Backup Module with 2.6.2

I am having the same problem in 2.6.2.1. Backup Now works, but the scheduled backup doesn't. If I su to asterisk and run 'php /var/www/html/kindex.php backup_cron/index/1' I get this:

Notice: Undefined index: HTTP_HOST in /var/www/html/config/config.php on line 7
Your Kohana application configuration file is not valid.

This is one more reason why i'm finally jumping off this ship and taking a serious look at elastix.

Why the hell has is it taking so long to get a working backup module? None of them have worked, and even your so called fork of freepbx which you claim will make things better, doesn't even include a backup module!

Trixbox in my eyes is one big waste of time simply because they are worried more about themselves than what the community wants.

See ya!

How exactly are you doing a manual backup? I've got 20 customers i'd like to upgrade to the latest version, but if I do that, i can no longer provide them with remote backups because fonality has REMOVED any backup functionality from pbxconfig, tbm-backup does not work, it's a joke. The freepbx backup that SHOULD be available with pbxconfig does work, yet they have removed it. Why? They obviously can't provide a better version, yet it's still removed.

The whole development process of trixbox is a joke. I can't willingly support/install a product on customer systems that doesn't even provide a stable method of backup. in the end it's MY ASS on the line and not andrews.

The whole backup thing has been an issue for many many months and does not seem to receive any attention. It's obviously quite important to alot of people but still nothing gets done. It doesn't take a genius to figure to figure out that andrew doesn't give two shits about this project or the people trying to get involved int he community. The fact is, there are other better supported projects out there, that much has become clear to me.

There is very little fonality presence on here, they don't listen to the community, it's a joke.

We DO use the freepbx backup feature, infact I like it alot, it works great. The problem is that in 2.6.2.2 it's not even available. I find it hard to believe that a funded company such as fonality can't keep up with the likes of pbx in a flash or elastix....

In the file /var/www/html/maint/modules/backup/controllers/backup.php, line 456:

fwrite($handle, "$string php /var/www/html/kindex.php backup_cron/index/$id\n");

change to:

fwrite($handle, "$string curl -s -o /dev/null http://localhost/kindex.php/backup_cron/index/$id\n");

And the scheduled backups should work. You will need to go in and save the schedule again to actually get the right string entered into the cron job.

--
Aric Caley
Ex-Developer, trixbox CE.
greywire@gmail.com

I made the change, I can see the job at the correct time in the cron log but the backup does not run.Any ideas please?

I have tried this in 2.6.2 backup version but once I have saved it and refresh the page all settings vanish now I'm not sure if that'll work or not

Ward - That 's great news, however isn't Philippe's team also working on an update module?

With the resources we (the community) have it seems that duplicating effort is counterproductive.

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edenmtz solution works great on my case. Since I dont keep the old _cache directory, freepbx has a place to download the backup-x.x.x.x.tgz file.

Went to http://svn.freepbx.org/modules/release/2.5/ ,downloaded # backup-2.5.1.7.tgz.

After uploading & enabling this module in FreePBX, I tried to restore CDR report, and in a second I have all the call log available.

Cheers,

Bao Nguyen.

voila!!!!
Aric patch worked!!

what is not working is Trixbox patch tracker....... I've downloaded lastest TB 2.6.2.3 and still the same problem........................

Yep Backup in 2.6.2.3 does not work like it should. Just have installed 2.5.1.7 and works.

MST

Yes it is possible. Please go to http://svn.freepbx.org/modules/release/2.5/ ,download # backup-2.5.1.7.tgz don't know why but buckup is .gz but after downloading
change .gz to .tgz and use from GUI upload manually module. Easy and works in Trixbox 2.6.2.3 ....... at least it does everyday backup not like oryginal and fancy backup
in 2.6 that looks nice but does not do backups. I have 4 2.6.2.3 difeferrent servers setup and oryginal nackup does not work neither one of them.... :(

MST

Here is what worked for me (trixbox 2.6.2.3). These steps install the FreePBX & mondo backup, and a script which FTP's these backups to another server and cleans up old copies. If anyone has any questions, please let me know.

On PC, download http://svn.freepbx.org/modules/release/2.5/backup-2.5.1.7.tgz

PBX- PBX Settings – Module Admin – Upload Module: Upload newly downloaded module.

Module Admin – click “Backup & Restore” and select Install. Click “Process”.

“Tools – Backup & Restore”. Create backup called “Full”, selecting everything, and schedule for 1:00, everyday.

