How does the backup feature work? I am getting an error.

[tcowan]

I would like to backup my Cloudlog. But when I click on the "Download zip file" button on the Backup page, I get this error:

This page isn’t working
is currently unable to handle this request.
HTTP ERROR 500

What am I doing wrong?

[magicbug]

enable development mode in the index.php file so you can see what the actual error is being returned,

[tcowan]

An uncaught Exception was encountered
Type: Error

Message: Class 'ZipArchive' not found

Filename: /var/www/html/application/controllers/Backup.php

Line Number: 81

[magicbug]

Looks like you need to install it

sudo apt-get install php-zip

or similar depending on linux distro

[tcowan]

I installed php-zip (which apparently was not previously installed), rebooted the machine, and got the same error message.

[magicbug]

If you're getting the same error it in theory should be the same problem PHP cannot see the module

[magicbug]

It could be an issue i noticed this morning when backing up large databases, it would exhaust the PHP memory allowance. I have made a few changes, and that code is now in the dev branch.

[magicbug]

Just to say I have done the following

• In Debug, I have added a check for the zip extension
• In Backup, it now checks whether zip is available, and if not, it will show a warning

[tcowan]

I foolishly read another post about updating Cloudlog by just renaming /var/www/html to another name and doing a full git clone. I tried using the update_cloudlog but it return an error about fast forwarding. Then when I restarted Linux it assumed I wanted to do a fresh install and I ended up with an empty log. Fortunately I am still experimenting with Cloudlog and I had ADIF backups.

What I expect from my logging software:

1. automated backups (this may not be easily possible but it should be doable)
2. one-button software updates (git is not a solution)

Are these expectations unreasonable?

[pd5wl]

My 2 cents:

Auto backup use Cron:

curl --silent https://[URL]/backup/adif/[API]

Next step is to self write a script that puts the Backup in a save location. (My NAS in this case.)

git is the tool for updates. and even tho i also have some troubles with it. It just is the solution.

73 de PD5WL