Cannot create offsite backup

Context

I tried to set up an offsite backup.

Server Info

FMS Version: 21.1.1
OttoFMS Version: 4.9.0.250123458

Steps to reproduce

In OttoFMS/Settings/Offsite

  • I set up Offsite Location as usual, all good
  • I tried to add an Offsite Backup Schedule

Expected Result

To create the offsite backup as usual

Actual Result

The save button feedback circle icon was spinning for ever and the browser console was firing an Admin API request every second.

Additional Notes

I tried restarting FMS, OttoFMS and the whole OS

Hey Stathis,

Do you see the network request for when you click the button initially? It should have a path that includes “createOffsiteBackupSchedule”. Are you creating a new schedule or using an existing FMS schedule? Do you see anything in the otto-info.log file?

-Kyle

Hi @kduval

Thank you for your reply.

  • I tried both new and existing
  • I see the createOffsiteBackupSchedule, the request is not completing (see below)
  • The fetch schedules definitely needs attention, for some reason something doesn’t work right and this fetch call keeps running every second for ever.

Where could I find the otto-info.log file?

Shall I try a clean OttoFMS reinstallation? This server used to be under a different subdomain, don’t know if that could affect something.

Hey @stathisaska ,

You can find the otto-info.log on the logs page in OttoFMS. You should be able to select it from the dropdown in the top left. I’m not sure it will have anything useful to us here but it might. You can also check the Event log for logs about whether an FMS schedule gets created when you run that.

For the “use existing” option we’re not doing much on the backend beyond updating a database. A clean OttoFMS install is probably not a bad idea, if the problem is with your database that would fix it.

-Kyle

Hi @kduval

Thank you for your help!

There are no log records being created following this process. Seems like the front-end is not reaching the back-end if that makes sense. The FETCH calls I see in the network tab in the browser’s console are not completing (nor timing out).

I found 2 error entries that could be related, maybe they could be helpful:

2025-03-01T22:06:40.458Z	info	Reverse Proxy already installed
2025-03-01T22:06:40.583Z	error	Error checking installed license TypeError: fetch failed
2025-03-01T22:06:55.598Z	error	Error cleaning up offsite schedules Local Admin API error: fetch failed; Error: connect ECONNREFUSED 127.0.0.1:16001; Path: /fmi/admin/api/v2/user/auth

Sure, will proceed with a clean installation