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Corrupt MySQL database

On my Turnkey-Lamp-14.1 with Wordpress the MySQL database became corrupt. As a result MySQL service is failing to start - this of course is why we keep backups, so I proceeded to …

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How to upgrade to V16 (bullseye) without TKLBAM?

Hi all, I'm using TKL on PVE at home. I have not set up TKLBAM since I don't have (and want) cloud storage. How do I upgrade my TKL appliances to bullseye? I tried it on a couple …

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Migration to latest Wordpress

Can I "migrate" my current Wordpress VMs to the latest build using TK Backup? I'm on the initial release of 16, and I see there is now a 16.1 with updated WebMin and a few bug …

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SHA1 hash mismatch

I've got a very old 64-bit LAMP appliance running Turnkey Linux 12.0. I tried to do a test restore from a full backup onto another blank machine using a 16.0 iso distro, but the …

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TKLBAM local dump is only 8k

I am using the latest Wordpress App and executing; tklbam-backup --dump=/tmp/mybackup it results in a 8,797 byte dump without error. Do I need to do something else to get it to …

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Server Migration TKLBAM Local Dump Error

Hi Guys I wonder if anyone is able to offer any assistance to this issue I have... I am attempting to do a one time server migration from turnkey-wordpress-14.2-jessie-amd64 to …

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TKLBAM kills MySQL

Can't run TKLBAM on my LAMP 16.1 server...it kills MySQL (well MariaSQL). LAMP server with WordPress installed (backs up the WordPress MySQL fine...it fails on the MySQL db …

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best way to get a delta

Hi there, I don't fully understand what ways there are to get a delta of everything in (for example) /etc that I've modified since installation. TKLBAM will do this, yes? But what …

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MineOS Backup

So MineOS is NOT a TKL app. The dev over there has a ISO that uses a TKL core v14 with MineOS preinstalled. This is awesome it works well however I want to backup it up using …

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Problem with TKLBAM backup (+simulation)

Hello, I setup the TKLBAM but I'm getting an error. Everytime the missing file is different and most of the time related to WP Total Cache files. Why is this? Traceback (most …

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Use TKLBAM on USB / flash based storage?

Greetings, I have a vague understanding that TKLBAM is supposed to be used with AWS which eventually has a cost. I'd like to explore the use of otherwise unused usb flash I have …

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TKLBAM restore - stuck?

I am testing a restore of a v14 Fileserver appliance (with some extra packages) to a v15 Fileserver. The backup is approx 80GB, managed by the HUB. Target is an AWS t2.medium …

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gitlab tklbam strategy

Hi Jeremy, all... We have just migrated our gitlab instance into a turnkey gitlab lxc instance. I am happy to see the switch to the omnibus install, so kudos for that. I am mixed …

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Redmine server Migrate Database Issue

Hi all, Right now I am migrating my old redmine server version 3.2.0 to a new server with the lates version of redmine 4.0.3, Turnkey Iso compilance 15.2. After restore the db …

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Tklbam and Qnap Nas

Good morning, I have a nas qnap in which I want to schedule backups with tklbam. Looking at the manuals I think I can do it with samba, but then I do not know how to program …

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Steps to Upgrade odoo appliance

I have been very naughty. I have failed to keep myself up-to-date and now I've let things get so far out of whack I don't know where to begin. Help me [forum] you're my only …

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Install TKLBAM on rescue system

Hi, I have installed TKLBAM on a docker host which is itself not a TKL appliance. Now I have a problem with this machine and can access it only via a rescue system which can mount …

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Wordpress Mirror Sites Using tklbam?

Hi, I'd like to dynamically mirror my Wordpress site to other countries. Is it possible to use tklbam / AWS to accomplish this? Ideally; the mirror, child sites would update after …

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Safe to Delete /var/cache/tklbam/restore? | 4.4G

I have over 4.4G in /var/cache/tklbam/restore, which accounts for ~25% of my overall storage capacity. Is it safe to delete the files in this path? How is it created? Please …

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tklbam backup throws error

Hi, I am running tklbam backup in the local mode (no Amazon) like the following: sudo tklbam-backup --address file:///mnt/dir/backup --disable-resume When I don't use …

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 tklbam-backup on ftp in PORT mode

Hello, sorry for my english. I use TurnKey Redmine version (14.1). I make the backup by the command tklbam-backup --address=ftp://user:password@IP. How to make ncftpls work in …

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TKLBAM Restore phenomenon

Hi, I had the romantic idea to restore a Redmine 12 backup from TKLBAM into a Redmine 14.1. installed on EC2. But either the changes between the Redmine 12 and 14 Appliances have …

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Upgrade from Turnkey ProcessMaker 13 to 14.2

I'm looking to upgrade a ProcessMaker appliance from Turnkey version 13 to 14.2. My two goals are to upgrade the OS and underlying stack for security and to upgrade from …

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How to change time the TKLBAM is executed?

