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1:18 am
October 6, 2012
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Hi Ovidiu,
Not certain this is a bug, but it certainly is for me… and I suspect, others.
If my assertion here is incorrect, please enlighten me.
Amazon s3 allows us to set expiration limits on objects within buckets e.g. backup Tar’s etc.
But, at least as far as I can tell, NOT folders within buckets nor objects within folders.
When I setup XCloner with a specified “Upload Directory” in XCLoner amazon cron tab page and had a coresponding folder called “backups” in s3…
I was able to backup to that folder OK, but could not set an expiration for objects within it (nor the folder object itself).
When I left the “Upload Directory” input box empty, XCloner (I think) created a nameless folder and uploaded to that. Thus leaving me again unable to set an expiration in s3.
I would have thought XCloner should NOT create a folder if the input box is empty. If, of course, it is XCloner and not the s3 system creating such folders.
I should point out that:
1. I am ONLY using the external version – 3.1
2. I have tested manually using the “execute cron” link.
3. I have also tested with auto server side cronjob.
4. For the external setup I have successfully moved the cloner.config.php to a folder above the site root – with a couple of little hacks to admin.cloner.php and cloner.cron.php.
… But have tested without such hacks… same results.
I hope I have expressed the issue clearly.
Cheers,
Chris
8:13 am
September 26, 2010
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Hi Chris, could you post a screenshot of the folder that it's being created? As far as i know, if the s3 directory is left empty, XCloner passes that value and nothing else.
Ovidiu
8:15 am
September 26, 2010
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From amazon description http://aws.amazon.co…..iration/ , you can add an expiration to the folder itself, so all files inside it will be deleted when the expiration rule is meet…
8:52 am
October 6, 2012
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Thanks for getting back Ovidiu,
Yep, I saw the article “Amazon S3 announces Object Expiration”.
But I cannot make it work for me.
When I had a folder called “backups”
I tried “backups/backup_”
I tried “backups/*.tar”
I tried “backups/tar”
Suggestions for alternatives welcome 🙂
So, I rearranged everything and made buckets for backups e.g. [nhd.live.joomla.bak]
That’s when the nameless folders were created by XCloner.
Also, deleting the contents of a folder is not really the solution. I need to expire, for example, backups older than 32 days… whether in a bucket or folder.
I may have a range of folders “backups”, “images” etc. But I can’t dynamically time-stamp folder names on the fly.
How do I post screen captures?
— I will try this…
http://newhomedesign.com.au/cwm_pics/aws_s3_nameless_folder_example_001.jpg
http://newhomedesign.com.au/cwm_pics/aws_s3_nameless_folder_contents_002.jpg
Chris
9:15 am
September 26, 2010
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Try only backups/ within the path rule, only expired items from within that folder with get deleted!
Ovidiu
9:32 am
October 6, 2012
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Thanks again Ovidiu,
I will give that a try… tomorrow.
Must go and eat and sleep or I will fall from my chair.
I will advise progress…
Chris
11:59 pm
October 6, 2012
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Hi Ovidiu,
Yes, backups/ worked for s3 expiration.. at least items in the folder are indicating they will expire. I think it’s safe to assume that will happen 🙂
I feel a bit stupid for not seeing the /… but we live and learn.
Just one more point relevant to this subject.
— from a standalone install…
When I initiate the manual cron, a new tab opens, but it remains blank. I have noticed when initiated from Joomla or WP, there is a rolling page of actions taken… to finally announce completion. I am using FireFox 15.0.1
— Is that a config thing that I have missed?
Thanks for your patience.
Chris
7:23 am
September 26, 2010
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You probably have some kind of error, the cron script should display at least some text. Try running it from the server console if you have access and see how it goes, also enable php errors display to get any error messages that might come out of it…
Ovidiu
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