EC2 instance and Akeeba backup

cguanaja 2020-08-13 03:32:21 UTC #1

Keywords: Joomla - AWS - Technical issue - Other
Description:
I am able to connect to AWS EC2 bitnami joomla instance - both via SFTP and SSH with no problem. In trying to load a backup from Akeeba which has worked in the past but with light sail instances (instead of EC2) - I cannot locate the html public folder on this EC2 bitnami joomla instance.

I have tried: /opt/bitnami/apache/htdocs - but it does not work when running https://EC2_instance_IP/kickstart.php as per instructions here: https://www.akeebabackup.com/videos/1212-akeeba-backup-core/1618-abtc04-restore-site-new-server.html

Which is the html public folder in EC2 bitnami joomla instances? I have restored hosts using Akeeba in lightsail instances and they are under /opt/bitnami/apps/joomla/htdocs but this does not exist in EC2 instances - tried the one already specified but Akeeba process does not work.

Any input will be appreciated - thanks.

jota 2020-08-13 06:44:18 UTC #2

Hi @cguanaja,

We changed the structure of our solutions a little bit. You can find now the Joomla's files under the /opt/bitnami/joomla directory. You can create any .php file you need there and access it using https://ec2_instance_ip/yourfile.php

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cguanaja 2020-08-13 20:05:53 UTC #3

Thanks @jota - that path you specified has a redirection to another folder as per below:

bitnami@ip-172-31-35-155:/opt/bitnami$ ls -la
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Aug 13 01:48 joomla -> /bitnami/joomla

I have tried copying to this folder also but when transferring a file I get the following error:

Error: /bitnami/joomla/kickstart.php: open for write: permission denied
Error: File transfer failed

I am able to transfer files to /opt/bitnami/apache/htdocs - and checking /bitnami/joomla/ - both have same permissions:

bitnami@ip-172-31-35-155:/opt/bitnami/apache$ ls -la
drwxrwxr-x 2 bitnami root 4096 Aug 13 03:06 htdocs

bitnami@ip-172-31-35-155:/bitnami$ ls -la
drwxrwxr-x 19 daemon root 4096 Aug 13 01:48 joomla

I need to run -> https://ec2_instance_ip/kickstart.php

Thanks much.

jota 2020-08-14 06:00:46 UTC #4

Hi @cguanaja,

You can modify the permissions of that /bitnami/joomla folder to be able to write in it. Please run this command before creating the file there

sudo chown bitnami:daemon /bitnami/joomla

You should now be able to create that kickstart.php file in the joomla folder and access it using the browser.

cguanaja 2020-08-15 01:08:06 UTC #5

That worked with no issue @jota - files can be copied over now

system 2020-08-29 01:08:10 UTC #6

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