Hi, i need change time for TKLBAM-backup is executed. Now, is very late and distorts network normal usage. Replies (2) I found solution. Reply 1 2017-06-25 I found solution. Edit …

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duplicity collection-status

So I'm still wrangling monster backups, trying to get this server to behave nicely, and get restorable backups. So, duplicity collection-status looks useful, but there is no …

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Indefinite restore time to hub Amazon instance

So, needed to restore a 100k file from yesterday's nightly tklbam. Disk space is a bit tight locally, the backup image is 400Gb, and duplicity seems to want to go back to the …

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Error Serializing MySQL database to /TKLBAM/myfs

Serializing MySQL database to /TKLBAM/myfs ------------------------------------------ Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/tklbam-backup", line 510, in <module> …

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tklbam-restore sts agent error

Run tklbam-backup every night, works well. apt-get -s install tklbam tklbam is already the newest version Asked to restore a file today, because the managing director over-wrote a …

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TKLBAM Volume Size

Has anyone had issues with setting their TKLBAM volume sizes to 100MB-250MB? I have a server backing up 160GB+ of data and at 25MB it creates around 6400 files. I recently changed …

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Complete subversion server and LDAP/AD Tutorial

Hello, I find myself lost in the myriad pages on how to set up svnserve and ldap. I don't understand how the pieces fit together to even understand where I am missing things. So, …

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Aborted back up sessions.

I have a turnkey instance a few years old (vTiger). It has been backing up daily and has ~1500 backup sessions. (An aside is I recently reset to max 100 sessions but it has not …

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"Upgrading" to new appliance

I have been running a range of turnkey appliances for nearly (or perhaps slightly longer than) 6 years...as you can imagine some of them are getting rather dated. Updates from …

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A Little Payments Clarification, Please

Can someone point me towards a diagram that explains how the TKLBAM service is being charged? I received notice of the need to change to Stripe, which I did before 1-Oct-2016, …

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TKLBAM Backups not available in the TurnKey Hub

When I log into any of the Turnkey Hub AWS servers I have running I see that the last backup was as per the schedule. However, when I log in to Turnkey Hub and go to the Backups …

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tklbam timing for large monthly backups

tklbam is great, very reliable, easy to use, good visibility. Well done team. We have a backup on one server that is reasonably large. The dailys are ok, but the monthly full …

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Wordpress Sporadic Lag

I'm having strange issues with the Wordpress virtual appliance. I'm using the hosted Turnkey Hub portal to host a webserver on the Wordpress VA. Every few weeks, the entire linux …

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Where to configure backup_root for tklbam-backup

Hi, I've neen using a number of turnkey appliances for a while now and have been very happy with them. TKLBAM has been especially useful on a number of occasions. I ran into a …

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TKLBAM on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Hello, The amazing TurnKey Linux Backup and Migration tool is installable on Debian & Ubuntu according to the TKLBAM documentation. Strictly following the instructions, I …

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LXC appliance and TKLBAM

Does TKLBAM backup the containers on the LXC appliance? Replies (1) AFAIK not by default Reply 1 2016-04-25 By default each container is considered a separate server so TKLBAM …

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Old TKLBAM Version Error

I have old LAMP image with tklbam 1.1. I am trying to backup to the hub but get this error. My other server's backup okay to s3 Traceback (most recent call last): File …

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mysql crash ERROR 2013 (HY000)

hey guys, Everytime i want to restore my redmine database with my old servers data i get: ERROR 2013 (HY000) Lost connection to MySQL server during query this error comes only …

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tklbam cannot backup to s3

TKLBAM backups to S3 are simply not working for me. I would appreciate some guidance. Here's what happens when I try the backup to S3: Uploading …

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turnkey backup question *solved*

Hello Currently it looks like backups are set to be kept a long time [ using tklbam storage ] Is there a way to configure how long backups are kept? Replies (2) I figured it out - …

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TKLBAM and MySQL

I have a MySQL server which backs up daily via TKLBAM. I am using a lot of InnoDB tables, but had not set the "innodb_file_per_table" value to true until well after my ibdata1 …

