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Daily auto Backup Script not working

Posted August 7, 2016 2.1k views
Apache DigitalOcean API Backups

I’m using the script on this page:
https://www.ekreative.com/blog/using-digital-ocean-api-to-set-up-daily-backup

to set up automatic daily backups. I’m only changing the token and id on line 153, however my droplet is only powering down. It’s not taking a snapshot, nor is it powering back up.

What do I need to do to make this work correctly?

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ryanpq August 9, 2016

Are you running this script on the server you’re backing up? If so, powering off the server would stop the script and you would just end up with a powered off droplet. If you run it from a separate server or your home computer it should work properly.

I should also note that we made some recent changes that make this script overly complicated. It is no longer required to power off a server to create a snasphot so I would recommend updating this script to remove the need to power off and power back on.

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