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#35004 Error Transferring backup archive to S3

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Latest post by on Friday, 07 May 2021 20:17 CDT

gmarsh

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Description of my issue:

I've been uploading Akeeba backup archives from this site to Amazon S3 for a couple of years.  The last working upload was on March 11th of this year.  Since then, though the backup archive is processed correctly and is in the BACKUPS folder, I get the following warnings after a backup and the archive is NOT uploaded to Amazon S3:

Warning

Failed to process file /var/www/vhosts/fibmn.com/httpdocs/administrator/components/com_akeeba/backup/FirstIndepBank_J3925-www.fibmn.com-20210406-145029-kbQBU_HpQxgON5rY.jpa

Error received from the post-processing engine:

Akeeba\Engine\Postproc\Connector\S3v4\Connector::putObject(): [500] RequestTimeTooSkewed:The difference between the request time and the current time is too large. Debug info: SimpleXMLElement Object ( [Code] => RequestTimeTooSkewed [Message] => The difference between the request time and the current time is too large. [RequestTime] => Tue, 06 Apr 2021 14:51:25 +0000 [ServerTime] => 2021-04-06T14:35:56Z [MaxAllowedSkewMilliseconds] => 900000 [RequestId] => HM2PKCE8HZDAWJ3V [HostId] => 1He741u0HTqVGXG4SWnypH1Q7jlEnDHoJEZWsqr4eBo0WoI2XWybhngKbXjatMduNETYLh06bMI= )

Post-processing interrupted -- no more files will be transferred

 

Here is the parallel Debug Info:

Debug info:
SimpleXMLElement Object
(
    [Code] => RequestTimeTooSkewed
    [Message] => The difference between the request time and the current time is too large.
    [RequestTime] => Tue, 06 Apr 2021 14:52:51 +0000
    [ServerTime] => 2021-04-06T14:37:23Z
    [MaxAllowedSkewMilliseconds] => 900000
    [RequestId] => QS3FNP4SP3B8AVAX
    [HostId] => KGErzk8WZfajfRJBXu9UWyF+AinPsuUW98/UcZGvVHb1NGxxkwPLqAmQG8CxDx5VLiA6k+TkowA=
)

 

 

tampe125
Akeeba Staff

Hello,

you should contact your host and report the issue. The problem comes from your server time, which is not in sync with the current timing; more specifically the host needs to enable ntpd to synchronise the server's clock with the internationally agreed upon timekeeping

Since requests are signed and time is playing a big role in this, Amazon S3 checks if your server time is correct.

There's nothing that we (you and us) can do, only your hosting provider can fix the issue.

Davide Tampellini

Developer and Support Staff

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gmarsh

Thank you, Davide!

I have contacted the server support & will hopefully get good results from them.

Gary Marsh

tampe125
Akeeba Staff

Great! Let me know how it goes.

Davide Tampellini

Developer and Support Staff

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Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!

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