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TKLBAM: Hourly backup of LAMP server

Hi, the default TKLBAM backup frequency is once a day. I run a social platform on top of the LAMP appliance and once a day is not enough, given the activity on this platform. Is …

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tklbam-backup mysql error

I recently restored a backup on a new machine. Everything went almost perfectly (some problems in Apache, because the new machine had a new non compatible version, but got over it …

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webmin tklbam restore failed

I installed the Joomla3 v14.0 machine and attempted to restore using webmin and received this error after selecting the Restore button on the backup I wanted. Can this be fixed? …

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Fileserver appliance(14) Webmin not working

I just created a brand new fileserver appliance on the HUB to compare differences between 13 and 14. But Webmin is not starting correctly. I will leave the instance running at …

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Question about Hub Backup Costs

Hi, Just floating around the Hub. Curious about the x50 pricing variable: This page says TKLBAM Storage is .15 per GB https://hub.turnkeylinux.org/billing/devpay/ This page says …

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tklbam-restore 100% cpu 48 hrs now. Please help

I'm testing my restore procedure, and for the first time ever using an AWS cloudserver, via the HUB. Almost 24 hrs later now. Seems the restore has been done. I see files from the …

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TKLBAM restore from S3 failing due to timeout

I have tried numerous times, from both webmin & command line to restore a backup to a freshly created LAMP turnkey install on AWS. The retore keeps failing with this message. …

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Migrating with tklbam like a template

I have a tklbam backup on TKL hub of a customer VM, lets call it 'bobproduction'. I want to make a complete copy of bobproduction onto a different Proxmox host from the original …

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tklbam wont accept api key

I'm running a turnkey lamp v12, and had a working tklbam set up before. I had cancelled my current account linked to my key, and created a new one. I know you use tklbam-init …

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TKLBAM restore from S3 time out

Having to do a full restore from an S3 storage backup, I am getting a 'failed, reason:timeout' message. I have tried 3 times , each takes around 45mins to achieve this result. …

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Change Root Access

Hello Guys, We just installed turnkey lamp stack on amazon ec2 hosting. all is running well at the moment, except for sometimes mysql just shuts down. I checked the servers mysql …

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Restore takes up all the disk

Hi, Trying a restore of the nginx fastgi server. Currently runs on 50GB disk on VMware (not sure why such a big disk - it was just setup that way) - restoring to a Virtual box …

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MySql not started after restore

Hello I'm trying to migrate an inhouse instance of Turnkey SUGARCRM to Gigatux VPS hosting, by restoring my latest backup from the new image. However once restored it fails …

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Site Down - TKLBAM restore not functioning?

Greetings: I've searched both the forum and documentation for a resolution to the following issue. I'm trying my best to rectify this on my own, but now I don't know what steps I …

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TKLBAM VM Backups not updating status

Afternoon, this morning I noticed an issue with TKLBAM backups when I log into https://hub.turnkeylinux.org/. I have been using the service for almost 2 years with minimal issues, …

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TKLBAM backups: annotations + forks/branches?

I wish to ask two rather fundemental questions regarding TKLBAM: To what extent does TKL support today the annotation of an individual TKLBAM backup (with, say, the current …

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tklbam failing to exit after end of backup run

I have a couple of OpenVZ VM's webservers built on turnkey 13-0 core which use daily backup to the turnkey hub. On a couple of occasions recently I have had an odd problem. The …

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tklbam does not work

I am running Orange HRM in VirtualBox. In the past I have no problem with tklbam, backup is o.k. But now when I want to use tklbam backup, it does not work and I get the following …

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tklbam with Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Trusty Tahr

Hi, I'm having trouble installing tklbam on Ubuntu Trusty - 14.04LTS. Seems like there are references to debian jessie in the apt source config when using the ez-apt-install.sh …

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Backup consumes all bandwidth/cpu

Hi, our servers become unresponsive between 8am and 9am Central European Time. It seems the backup process is using all power when viewed with the top tool. We are using the …

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Downloading Backup file?

