Akeeba Backup for Joomla!

#29956 Akeeba Won't Backup after HTTPS

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Latest post by cc,admin on Friday, 13 July 2018 10:01 CDT

Friday, 13 July 2018 09:51 CDT

cc,admin

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Description of my issue: I believe that after changing the configuration.php file from

public $live_site = ''; to public $live_site = 'https://cablecenter.org'; in order to remove the error message that some items are not secure Akeeba no longer reads the directories or backs up. When I go to Files and Directories Exclusion section no folders or files are listed.

It will not show log files either. I assume that using this approach won't work for HTTPS using Akeeba?

Friday, 13 July 2018 09:54 CDT

cc,admin

I removed the https address from Live_site in the config file and it works again.

Friday, 13 July 2018 09:54 CDT

cc,admin

Still, would a reinstall after https nake Akeeba work again or do I do something different?

Friday, 13 July 2018 09:57 CDT

tampe125

Hello,

if you want to force SSL on your site, that's not the correct way to do that.
You have to get inside your Joomla Global Configuration and set the option Force SSL to Entire Site. That's the correct way to do that and Akeeba Backup will work correctly.

Davide Tampellini

Developer and Support Staff

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Friday, 13 July 2018 10:01 CDT

cc,admin

Thanks. My god, it is so hard to find information about how to do this. Thanks for letting me know I was doing it wrong.

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