# cd /etc/yum.repos.d
#wget ftp://ftp.mondorescue.org/rhel/5/mondorescue.repo
#yum install mondo -y
if error, then run: “yum clean metadata” and re-run last step.
#mkdir /home/backups
#cd /home/backups
#nano backup.sh
------beginning of script----------------------
# icepts-backup.sh - runs mondoarchive & ftp's mondorescure & FreePBX backups
FTPHOST=
FTPUSER=
FTPPASS=
EMAIL=
# clean up old backups
rm -f /var/cache/mondo/mondorescue* 2>/dev/null
find /var/lib/asterisk/backups/Full -mtime +5 -exec rm {} \;
# run mondo full backup
/usr/sbin/mondoarchive -Oi -N -s 4690m -G -d /var/cache/mondo
# ftp to remote host
ftp -n -i $FTPHOST user $FTPUSER $FTPPASS
bin
cd trixbox-backups
lcd /var/cache/mondo
mdel prior*
rename mondorescue-1.iso prior-mondorescue-1.iso
rename mondorescue-2.iso prior-mondorescue-2.iso
rename mondorescue-3.iso prior-mondorescue-3.iso
rename mondorescue-4.iso prior-mondorescue-4.iso
rename mondorescue-5.iso prior-mondorescue-5.iso
rename mondorescue-6.iso prior-mondorescue-6.iso
rename mondorescue-7.iso prior-mondorescue-7.iso
rename mondorescue-8.iso prior-mondorescue-8.iso
rename mondorescue-9.iso prior-mondorescue-9.iso
mput mondorescue*
mdel *.tar.gz
lcd /var/lib/asterisk/backups/Full
mput *.tar.gz
lcd /tmp
dir * backup.log
quit
EOF
# send email notification
echo "FTP files: (check dates in tar.gz filenames, check dates on mondo files)"> /tmp/backup.email
cat /tmp/backup.log >> /tmp/backup.email
echo ======================================================== >> /tmp/backup.email
echo "Disk Usage: (check for growth in %used in /)" >> /tmp/backup.email
df -k >> /tmp/backup.email
echo ======================================================== >> /tmp/backup.email
echo "Asterisk logs: (check to make sure that logs are consistent size)" >> /tmp/backup.email
ls -l /var/log/asterisk/full* >> /tmp/backup.email
echo ======================================================== >> /tmp/backup.email
echo "RAID Status: (check that both drives are Good)" >> /tmp/backup.email
php /home/icepts/raid-status.php 2>/dev/null >> /tmp/backup.email
cat /tmp/backup.email | mail -s "trixbox backup log" $EMAIL
--------end of script----------
#chmod 700 backup.sh
#crontab –e
0 2 * * * /home/backup/backup.sh >/home/backup/backup.log 2>&1

I hope this can be helpful to someone...

If you just want a FreePBX backup, then the above is all that you probably need. However the instructions gives the ability to:
1. Install Mondo Rescue software
2. Install FreePBX backup
3. Configure FreePBX backup

The script does the following:
1. Runs a Mondo Rescue backup (which backs the entire system up to a DVD .iso file) for disaster recovery.
2. FTP's both the Mondo Restcue backup and the FreePBX backup to another server
3. Deletes old backups so they don't continue to grow
4. Send email notification of backup results, FTP results, disk space, Asterisk log file size, software RAID status (requires another script but if someone wants it I'll be glad to send it along).

Here is a copy of what the backup notification looks like:

FTP files: (check dates in tar.gz filenames, check dates on mondo files)
10-14-09 02:07AM 29635594 20091009.01.00.02.tar.gz
10-14-09 02:07AM 29318397 20091010.01.00.01.tar.gz
10-14-09 02:07AM 29318096 20091011.01.00.01.tar.gz
10-14-09 02:07AM 29711601 20091012.01.00.01.tar.gz
10-14-09 02:07AM 30711567 20091013.01.00.02.tar.gz
10-14-09 02:07AM 27780900 20091014.01.00.01.tar.gz
10-14-09 02:07AM 1074688000 mondorescue-1.iso
10-13-09 02:07AM 1079298048 prior-mondorescue-1.iso
========================================================
Disk Usage: (check for growth in %used in /)
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/md0 74580312 3088828 67641916 5% /
/dev/md1 101018 11299 84503 12% /boot
tmpfs 777176 0 777176 0% /dev/shm
========================================================
Asterisk logs: (check to make sure that logs are consistent size)
-rw-r----- 1 asterisk asterisk 4409963 Oct 14 01:00 /var/log/asterisk/full
-rw-r----- 1 asterisk asterisk 3104542 Oct 13 04:02 /var/log/asterisk/full.1
-rw-r----- 1 asterisk asterisk 36862 Oct 12 04:02 /var/log/asterisk/full.2
-rw-r----- 1 asterisk asterisk 17970 Oct 11 04:02 /var/log/asterisk/full.3
-rw-r----- 1 asterisk asterisk 3802311 Oct 10 04:02 /var/log/asterisk/full.4
-rw-r----- 1 asterisk asterisk 3863445 Oct 9 04:02 /var/log/asterisk/full.5 ========================================================
RAID Status: (check that both drives are Good) disk 1::Good 2::Good

Please let me know if you need anything else... Dave

Look at http://www.mondorescue.org/ and go to the section towards the end of the page "What is Mondo Rescue"...

There is certainly a lot of good information on this forum that I've benefited from, so I'm glad to be of some help...

Hi dbaddorf,

I read your post and try with trixbox 2.8.0.1 since I has been struggling this problem 2 days. Although I install the backup module as your instruction:

On PC, download http://svn.freepbx.org/modules/release/2.5/backup-2.5.1.7.tgz

PBX- PBX Settings – Module Admin – Upload Module: Upload newly downloaded module.

Module Admin – click “Backup & Restore” and select Install. Click “Process”.

I then go to System and still do not see the backup module appear in the GUI?

You have any glue of this?

Thanks

In my case changing .gz to .tgz of downloaded module helped to install under GUI. Meybe this helps..... I used v. 2.6.2.3