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Monday, 10 May 2010 23:09 CDT

user9856

Hello there, I am trying to launch the kickstart.php from a cron (or a linux shell) and I am having trouble in finding the right way to do it.

At first I tried php kickstart.php and this of course didn't work, then I tried wget on the url and I indeed retrieved the html page which says "auto mode enabled" as if I just opened the page in a web browser.
However after this I am not sure that it is doing anything (in fact I doubt it is!).

Perhaps this has to do with the fact that I specified "ajax" mode in the jpi4automation.ini...?

Is there anyway to run kickstart from a cron job?

Thanks.

Tuesday, 11 May 2010 05:10 CDT

dlb

OK, I just gotta ask, why are you trying to run kickstart from a CRON job? :)

I guess in theory this is possible. I would start by calling kickstart in the normal way, with the automation file in place. That establishes that your automation file is right. Once you get to that point, you can call it again from the CRON job.

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Tuesday, 11 May 2010 05:31 CDT

user9856

Thanks for your reply.
Well, I'm aiming to automate the entire backup-restore process and this is the last obstacle in my path. I have already opened the kickstart.php in a browser and it starts fine on "auto mode", this tells me that the settings are ok.

Once you get to that point, you can call it again from the CRON job.

And this brings us back to my original question... HOW do I call it from the cron job? ;) I am guessing that you mean by wget? If so, will calling the kickstart.php once and then waiting be sufficient?

Tuesday, 11 May 2010 06:17 CDT

dlb

I'll spare you my guesses and flag this for Nicholas. :)

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Tuesday, 11 May 2010 21:55 CDT

user9856

UPDATE: I tried calling the address of kickstart.php with wget.... I waited but nothing happened.
Hopefully Nicholas has a way to do it that doesn't involve hacking the kickstart.php :)

Tuesday, 11 May 2010 22:28 CDT

nicholas

Kickstart either runs on AJAX or Javascript Redirects mode. The common thing here being "Javascript", ergo it needs a browser.

If you are a subscriber to the Professional release, there is a restore.php script in the administrator area. This is a versatile archive extraction PHP script which can be run in unattended mode with a simple PHP loop. Even so, what is the point? Kickstart and restore.php will simply extract the archive. ABI (the embedded installer) only runs from a browser.

I have developed a CRON mode PHP application for unattended deployments of multiple websites. It uses XML files to specify which would be extracted where and how. I guess, if you're interested, it is pretty much what you're looking for. However, unlike most of my other software, this is not free of charge.

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