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Update to the cPanel backup script (from Justin Cook or Max Hedroom) - if it can help
Hi,
After a cPanel update, the well-known cPanel backup script (from Justin Cook or Max Hedroom - one source: Automatic cPanel backup (domain & MySQL) with cron & PHP ) I used for a number of years was no longer working.
Since a recent cPanel upgrade (we are now using cPanel v11.25.0), the cPanel Full Backup requires all parameters to be provided, so cPanel was giving gives that error when running the script:
(Need to enable debug mode to see that output.)Sorry, all fields are required when using FTP or scp.
Previously, the cPanel Full Backup didn't required the port or the remote directory, so the script did not bother providing any.
A very simple tweak to the script will provide the port and remote directory fields.
I am posting it here in case it might help others using this script whom were facing the same issue.
I added these 2 lines of code:
and changed the parameters line to include that:Code:$ftpport = "21"; // Port (default = 21) $rdir = "/"; // Remote dir (defaut = / )
Code:$params = "dest=$ftpmode&email=$notifyemail&server=$ftphost&user=$ftpuser&pass=$ftppass&port=$ftpport&rdir=$rdir&submit=Generate Backup";
For conveniance, the full (updated) script is now:
Code:<?php // PHP script to allow periodic cPanel backups automatically, optionally to a remote FTP server. // This script contains passwords. KEEP ACCESS TO THIS FILE SECURE! (place it in your home dir, not /www/) // ********* THE FOLLOWING ITEMS NEED TO BE CONFIGURED ********* // Info required for cPanel access $cpuser = "username"; // Username used to login to CPanel $cppass = "password"; // Password used to login to CPanel $domain = "example.com"; // Domain name where CPanel is run $skin = "x"; // Set to cPanel skin you use (script won't work if it doesn't match). Most people run the default x theme // Info required for FTP host $ftpuser = "ftpusername"; // Username for FTP account $ftppass = "ftppassword"; // Password for FTP account $ftphost = "ftp.example.com"; // Full hostname or IP address for FTP host $ftpmode = "ftp"; // FTP mode ("ftp" for active, "passiveftp" for passive) $ftpport = "21"; // Port (default = 21) $rdir = "/"; // Remote dir (defaut = / ) // Notification information $notifyemail = "you@example.com"; // Email address to send results // Secure or non-secure mode $secure = 0; // Set to 1 for SSL (requires SSL support), otherwise will use standard HTTP // Set to 1 to have web page result appear in your cron log $debug = 0; // *********** NO CONFIGURATION ITEMS BELOW THIS LINE ********* if ($secure) { $url = "ssl://".$domain; $port = 2083; } else { $url = $domain; $port = 2082; } $socket = fsockopen($url,$port); if (!$socket) { echo "Failed to open socket connection… Bailing out!\n"; exit; } // Encode authentication string $authstr = $cpuser.":".$cppass; $pass = base64_encode($authstr); $params = "dest=$ftpmode&email=$notifyemail&server=$ftphost&user=$ftpuser&pass=$ftppass&port=$ftpport&rdir=$rdir&submit=Generate Backup"; // Make POST to cPanel fputs($socket,"POST /frontend/".$skin."/backup/dofullbackup.html?".$params." HTTP/1.0\r\n"); fputs($socket,"Host: $domain\r\n"); fputs($socket,"Authorization: Basic $pass\r\n"); fputs($socket,"Connection: Close\r\n"); fputs($socket,"\r\n"); // Grab response even if we don't do anything with it. while (!feof($socket)) { $response = fgets($socket,4096); if ($debug) echo $response; } fclose($socket); ?>
I hope this can help.
-Ben
Thanks!
Originally Posted by SunShellNET
