Check if start_background_pkgacct finished

migue76

• April 15, 2016 09:40

Hello. start_background_pkgacct backup an user account and returns an session ID. I can run this API and the backup finished successfully. The backup file is created and stored where I expect. But I'm not able to check when pkgacct finished using any API function. I need to check this remotely through API. Finally, API documentation says: ----- The target system streams the output of this function with the/usr/local/cpanel/whostmgr/docroot/cgi/live_tail_log.cgi script on the source system. ----- But I couldn't find any documentation about what parameters to use with live_tail_log.cgi to pass the backup session ID and read the live state. Any suggestion?

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  cPanelMichael

  • April 18, 2016 14:51

  Hello :) There are no WHM API 1 functions available that allow you to view the status of the backup generation, or to check the live status of the backup generation, other than what's documented at: Guide to Standardized Hooks - PkgAcct Functions - Software Development Kit - cPanel Documentation Feel free to open a feature request for what you are seeking via: Submit A Feature Request Note: While investigating this issue, I noticed an incorrect path on the following document: WHM API 1 Functions - start_background_pkgacct - Software Development Kit - cPanel Documentation It states: The /scripts/pkgacct script logs results to the /var/cpanel/pkg_sessions/session_id/ directory, where session_id represents the backup session's ID.
  I've opened a case with our documentation team to correct this, as the actual path is "pkgacct_sessions" as opposed to "pkg_sessions". Thank you.

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  migue76

  • May 09, 2016 19:17

  Thank you for your answer and information. I could solve my problem monitoring the backup log file.

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