Hi
I use crontab for years, but now I get a RC=255 back from my backup command:
.../public_html/cli/akeeba-backup.php --profile=1 --quiet
I didn't found a reason for it, where should I start to look at?
Kind regards,
Reto
#34167 Error 255 with command line backup over cronjob
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Latest post by retoturnverein on Saturday, 12 December 2020 08:03 CST
Monday, 07 December 2020 10:35 CST
retoturnverein
Monday, 07 December 2020 10:50 CST
tampe125
Akeeba Staff
Hello,
looking at the error code it means that a fatal error occurred.
Is Akeeba Backup able to run or at least start the backup process? If so, please attach the backup log; otherwise you should check your server PHP logs, there should be the reason for the error.
Davide Tampellini
Developer and Support Staff
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Monday, 07 December 2020 11:29 CST
retoturnverein
Hi
I'm able to manually backup the site without an error.
Tried to attach the file akeeba.zip before, do it again.
Monday, 07 December 2020 11:30 CST
retoturnverein
another try with the attachment...
Tuesday, 08 December 2020 04:02 CST
tampe125
Akeeba Staff
mhm... the attachment didn't upload.
Instead of using the flag --quiet , can you please the flag --debug and check the output?
When you have a log file, please upload it on a cloud service storage and paste here the link, so I can download it
Davide Tampellini
Developer and Support Staff
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Wednesday, 09 December 2020 11:31 CST
retoturnverein
with the debug parameter I got tis error:
Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 33554432 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 5292064 bytes) in /home/fotooase/public_html/administrator/components/com_akeeba/BackupEngine/Archiver/BaseArchiver.php on line 38
what parameter and where should I amend?
Thursday, 10 December 2020 03:02 CST
tampe125
Akeeba Staff
Ah! That explains everything!
Your available memory is simple too low: 32Mb are good enough for a small site, but if you have a rather large site you should at least double it.
You should ask your host to increase your available memory for your CLI PHP , then the error should go away.
Davide Tampellini
Developer and Support Staff
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Saturday, 12 December 2020 08:03 CST
retoturnverein
Hi, the solution to the problem is very simple. Just hat to add memory_limit=128M or in more detail:
/usr/bin/php -d memory_limit=128M /home/$mysourcedomain/public_html/cli/akeeba-backup.php --profile=1 --quiet