Hello I enabled the Daily backup and I want to download the backup file on my laptop, Could anybody tell me how to do that? Thanks Replies (9) If you have been doing backups …

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Turnkey Moodle Upgrade Process - Frustrating

Howdy all, First post here. Brace yourself for a multi-week PIA story. I'll try to be brief where I can. Been using Turnkey on a few projects in the past and currently our …

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tklbam-init --solo profile problems

Hi, I am using the docker appliances. I want to try "tklbam-init --solo" to backup my appliance but I get some problems The release notes state that: - The --force-profile option …

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TKLBAM Region Detection

We've recently signed up to use TKLBAM with Amazon S3, however, have noticed that the region detected is always to use the USA West Datacenters, however all of our systems are …

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TKLBAM questions and suggestions

(first a disclamier, tklbam is really really nice. Thank you so much for this functionality!) I might be doing something wrong so maybe there are nice ways around these …

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TKLBAM change label for tklbam-backup

I am using tklbam on a ubuntu 12.0.4 installed on a digital ocean droplet for backing things up. I am probably missing something obvious, but how do I change the label so that the …

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TKLBAM/Amazon restore error

Hi there, I have been a happy Turnkey user for about a year now, with no aparent disasters happening to my Debian Wheezy setup. But..recently disaster has struck and I am …

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Change default cache location for TKLBAM backups

Hi, I have a couple of really large mysql dbs and my root partition runs out of space every time tklbam runs a backup. Can I change the location of the TKLBAM cache or is my only …

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TKLBAM: Not initialized

I am a new user of turnkey. Hi while booting turnkey lynux i am getting the attched screen. TKLBAM (backup & Migration): Not Initialized How to procede? Replies (1) Depends …

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TKLBAM backup-conf contents

What is supposed to be in the /TKLBAM/backup-conf file? Mine is empty, and I'm getting errors about decoding the json data.

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TKLBAM stopped working

I'm using the revision control image installed on a physical machine, and it's been working fine for quite some time (uptime was at 168 days this morning). I noticed that the last …

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OpenLDAP: ldap db not backed up by tklbam

Hi all, I just discovered that, in the OpenLDAP appliance, the ldap database (located in /var/lib/ldap) is not backed up by tklbam. I consider this a hazard, as I would definitely …

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Tklbam backup fails after EBS change

Hello there guys, I have this instance running on EC2. It is a Nginx + Varnish + Mysql + PHP5-FPM, build precisely for my needs using Turnkey core as base. Turns out I had to …

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Backup through a proxy

Hi, I am trying to do a first backup of my server. The signup to Amazon for storage has been completed and I have my Turnkey hub API key. When I try to set it on the server web …

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Maddening time server/tklbam issue

So I've been eager to try tklbam for the past few years but have been unable to get it to work on our network. I get the meesage: > tklbam-backup ########################## ## …

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Restore from custom profile (tklbam)

Hi, According to the documentation I should be able to restore from a custom profile: - tklbam-init and tklbam-restore now support the --force-profile option for setting a …

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TKLBAM Restore throwing BotoServerError 500

Trying to restore just one directory and I keep getting BotoServerError 500 Internal Server Error! This is very frustrating and shakes my faith in the ability of TKLBAM to …

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tklbam restore gives MySQL syntax error

Hi, a tklbam restore from a local path gives me the following error: table: mysql/db table: mysql/help_topic ERROR 1064 (42000) at line 256: You have an error in your SQL syntax; …

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install TKLBAM on CentOS 6.4

Per Liraz's recent announcement about TKLBAM 1.4 we thought we would try out the backup system with CentOS. Unfortunately being new to the Linux world, we're not quite sure how to …

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TKLBAM does not back up ALL MySQL databases!!!!!

I am livid right now. After having some issues with a virtual machine running 30+ WordPress installations on a TKL LAMP installation, I concluded my only option was to restore a …

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TKLBAM Restore failure (Amazon Web Services)

Unfortunately today I needed the tklbam restore functionality and even more unfortunate it fails during restore producing the following errors: Last full backup date: Fri Sep 6 …

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Mysql triggers lost after restore

Hello, Seems like triggers are lost when restoring a backup. Just created a new server (mysql) and tried restoring from a backup. After a workaround …

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Error '[Errno 2]

Hello guys Something just messed up my database. Trying to restore a mysql tkl machine to a couple of hours ago and I am getting alot of errors in the process. Never had this kind …

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TKLBAM backup fails with error

This is the error: GPGError: GPG Failed, see log below: ===== Begin GnuPG log ===== gpg: fatal: can't create directory `/root/.gnupg': Not a directory secmem usage: 0/0 bytes in …

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tklbam log?

