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#29986 post-processing engine is found, but no part size is set;

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Latest post by on Wednesday, 22 August 2018 17:17 CDT

tomarriola
Post processing is failing

It started with a a simple error message: "A post-processing engine is found, but no part size is set; this could lead to timeout issues"

I needed to set the part size. After doing that now it just fails at post processing with no message.

The backup completes but does not get sent to amazon S3

I have attached a log of the failed effort (id:965)

Tom

nicholas
Akeeba Staff
Manager
Your log file never made it. If it's more than 2MB please put it in a ZIP file and attach it. If the ZIP file is also bigger than 2MB please upload it to a public location and give us a link.

That said, I think I can help you by guessing what happened. Try using a small part size, e.g. 5MB. If that still fails the problem is not the part size but something on the server. If you see the upload starting in the log file but never finishing the problem is a firewall on your server preventing access to Amazon S3's servers. You will have to ask your host to fix that issue (it's not under your or our control).

If you see a few upload steps going through but the last one of them never finishing try decreasing the maximum execution time in your Akeeba Backup Configuration page.

If that fixes the issue go back to the Configuration page and set the part size to something big, up to 2047MB. Then on the Upload to S3 configuration make sure that "Disable multipart uploads" is NOT checked. This tells Akeeba Backup to upload files to Amazon S3 in 5MB chunks and then asking it to stitch those chunks back together in one big file. This is the preferred method instead of decreasing the part size of the backup itself. It just has the drawback of using more space on your server before anything is uploaded to Amazon S3.

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

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tomarriola
Thanks-- the issue is fixed.
:-)

I decreased my max execution time from 25 to 10 seconds and set the part size to 2000 MB
Tom

nicholas
Akeeba Staff
Manager
You're welcome!

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

πŸ‡¬πŸ‡·Greek: native πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§English: excellent πŸ‡«πŸ‡·French: basic β€’ πŸ• My time zone is Europe / Athens
Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!

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