Automatic Backups not working with Dockerized WordPress

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  • September 18, 2019 at 6:55 pm #436036
    Jonathan
    Participant

    Hi,

    I am running WordPress using the following configurations: https://github.com/mjstealey/wordpress-nginx-docker

    Everything works perfectly except for automatic backups with UpdraftPlus.

    I get the following warning message, and believe it has something to do with how cron jobs are run or are not run within WordPress containers:

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    Warning: WordPress has a number (9) of scheduled tasks which are overdue. Unless this is a development site, this probably means that the scheduler in your WordPress install is not working.

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    This I believe has been a problem with running UpdraftPlus inside Docker containers for a while, but I have never seen any adequate solutions given.

    Can you please help, this is a major problem for me and my preferred backup solution being UpdraftPlus.

    Thank you

    September 19, 2019 at 11:18 am #436274
    Bryle Crodua
    Moderator

    Hi,

    Could you try adding the following line of code to your wp-config.php file (above the ‘stop editing’ line):
    define( ‘ALTERNATE_WP_CRON’, true );

    This will enable the alternative WordPress Cron system. This is designed to allow scheduled tasks to be processed when the main WP Cron is not able to run.

    Regards,
    Bryle

    September 20, 2019 at 5:25 pm #436841
    Jonathan
    Participant

    This seems to have totally worked Bryle.

    Thanks a million!

    – Jonathan Wexler

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