I am wondering if there is a log file showing all files that were used to create the latest backup? I added a 200MB zipped file to the server last night but I only see a 90MB …

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Virtual website setup on Webmin

So I have Webmin installed on ubuntu and thats on a AWS EC3 server. I want to host a domain on it and created a virtual site in webmin. On the DNS end I changed the A record of …

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TKLBAM: Parallel S3 uploads

In the announcement of TKL version 12, there's a mention of version 1.2 of TKKLBAM being included....and I'm particularly interested in this option: Multipart parallel S3 uploads …

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TKLBAM - Duplicity and File level Backup-Restore

Let me first say that TKLBAM is a great tool and that I've tested backing up and moving around servers from different platforms and it worked perfectly. This post has to do with …

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tklbam-backup crash and incomplete?

I'd like to start of by saying TKL is awesome!! the TKLBAM has worked flawlessly during all of my tests, but now I think I may have broken it. :o) I just tried a backup of a test …

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Site Hacked, TKLBAM does not restore completely

I had an issue earlier today where my WP instance got hacked, so I tried restoring to an earlier backup with TKLBAM and I see that the infected files are still there. I also tried …

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TKLBAM fails with error

Hi, First time using TK Linux and generally very impressed. I'm using TK Linux 12.0 for Rails. However, a couple of issues: 1. DHCP failed on my home setup using a WRT54G with …

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TKLBAM problems with Trac

I'm having trouble backing up and restoring an instance of Trac. I receive the following error upon clicking my project: Trac detected an internal error: GitError: GIT control …

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TurnKey Hub hangs

Hi Guys, I wanted to ask if there is any way to applied a new API to a Turnkey Server instance which has already had the tklbam-init command activated with another API. I'm …

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TKLBAM (BAM!)

Of course a long holiday weekend and a client project due make for perfect timing for a server crash and a good test of my computer problem solving skills, patience, and TKLBAM …

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DokuWiki migration broken

Good day, I'm trying to migrate a DokuWiki 11.3 virtual machine to a 12.0 one. 12.0 installs and updates fine, links to the hub and everything. I have a full backup of the 11.3 …

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TKLBAM not backuping since September 1st

Hi everyone Today I realize that TKLBAM it hasn't been doing backups since September 1st When I log in TKLBAM Webmin module it ask me for the API Key as if I've never entered, and …

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TKLBAM - Seeding TKLHUB w/ initial full backup?

Hello, I looked through the TKLBAM FAQ and did not see this covered -- so thought I would bring it up as a topic. The question / thought is this -- Does TKLBAM have any mechanism …

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LAMP Webmin breaks after migration/restore

Hello, I just tried migrating a couple LAMP VMs from TLK 11 to 12. In both cases I used TLKBAM to backup the v11 machines and then restored on the new v12 machines. The …

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Back-ups, sizes, new server etc!

Hi there, I'm just moving a website from a small instacen to a medium instance as it's a large website (more than 10,000 visits per day) which has been suffering on a small …

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tklbam-init - switching API keys?

I recently started using the Turnkey Hub as a way to host virutual machines we use locally as dev boxes. Rather than waiting around for my bosses to approve it, I created an …

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How To Save/Restore Firewall Rules

If you Clone a new server from latest snapshot changes to the Firewall Rules aren't carried over to the new instance. How can I save & restore firewall rules?

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TKLBAM saves the day again

Hi all, Just thought I would drop some praise regarding a recent "situation". A client I have been testing turnkeys capabilities with has several unique requirements, none the …

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tklbam Doesn't Backup New Files

tklbam only backs up files for a base installation. If you install new packages/configurations they may not get backed up. For example I added odbc to an image and when I did a …

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Portable Server. Does this make any sense?

I need a sensibility/reality check on an idea I'm hatching... feel free to comment good, bad or ugly. I am a Race Director for a series of local bicycle races. We have a …

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How do I backup to a windows pc ?

Hi all I have read the section on how to backup locally using tklbam-backup --address file:///mnt/otherdisk/tklbam/backup But unfortunately I have a windows machine at present ( …

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Backup or snapshot

Hi all, I would like your oppinions/experiences Which is better - a backup or a snapshot ? (and on an amazon server - which is cheaper) Traditionally I would go with a backup - …

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TKLBAM restore Error 5: Out of memory

I'm trying hard to restore a database with no success. I saw several posts that were similar to this but none that addressed this issue specifically. I've tried to throw more RAM …

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TKLBAM Unable to delete backup record !

