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Latest post by crimleit on Tuesday, 26 August 2025 09:33 CDT
Whenever I open Components > Akeeba Backup for Joomla > Control Panel, I see the message
«The front-end and remote backup features are disabled»
I always click this message, then «Apply the suggested Secret Word»
The following message appears: «The Secret Word has been changed to xyz»
Then I go to «Manage Backups» (or wherever) and come back to Control Panel. And I again see the message
«The front-end and remote backup features are disabled»
What can I do?
Thank you and kind regards
Chris
While Akeeba Backup does try to apply a new secret word which satisfies complexity requirements, it's not always possible. You can try doing it manually.
Go to https://www.random.org/passwords/?num=1&len=32&format=html&rnd=new to generate a new, random secret word which satisfies the complexity requirements.
Go to Akeeba Backup, Options, Front-end Backup, and enter the new secret word in Secret Word. Remember to enable Enable Legacy Front-end Backup API (remote CRON jobs) and/or Enable JSON API (remote backup) depending on what you are trying to do. Click on Save & Close.
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Kind regards
Chris
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