Hi in the akeeba backup configuration settings I entered [HOST] for the backup file name. For some websites the variable in the name is "www.domainname.ext" for others "domainname.ext". I can't figure out where to intervene to make the [HOST] variable for all backups "domainname.ext"
#39205 file backup name [HOST]
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Environment Information
Joomla! version
3.10.12
PHP version
7.4
Akeeba Backup version
8.3.1
Latest post by nicholas on Friday, 14 July 2023 10:58 CDT
Friday, 14 July 2023 08:55 CDT
mercurioweb
Friday, 14 July 2023 08:58 CDT
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The ticket information has been edited by Massimiliano Cassese (mercurioweb).
Friday, 14 July 2023 10:58 CDT
nicholas
Akeeba Staff
Manager
Joomla does not store the hostname of your site anywhere.
We read the hostname from the request when the backup is taken with any method except the CLI script for CRON jobs (/cli/akeeba-backup.php). If this is how you are taking your backups, then it's all about which hostname you access your site with when taking the backup.
When you are using the CLI script for CRON jobs (/cli/akeeba-backup.php) we cannot normally know the hostname. So, whenever you access Akeeba Backup in the administrator backend of your site (Components, Akeeba Backup) we store the current hostname in a database record which can be read by the CLI script. Therefore, you need to access Akeeba Backup while logged into your site using your preferred hostname to change that record and allow Akeeba Backup's CLI script to use it in the backup filename.
Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos
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