I have been trying to delete a backup from Turnkey Hub for the last few days. I receive the following message every time I try: "Unable to delete backup record (backup in …

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TKLBAM-backup error can't connect to host

Backups (daily) worked fine for months, nothing changed and now 4 servers say when running tklbam-backup: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/tklbam-backup", line …

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TKLBAM include directory, exclude contents

I have a few log directories that need to exists with the correct permissions for my lamp server to work. I would like to include the directories, but exclude the files that are …

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Reinstall LAMP

I'm running an apache webserve on your LAMP server, Turnkey LAMP 11.1. I'm using TLKBAM and I've successfully recovered to a fresh install of LAMP 11.1 without any issues in the …

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Mysql database not restoring to cloud

When i restore a back up from my cloud for some reason it does not back up half of my mysql database. below is a print screen only like 6 tables where backed, the back up before …

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Finding backup billing on amazon

I have multiple Amazon AWS accounts and I have just spend an hour trying to find the "order" for my tklbam backups. I look on my credit card and I see the charges for the backups, …

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Can't Delete a Backup

Hope someone can answer this question. It looks like its something easy to fix - but I cannot fix it on my end. Basically, I have two back ups in my backup pages on the hub that …

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Problems after TKLBAM backup and restore

I am having issues after TKLBAM backup and restore once I started doing some testing. 1) I did a TKLBAM backup on a physical machine successfully. However afterwords I started …

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Scheduling backups

Hi, Some servers we have run on a business line to the office so the upload isn't that great. How would I change the backup scheduling to run incrementally then do a full backup …

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Restore to server not on hub?

I have a LAMP stack running on a dedicated server at work. I made a couple of stupid mistakes earlier today and would like to restore the server back to the last backup that was …

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Backup profile archive not found

Hi, I am having trouble running tklbam-backup due to a BackupArchive.NotFound problem for turnkey-zimbra-2009.10-hardy-x86 this is the first time I'm using the TurnkeyHub and the …

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tklbam not restoring symbolic links as links?

I am having a new problem that seems to have appeared sometime in the last few weeks as I do not recall running into this the last time I was working on my project in late …

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Big backup in S3 backed root

The backup is made in the root not mnt drive and it only just fits - How do I redirect backup away from the 9Gb root drive - If I use a symbolic link, does (ephemeral) /mnt …

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TKLBAM without Internet

Hi, We actually have Internet access but it is quite limited and they will not allow even touching Amazon S3. Has anyone hacked tklbam-backup so it will bypass the API stuff? Is …

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Migrate Turnkey AMI to another AWS account

OK so I've got a configured Turnkey machine image I used to demo to a customer. Now the customer wants to go live with it but move it or copy it rather under their own AWS account …

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tklbam-restore never completes

I have a 10.3 Gb tklbam backup created in a moodle turnkey vm that won't restore to a EC2 cloud server. I've tried both restoring to a new cloud server and creating a new server …

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Any usable TKLBALM profile for LAPP?

Hi, this is Emilio. First of all, thanks for the efforts on such a wonderful project! I realized too late that Postgresql based appliances are not supported by TKLBAM and then no …

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Restoring from a large (7GB+) backup fails

One of our servers has over 7GBs of backup data, mostly due to content (images, videos, etc) loaded into the content management system. When attempting to launch a new VM from a …

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TurnkeyHub Questions & Feature Request

How I can limit TKLBAM upload/download speed? It is supper slow for backuping or restoring 30G instance. I do not want to backkup anything under /etc, e.g. /etc/group. How can I …

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Restored backup to the cloud - missing folder

I tried to restore a joomla 1.6 turnkey backup to the cloud using the hub. It restored ok, but I am missing an important folder I have created in /usr/share. How do the TKLBAM …

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Launch full backup to cloud fails

Restoring a JOOMLA backup to a JOOMLA15 appliance is not recommended. For best results, restore to a fresh JOOMLA installation instead. Where does one find this on the cloud. I am …

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Delete hub backup sessions

Is it possible to delete a session in a TKL Hub backup? I'd like to delete older sessions in a backup for an applicance without deleting the entire backup for an appliance. …

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TKLBAM and volatile, TKLBAM and mysql db

Hi Liraz and All, Thanks for the excellent software! I am reading through your volatile script trying to set up my drupal work environment. In that script you use rsync to …

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ntpdate using something other than UDP 123?

So I get the following error on my Tunkey server when attempting a backup: ########################## ## FIXCLOCK HOOK FAILED ## ########################## Amazon S3 and Duplicity …

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tklbam - duplicity UID/GID

Hi all, Been giving tklbam another try this summer. Works great btw. I am having one problem though.... I am getting a lot of errors relating to the size of some of my user id's. …

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Changing Cron Times - any issues?

