The free forums are no longer in use. It remains available as read-only archive.
Log In
2:11 pm
December 29, 2011
Offline
I have a linux test server, and wonder if it would be possible to set up a crontab on this one to trigger the xcloner backup routine on a remote server?
Would it work to enter use lynx on my local server like this:
lynx -source http://link_to_backu.....config.php
If so, I wouldn’t depend on the various production servers with the websites offer crontab?
Knottulf
2:40 pm
September 26, 2010
Offline
Hi Knottulf, yes, this is possible as we also use this option often, you simply need to add the server running the cron ip address to the XCloner Config Allowed ip addresses option from the remote host to it's allowed to run that cron link.
Hope it helps! Ovidiu
2:54 pm
December 29, 2011
Offline
Thank you very much! This seems great!
However, testing the basic functionality, I cannot trigger the action on the remote server through lynx. Using an ordinary browser on my pc works, though. Using lynx on the server, nothing happens.
Testing a little more, it turns out that Safari mac triggers the backup, but neither Firefox mac nor Lynx ubuntu does.
I am sure missing some simple point, but which?
4:19 pm
September 26, 2010
Offline
Try the curl executable, and make sure you log the output to a file, like
curl http://mycronlink > cron.txt
Ovidiu
6:51 pm
December 29, 2011
Offline
Thanx again. used same url as with lynx, but the output file was empty.
This is the output to screen:
% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 0
??
7:18 am
September 26, 2010
Offline
You will need to contact your hosting support on this as something is probably not working properly, could be the domain mapping, if they allow it. If you like, feel free to open a support ticket and send me the site and console access to investigate the issue.
Regards, Ovidiu
All RSS1 Guest(s)
