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where is auto_backup store the backup files?

fneumeier Member
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Hi,

does anyone know where the auto_backup plugin is supposed to store the actual backup files?

I can't find any documentation about this, neither can I find any backup files on my webserver.

I'm running Zenphoto on PHP7, if that matters.

Thanks and kind regards,
Franz

Comments

  • acrylian Administrator, Developer
    It stores the backups right in the `/backups` folder in the root of your install. The folder is or should be created by the plugin. If not review your PHP error logs for file/folder permission issues.
  • fneumeier Member
    Okay, thanks. Checked and there are no PHP errors in the error logs.

    When I do a manual backup from the Zenphoto backend, it works and the backup file appears in the /backup/ folder.

    But at the same time, auto_backup does not work. And there is no error message when changing the plugin's settings as well.
  • fretzl Administrator, Developer
    Maybe the plugin info helps:

    The website must be visited and live pages must be served for this plugin to be able to check if it is time to run.

    Inacative or heavily cached sites may not get backed up as frequently as the interval specifies. Of course, if there is no dynamic activity on the site, there probably is little need to do the backup in the first place.
  • fneumeier Member
    Unfortunately that doesn't help as there is lots of traffic on the website and cache is not an issue either. Of course I've been checking the plugin info before posting here ;-)

    Is there probably a way to trigger the regular backup function via a cron job so I don't have to rely on the auto_backup plugin?
  • sbillard Member
    Does your security log show any "cron_runner" entries? Autobackup uses the zenphoto cron facility to launch the backup script.

    Alos look in your database for the option "last_backup_run" and see what that says.

    Autobackup attaches to the theme_head and admin_head filters. It is certainly possible that a specific theme has not applied the theme_headfilter, but then lots of things would not work. Certainly all the standard themes do apply it. The admin_head cannot be avoided. So at least visiting your administrative pages should invoke autobackup.
  • fneumeier Member
    Okay, thanks. I'll check into that. I have derivated my own theme from one of the standard themes, so maybe I removed important something by accident. THanks for guiding me in the (hopefully) right direction!
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