Hi, I need to adjust my cron times due to the length of time it takes to TKLBAM changes to a file system. Essentially I want to kick things off at about 9PM rather than the 6 am …

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TKLBam update Passwords in Restore?

I have found TKLBAM to be very helpful for process development.. However, I have run into a few security issues where it has seemed that the best course of action is to "change" …

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Large File System Backups A learning Experience

I have said it before but here it is again; I have a file server with about 100Gb of data that I want to use TKLBAM with - the problem is that my (and everyone elses at the …

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TKLBAM and Hub features

Hi TKL users and devs, This post is intended to be a discussion on how TKL and TKLBAM have benefitted me and some features I would like to see. If this is served better in another …

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TKLBAM: Automatic Daily Backup stopped running

hi, TKLBAM suddenly stopped the daily backup processes even if tried to refresh/re-enabled daily backup. Please help. Thanks, Edward Replies (9) Same here Reply 1 2011-06-11 I …

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TKLBAM just saved me

Well I have to hand it to you guys - TKLBAM just saved my butt when a VM weirded out on me and failed completely. I was writing a front end for a MySQL database and had not …

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Cancelling a backup

Hi again guys, I have been actively testing tklbam in the past few weeks and have found many ways it will help and many ways it is limited by infrastructure - not tklbam's fault, …

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What Happens When...?

What happens when a large backup is performed that takes longer than 24 hours and the cron job is set for monthly backups? Will it attempt an incrimental backup while it is …

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TurnKeyLinux File Server, MDADM, & TKLBAM

Dear All, First, I like using TurnKeyLinux especially TurnKeyLinux FileServer. And for yesterday 'n now why i can't access TurnkeyLinux Fileserver page ? The most i've confuse was …

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TKLBAM: Failed to create bucket.

Hi, TKLBAM was set to run everyday but after a week when i checked the backup on TKL hub, i only have 3 days backup one full backup and two incremental. then i run the backup …

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TKLBAM Restore Error: Perl execution failed

Hi, I restored the backup from TKL HUB to another TKL that is hosted by XLS hosting. After restarting TKL an error appears (see attached file). then i decided to rollback. but the …

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Problem with tklbam restore

I'm just learning tklbam and am having a problem with a complete restore. I've setup the turnkey core and installed the additional packages I want. Webmin is updated through …

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I Can Not Access Webmin After TKLBAM Restore

I ran a restore from a previously ran back up using the command TKLBAM and everything worked fine. But, now I cannot access webmin through port 12321. I can access the shell on …

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TKL-Backup - OSError: [Errno 2]...?

Hi Guys :-) Just getting setup with the hub functionality and all my boxes have backedup to amazon just fine except for my LAMP box which is hitting the below error: OSError: …

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What ports need to be open to support TKLBAM?

Simple question I think - and I can't find the answer - would be good to have it on the FAQs on documented somewhere... anyway.... What ports need to be open to allow backup to …

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LAPP & TKL BAM

Hi After using webmin or the shell, when I try and backup I receive an error: Am I missing something? > tklbam-backup Traceback (most recent call last): File …

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TKLBAM Restore and MySql views

Lamp Stack - MySQL - TKLBAM Hi there, I'd like to start with an apology. I'm sorry for being late to the party! I've only just discovered TurnKey, and I am so excited and …

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TKLBAM Restore problem

Hi, I have a development system (TKL drupal6 appliance) running on my macbook in VMware fusion. I tried to sync it with a EC2 instance (I started one for test purposes) . So I …

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TKLBAM - what about test and live data?

Hello, I am in a team working on a Wordpress-based web app, and we have a development process that goes local->test server->live server. It seems to me that TKLBAM could …

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TKLBAM - What exactly is backed up?

Hi all = sorry for asking what is probably a really obvious question, but I'm scared to proceed! I'm not massively skilled in this field but I'll briefly explain the situation. …

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TKLBAM commands with non-S3 storage addresses

I know TKLBAM is best used with S3 storage but for now I'm using an scp:// address appended to the tklbam-backup command to target an in-house backup server. The only thing is I …

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TKLBAM error with PostgreSQL 11.1 release

Hi, I've installed turnkey-postgresql-11.1-lucid-x86 but am getting the following error when trying running tklbam-backup: Backup profile archive not found: …

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TKLBAM S3 question

Hi Guys , congratulations for your excellent work, I have a question about backing up to S3, I already have an account S3 and would like to use that as a test without creating a …

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A few questions from a new user.

