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IMPORTANT: Akeeba Remote Control has been discontinued and no longer supported. Please read this: https://www.akeebabackup.com/home/item/1129.html

Anyway, the log never made it. But I do have to ask one question: do you have sh4040SEF, AceSEF or any other SEF component installed on your site? sh404SEF had a bug which disabled Akeeba Backup's remote API. It was fixed about six months ago. AceSEF still has a bug which corrupts the remote API communications. I know that Denis, AceSEF's lead developer, is working on it as of three days ago when we last emailed each other. I have explained to him what the problem is and I am confident he will be able to provide a solution very soon.

Hi Jan,

First, go to Akeeba Backup's main page (Control Panel) and click on the Component Parameters button. Find the option titled Enable front-end and remote backup and set it to Yes. Below it, you will find the option named Secret key. Type in a secret key. I strongly recommend using only alphanumeric characters, i.e. 0-9, a-z and A-Z. For the sake of this example, I will assume that you have entered ak33b4s3cRet in that field.

Here's what you have to enter at webcron.org's interface:

Name of cronjob: anything you like, e.g. "Backup www.janvankuijk.nl"
Timeout: 180sec; if the backup doesn't complete, increase it
Url you want to execute: http://www.janvankuijk.nl/index.php?option=com_akeeba&view=backup&key=ak33b4s3cRet
Login and Password: Leave them blank
Execution time (the grid below): Select when you want your CRON job to run
Alerts: I recommend choosing the email alert and not checking the "Only on error" so that you always get a notification.

Then click on Submit and you're all set up and ready to roll!

So, RSFirewall conflicts with Akeeba Backup's front-end backup URL? In this case, please contact its authors so that they can take a look at it.