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Thoughts, tips and ideas on next-gen technology by: Moshe Brevda

2011/05/17

Run FreePBX backups from the command line

If you're backups are failing and you're trying to debug them, or if you want to run backups in an automated fashion out side of FreePBX (say form a cron job), here is what you need to do:



First, get the backup id. The backup id is the number after the word "backupid" in the url when viewing the backup settings page:
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Now you can run the backup by calling the backup script and appending your backup's id. Here is what it would look like - obviously you need to replace id with your actual id number:

/var/lib/asterisk/bin/ampbackup.php 58

If you not on a "standard" install (centos os, for the most part) you might need to adjust the path to asterisk's bin directory. Good luck!