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Latest post by nicholas on Tuesday, 07 November 2023 03:24 CST
Hi,
when I want to create a new cron job and specify profile 2 as a parameter, my hoster shows an error message (see picture)
So the special character '=' is not allowed.
Is there another way to start the 2 profile as a cron job? Can I also use ':'?
Thx und wbr
No, you cannot. You really need to talk to your host. They will probably give you instructions about creating a shell script which you will be calling from their CRON facility.
I am disappointed at these pointless, non-standard limitations Mittwald applies. They do not “improve security” by any means. They just act as a roadblock to legitimate uses. Case in point, the fact that they will have you use a shell script is even less secure than allowing real CRON jobs to be defined directly. The shell script can be overwritten by a web-based attack if anything on your site has a vulnerability which allows file writes. This can be used by an attacker to execute code which will help them gain a foothold on your site and take it over. A real CRON job can only be modified if you are logged into the hosting control panel, or via SSH. In other words, a real CRON job can only be modified if the attacker has already taken over your hosting account completely and thoroughly. Therefore, putting an artificial hurdle on using real CRON jobs is AGAINST security best practices. This is why I am disappointed. You are paying them a lot of money and they give you an insecure by design hosting environment. That's shameful.
Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos
Lead Developer and Director
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Hello Nicholas,
Thank you very much for your reply.
I have spoken to Mittwald and also requested this as a feature request, unfortunately without success. They recommended me, just as you wrote, to use a script, which I then call with the cron job.
Now unfortunately I don't know what exactly I have to write in the script, I think the best call will work via wget, right?
I have looked at the examples and the syntax in the extension, but I can't really figure it out.
Where do I have to insert the parameters here?
wget --max-redirect=10000 "https://domain.de/index.php?option=com_akeebabackup&view=Backup&key=xxxxxxxxxxx" -O - 1>/dev/null 2>/dev/null
Maybe you can help me with that.
I also got the tip to use the task scheduler of Joomla, but unfortunately I don't really understand the call with the Akeeba Backup - CLI-only Backup.
WBR,
deltapapa
Go to Akeeba Backup. Choose profile #2 which is the one you want to take backups with. Click on Schedule Automatic Backups. Scroll down to Front-end Backup Feature. There's a Wget entry which tells you the command line you need to use.
That's as far as we can help. How to run this command with or without a shell script is something your host needs to tell you. This is what you are paying them for. You are not paying them just for the server environment; you could get that cheaper from Amazon Lightsail. The extra money you're paying is for them to manage the server and help you with simple questions like that. If they cannot help you with something that stupidly simple, do yourself a favour and move to a competent host. If you ask me for hosting recommendations, I have all my personal sites on Rochen since the Joomla! 1.0 days. Great hosting, great price, and great support, so naturally that's what I recommend.
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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