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#18474 Site Restoration, AJAX Loading Error: error

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Latest post by nicholas on Wednesday, 11 December 2013 11:53 CST

user58933
 when I try to run a restore from the control panel, ( from same machine, same joomla version, about 15 days ago I get
AJAX Loading Error: error immediately
In the log,
[131210 14:38:24]
[131210 14:41:41] Kettenrad :: Attempting to load from database (backend)
[131210 14:41:41] -- Stored Akeeba Factory (backend) not found - hard reset
[131210 14:41:42]
Backups complete fine, but can not perform a restore.
I have run config wizard, tried the various timeout values suggested.
The version of akeeba HAS changed since the backups.
I have downloaded the backup to my local box and it extracts fine with Kickstart. Further the web site works fine, database OK etc.

nicholas
Akeeba Staff
Manager
Are you using Admin Tools' .htaccess Maker? If so, please make sure that the following lines are included in "Allow direct access to these files":
administrator/components/com_akeeba/restore.php
administrator/components/com_admintools/restore.php
administrator/components/com_joomlaupdate/restore.php

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!

user58933
No, I have rights to, but have not installed admin tools.

nicholas
Akeeba Staff
Manager
I have tested again with Akeeba Backup Professional 3.9.1 on Joomla! 2.5.16 and 3.2.0, it works just fine. I can't see a reason why it wouldn't work on your site, even if you have an older version of Joomla!. At this point I would recommend installing Akeeba Backup Professional 3.9.1 twice in a row, without uninstalling it first, just to make sure that all files are written to the disk correctly. If this doesn't help the only things that could possibly go wrong:

- There could be a Javascript conflict with a third party plugin on the page. We try to perform all sorts of tricks to prevent that, but we can't work around all code of objectionable quality out there. You may want to try disabling a few system plugins from third party developers.

- There could be a .htaccess file or a host firewall preventing access to our restoration script. Unlike Kickstart, the integrated restoration is using encrypted communications to prevent unauthorised use (Kickstart doesn't do that as it's only meant to be a short lived script, deleted right after the restoration of your site). The encrypted request data could be triggering a host firewall as they are something completely out of the ordinary. I have seen that in the past, it takes talking to your host and explaining the use case. For their information, the request is made against administrator/components/com_akeeba/restore.php on your site. This will help them search their logs.

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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