How to do automatic backups ?

**first backups** Age: 44 Joined: 14 Mar 2011 Posts: 1

Hello everyone,

Already sorry for my English ...

I want to know how to do with MySQLDumper to automate a backup of my MySQL database??

Thank you for your answers,

Posted: 2011-03-14, 20:06 (No subject)

Hi Alcius,

here is a short description:

1. CHMOD all files in the folder msd_cron to 0755

2. Check the Perl tests in the gui -> backup / backup Perl / Test Perl
The output should be:

**first backups** Joined: 04 Jul 2011 Posts: 1

hi dear DSB
i want learn about creating a cronjob for automatic backup using MSD

here is the output of 3rd step on my host :

Posted: 2011-07-04, 08:40 (No subject)

Look at the bottom of the MySQLDumper backup page when you click on "Perl Backup".
Everything you need to create a cronjob is listed there.

**uses MSD regulary** Joined: 27 Aug 2008 Posts: 12

What happens if I get an internal sever error when trying to check Perl? This is the error message:

Internal Server Error

The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.

Please contact the server administrator, webmaster@mysite.es and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error.

More information about this error may be available in the server error log.

Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

The point is all went fine until trying PERL. Can anyone throw a wire here? In the meantime, I'll write the hosting support. Thanks in advance for your time and attention.

Posted: 2011-09-23, 13:22 (No subject)

CHMOD 0755 for the perl files is given?

**uses MSD regulary** Joined: 27 Aug 2008 Posts: 12

Of course it is. You mean the files in /msd_cron/ folder, right?

Posted: 2011-09-23, 14:52 (No subject)

Yes. Does the msd_cron folder tself also have 0755?

**uses MSD regulary** Joined: 27 Aug 2008 Posts: 12

Yes, it has.

Posted: 2011-09-23, 16:55 (No subject)

Are you allowed to execute CGI scripts from directories other than /cgi-bin?

**uses MSD regulary** Joined: 27 Aug 2008 Posts: 12

Exactly, that's the reason the support have given to me. So, should I move all the folder to "/cgi-bin" and that's it? Or should I do a new install?

Posted: 2011-09-23, 20:46 (No subject)

**uses MSD regulary** Joined: 27 Aug 2008 Posts: 12

Well, maybe there's something I didn't understood. I moved all files in /msd_cron to /cgi-bin, and then set the permissions of these files to 0755. And finally I entered Cronscript tab of config and changed /msd_cron to ./../cgi-bin <- Did you meant this?

I'm still getting the same 404 error and I don't know if MSD PERL test should be running properly once files are in cgi-bin. As you see, I'm messed up here, so detailed instructions would be so appreciated.

Thanks in advance for your time and attention.

P.D. -> I've also seen a line in crondump:
my $cgibin_path=""; # this is needed for MIME::Lite if it is in cgi-bin

Should I do something with it?

Posted: 2011-09-25, 10:55 (No subject)

**uses MSD regulary** Joined: 27 Aug 2008 Posts: 12

I tried choosing *.cgi in config and renaming the files, and it still shows 404 error. The funny thing is that if I remove the files from /cgi-bin then it says they cannot find test.cgi and when the files are deployed it doesn't show that message but the internal server error instead.

Now, the server support ask me the URL I'm trying in my browser. Should I ask them for something specific? Maybe to point the command that MSD uses to try to run test.cgi?