Backup exclusions do not work

[hedgehog90]

I need to prevent a large folder from being backed up. The directory in question is not inside public_html, but it is one level up: /home/username/web/example.com/uploads

I've tried the following:

Web:
example.com:uploads

User Directories:
web/example.com/uploads
/home/username/web/example.com/uploads

Help!

[hedgehog90]

I've been patient, still no replies... Really?

[imperio]

OS on your server is Ubuntu ?

[hedgehog90]

Yep, Ubuntu 14.

Also, I'd like to know how to exclude a folder in web/example.com. Can't get that to work either through the user directories exclusion.

[imperio]

Yep, Ubuntu 14.

Also, I'd like to know how to exclude a folder in web/example.com. Can't get that to work either through the user directories exclusion.

will be fixed in the next version

[hedgehog90]

Could you tell me how to fix it myself?
If I can't exclude these massive directories, I won't be able to use the backup function on my server.

[imperio]

Could you tell me how to fix it myself?
If I can't exclude these massive directories, I won't be able to use the backup function on my server.

only in new version

[mach]

backups all work in vesta ,1 domain is about 10mb ,its al to see what you have ,but it works automatic
i have delete my domain ,and have use the backup to put it back i see no problem in backup

[hedgehog90]

I've fixed the problem, but being a bash noob it took up my entire morning

For other users experiencing the same problem where web directory exclusions aren't working, do the following:

nano /usr/local/vesta/bin/v-backup-user

Find the line:
xdirs="$(echo -e "${check_exlusion//:/\n}" |grep -v $domain)"

And replace it with
xdirs="$(echo -e "${check_exlusion//:/$'\n'}" |grep -v $domain)"

I also found the backup was producing an error with the domain.sh function 'get_web_config_brds'
I wrote my own templates that didn't use %domain_idn% so it couldn't find the relevant lines. Also I was storing it in a variable like so:
set DOMAIN_IDN=%domain_idn%

Anyway. Fixed now, but I don't appreciate the lack of help on here.
@imperio You could have just told me how to fix the web domain directory exclusion error considering how simple it was to fix.

[skurudo]

but I don't appreciate the lack of help on here.

hedgehog90, sorry, but only humans on this forum. None of us is superhero, who know all answers. If you have some time, then try to help us and other users - answer and write on this forum too.

@imperio You could have just told me how to fix the web domain directory exclusion error considering how simple it was to fix.

You can try to use some code from github..:

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      # Define exclude arguments
        exlusion=$(echo -e "$WEB" |tr ',' '\n' |grep "^$domain:")
        set -f
        fargs=()
        fargs+=(--exclude='logs/*')
        if [ ! -z "$exlusion" ]; then
            xdirs="$(echo -e "$exlusion" |tr ':' '\n' |grep -v $domain)"
            for xpath in $xdirs; do
                fargs+=(--exclude=$xpath/*)
                echo "$(date "+%F %T") excluding directory $xpath"
                msg="$msg\n$(date "+%F %T") excluding directory $xpath"
            done
        fi
        set +f

and below look at "User Directories"

https://github.com/serghey-rodin/vesta/ ... ackup-user