Hi, I just discovered TKL a few days ago and I'm really interested in using it. I have a few questions though. 1) I would really like to use LVM snapshots as described here: …

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TKLBAM Change S3 Accounts

How do I change S3 accounts for TKLBAM? I used the wrong account. Thanks! Replies (1) Reinitialize tklbam Reply 1 2011-01-12 I assume you mean you used the wrong Hub account. In …

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TKLBAM issue

First of all my congratulations for the excellent work. I tried to do a backup and restore. The backup ends without errors, while the recovery crashes and isn't complete. could …

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tklbam ntpdate so servers suitable found

Hi, i'm trying to use tklbam. tklbam-init with key was done. after tklbam-backup is called an error is displayed, because of ntpdate errors. if i call ntpdate -u pool.ntp.org, the …

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Migrating Existing Deployments Into TKL

Hi all, I began this discussion here http://bit.ly/eK0zCO and JedMeister suggested I open a new topic here on the forum. As I said: I have 2 production instances running at …

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TKLBAM error with v11.0 release

Hi guys, I have just installed the 11.0 final release Fileserver appliance. And it looks awesome - as I've come to expect from TKL :) But... TKLBAM doesn't seem to be working :( …

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Appliance upgrade path?

Hi, What is the typical migration path for TKL Appliance users? Concretely, I'm looking to run Redmine on EC2 and am considering TKL Redmine appliance, which is now over 12 months …

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TKLBAM Fail

I tested tklbam on two wordpress installations but it only restored the image to it's initial state, like fresh worpdress install sans 2 months of info and updating. I …

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TKLBAM and Webmin

I've input my Hub API key and then run a simulated backup within the Webmin TKLBAM module after signing up for the Amazon S3 services, but I get the following result: > …

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TKLPatch init point for TKLBAM

Hi, all; I am absolutely new to TKL and blown away by this project's elegance! I would like to know if it is possible to build a custom appliance utilizing TKLPatch and have that …

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TKLBAM initial backup time.

Greetings. I'm a satisfied user of TKL Lamp image. I have recently had to rebuild my web server because of my bad backup habits. I was thrilled to learn about TKLBAM and began an …

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Turnkey Hub Access key ID & Secret Access Key

Anyone have a turnkey hub account? I type in the secret access key from amazon and I recieve this error. Required length is 40 characters Also, where do I find my access key ID? …

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Confusion re managing backups on Amazon Hub Site

Ok , here I go again ... I'm a bit confused as to how the backup volumes can be managed on the amazon hub site. Regular readers will now know that I'm using the lucid file server …

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TKLBAM in Hardy

Previously I installed TKLBAM in the command line of Joomla Hardy install. All was working well. It seems that the "host name" for my machine has now changed (I don't recall doing …

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TKLBAM MediaWiki VM to the Cloud

I'm stumped. I created a backup of my MediaWiki from within Virtual Box using TKLBAM from the command line. I followed the "How to" for migrating to EC2. All looks good, with no …

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TKLBAM private hub

The TKLBAM is a nice solution for an integrated backup/restore, only I am not allowed to use your hub (company policies). So I want to backup to a different local Turnkey …

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tlkbam cronjob and ntpdate issue

Hi, I use the stable core in an amazon instance. I have set up a cronjob: 5 * * * * /usr/bin/tklbam-backup but the backup is not perfomed. In /var/log/tklbam.log, I see the …

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Is it possible to restore a backup from the Hub?

I have just started experimenting with the Turnkey hub and I have a question about what's the best way to quickly restore an instance. I only want to run my instances while I'm …

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TKLBAM restore issues

Hi. I'm close to finally going live my employer's new TKL Drupal 6 appliance on Amazon EC2 via the TurnKey Hub. Everything with the TK Hub seems to be working great, but I decided …

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tklbam - sslerror: The read operation timed out

I am trying to migrate my data from one Turnkey Linux virtural machine to another, much like the demonstration video. I made a backup of both my Turnkey Linux virtual machines, …

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Can't run initial tklbam-backup

I'm new to the Turnkey Linux scene, but I love the idea of the tklbam-backup service. But I can't get my initial backup to run on either of two new appliances. I've been able to …

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Backing Up Multiple Appliances

Hi Guys. Ive installed the File Server appliance and Zimbra Appliance running as guests under VirtualBox. Ive already performed TKLBAM backup for the File Server Appliance, and I …

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Best automatic backup solution?

I'm using the Turnkey Linux Wordpress install in my classroom to allow my students to do all of their writing projects, but every time we have a power outage for the school (or …