeba and Kickstart to restore them when necessary, moving to a new host, etc. and I'm comfortable with the procedure.

I also have a php calendar (Helios Calendar) installed on my hosting account with it's own database. It's not part of the Joomla install.

I was wondering if I could use Akeeba to backup the calendar separately (its own backup) and if so, how would I restore it separately from the Joomla files if I needed to.

I'm sorry if this sounds like a stupid question.

Wednesday, 04 March 2015 08:31 CST

tampe125

Hello Joanne,

you have to create two different profiles in order to backup your site and your calendar:

Full Joomla! backup, excluding the calendar application (the way you are used to do)
Full site backup, site root override and site database override enabled, force site root and site db parameters pointing to the calendar folder & db, Embedded restoration script set to ANGIE for Miscellaneous PHP Applications

When you take a backup with the second profile, you'll have an archive that you can easily restore using ANGIE, as you usually do with any Joomla backup.

Davide Tampellini

Developer and Support Staff

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Thursday, 05 March 2015 10:07 CST

joanne721

Thanks, I'll try that.

Joanne

Thursday, 05 March 2015 10:17 CST

tampe125

You're welcome!

Davide Tampellini

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Friday, 06 March 2015 07:01 CST

joanne721

Sorry, one more question -- I don't see ANGIE in the Akeeba installation on the web site I'm talking about. Do I need to purchase it? And do you have info on how to restore using ANGIE rather than Kickstart?

Joanne

Friday, 06 March 2015 09:45 CST

tampe125

ANGIE is the restoration script and it's already shipped with Akeeba Backup: most likely you have already used it, but you didn't know its name :)
Since there are several different version, you have to choose the correct one inside Akeeba Backup configuration.

Davide Tampellini

Developer and Support Staff

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Friday, 06 March 2015 12:11 CST

joanne721

Hi, I managed to backup the calendar files and db following the instructions you kindly provided. The original site is on Rochen. The calendar was only 3.5 megs

I tested the backup on another host (Siteground).
I created a new folder and uploaded kickstart.php and the backup file to it.
I created a new db on the host.
I ran kickstart and all seemed to go well except all I see is a blank page both on the front and back ends.

restored version: http://joannepinatel.com/helios/

working version: http://www.hrymca.org/helios/

I looked here for answers: https://www.akeebabackup.com/documentation/troubleshooter/prbasicts.html

The calendar program doesn't have an htaccess or configuration.php file so those options do not apply.

Is there something else I could have done wrong?

Thanks

Monday, 09 March 2015 02:32 CDT

tampe125

I just connected to the joannepinatel site and I can see the calendar is working.
What was the error you received?

Davide Tampellini

Developer and Support Staff

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Monday, 09 March 2015 07:10 CDT

joanne721

I found the config.php file with help from Siteground support -- it needed to be adjusted to point to the right database so your instructions were helpful. All is working now. The backup is good.

Thanks for following up and all your help!

Joanne

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