Backup failed with exit code 1

[lino10]

Hi, I just tried laravel-backup but it always failed to backup.

Here's the error message

Starting backup...
Dumping database testlaravel...
Backup failed because The dump process failed with exitcode 1 : General error.
Backup completed!

I think maybe because I gave the APP_URL some random name? Do I need a working url to put it there? I don't see any example in the documentation how APP_URL should looks like.

There's an empty file in storage/laravel-backups/temp with the database name(testlaravel.sql) and there's no error about the laravel-backup generated in the log file.

Manually calling mysqldump in php works.

Laravel 5.2.22
laravel-backup 3.0.5
homestead 0.4.2

[freekmurze]

Is mysqldump installed in the default location? Are you calling backup:run from the command line?

[lino10]

Yes, I called the command from php artisan. I tried with --only-db option but it also failed.
I don't know about the location, but it's supposed to be at default location if the homestead did not move it.

Anyway, I've created my own script to backup(using artisan command too) and already uninstalled laravel-backup, so I cannot help with debugging.

[dubems]

am having the same issue. php artisan backup:run from the command line throws the error below

Starting backup...
Dumping database chamb
Backup failed because The dump process failed with exitcode 1 : General error.
Access is denied.

[NewbieCoder99]

Helo, i try backup, i found error,

[mostafacs-star]

I also encounter in this type of error

[tobias-kuendig]

Same error here, this ticket should be reopened. Even if this is a configuration error the error message can be improved.

Starting backup...
Dumping database projectname...
Backup failed because The dump process failed with exitcode 1 : General error : .
#0 C:\Program Files (x86)\projectname\api\vendor\spatie\db-dumper\src\DbDumper.php(235): Spatie\DbDumper\Exceptions\DumpFailed::processDidNotEndSuccessfully(Object(Symfony\Component\Process\Process))
#1 C:\Program Files (x86)\projectname\api\vendor\spatie\db-dumper\src\Databases\MySql.php(142): Spatie\DbDumper\DbDumper->checkIfDumpWasSuccessFul(Object(Symfony\Component\Process\Process), 'C:\\Program File...')
#2 C:\Program Files (x86)\projectname\api\vendor\spatie\laravel-backup\src\Tasks\Backup\BackupJob.php(240): Spatie\DbDumper\Databases\MySql->dumpToFile('C:\\Program File...')
#3 [internal function]: Spatie\Backup\Tasks\Backup\BackupJob->Spatie\Backup\Tasks\Backup\{closure}(Object(Spatie\DbDumper\Databases\MySql), 'mysql')
#4 C:\Program Files (x86)\projectname\api\vendor\laravel\framework\src\Illuminate\Support\Collection.php(932): array_map(Object(Closure), Array, Array)
#5 C:\Program Files (x86)\projectname\api\vendor\spatie\laravel-backup\src\Tasks\Backup\BackupJob.php(243): Illuminate\Support\Collection->map(Object(Closure))
#6 C:\Program Files (x86)\projectname\api\vendor\spatie\laravel-backup\src\Tasks\Backup\BackupJob.php(165): Spatie\Backup\Tasks\Backup\BackupJob->dumpDatabases()
#7 C:\Program Files (x86)\projectname\api\vendor\spatie\laravel-backup\src\Tasks\Backup\BackupJob.php(141): Spatie\Backup\Tasks\Backup\BackupJob->createBackupManifest()
#8 C:\Program Files (x86)\projectname\api\vendor\spatie\laravel-backup\src\Commands\BackupCommand.php(52): Spatie\Backup\Tasks\Backup\BackupJob->run()
#9 [internal function]: Spatie\Backup\Commands\BackupCommand->handle()
#10 C:\Program Files (x86)\projectname\api\vendor\laravel\framework\src\Illuminate\Container\BoundMethod.php(29): call_user_func_array(Array, Array)
#11 C:\Program Files (x86)\projectname\api\vendor\laravel\framework\src\Illuminate\Container\BoundMethod.php(87): Illuminate\Container\BoundMethod::Illuminate\Container\{closure}()
#12 C:\Program Files (x86)\projectname\api\vendor\laravel\framework\src\Illuminate\Container\BoundMethod.php(31): Illuminate\Container\BoundMethod::callBoundMethod(Object(Illuminate\Foundation\Application), Array, Object(Closure))
#13 C:\Program Files (x86)\projectname\api\vendor\laravel\framework\src\Illuminate\Container\Container.php(564): Illuminate\Container\BoundMethod::call(Object(Illuminate\Foundation\Application), Array, Array, NULL)
#14 C:\Program Files (x86)\projectname\api\vendor\laravel\framework\src\Illuminate\Console\Command.php(184): Illuminate\Container\Container->call(Array)
#15 C:\Program Files (x86)\projectname\api\vendor\symfony\console\Command\Command.php(251): Illuminate\Console\Command->execute(Object(Symfony\Component\Console\Input\ArgvInput), Object(Illuminate\Console\OutputStyle))
#16 C:\Program Files (x86)\projectname\api\vendor\laravel\framework\src\Illuminate\Console\Command.php(171): Symfony\Component\Console\Command\Command->run(Object(Symfony\Component\Console\Input\ArgvInput), Object(Illuminate\Console\OutputStyle))
#17 C:\Program Files (x86)\projectname\api\vendor\spatie\laravel-backup\src\Commands\BaseCommand.php(16): Illuminate\Console\Command->run(Object(Symfony\Component\Console\Input\ArgvInput), Object(Symfony\Component\Console\Output\ConsoleOutput))
#18 C:\Program Files (x86)\projectname\api\vendor\symfony\console\Application.php(886): Spatie\Backup\Commands\BaseCommand->run(Object(Symfony\Component\Console\Input\ArgvInput), Object(Symfony\Component\Console\Output\ConsoleOutput))
#19 C:\Program Files (x86)\projectname\api\vendor\symfony\console\Application.php(262): Symfony\Component\Console\Application->doRunCommand(Object(Spatie\Backup\Commands\BackupCommand), Object(Symfony\Component\Console\Input\ArgvInput), Object(Symfony\Component\Console\Output\ConsoleOutput))
#20 C:\Program Files (x86)\projectname\api\vendor\symfony\console\Application.php(145): Symfony\Component\Console\Application->doRun(Object(Symfony\Component\Console\Input\ArgvInput), Object(Symfony\Component\Console\Output\ConsoleOutput))
#21 C:\Program Files (x86)\projectname\api\vendor\laravel\framework\src\Illuminate\Console\Application.php(89): Symfony\Component\Console\Application->run(Object(Symfony\Component\Console\Input\ArgvInput), Object(Symfony\Component\Console\Output\ConsoleOutput))
#22 C:\Program Files (x86)\projectname\api\vendor\laravel\framework\src\Illuminate\Foundation\Console\Kernel.php(122): Illuminate\Console\Application->run(Object(Symfony\Component\Console\Input\ArgvInput), Object(Symfony\Component\Console\Output\ConsoleOutput))
#23 C:\Program Files (x86)\projectname\api\artisan(37): Illuminate\Foundation\Console\Kernel->handle(Object(Symfony\Component\Console\Input\ArgvInput), Object(Symfony\Component\Console\Output\ConsoleOutput))
#24 {main}
Backup failed because: The dump process failed with exitcode 1 : General error : .

[tobias-kuendig]

It looks like this commit to db-dumper caused the problem:

spatie/db-dumper@d114fb8

The gzip executable is not available on Windows.

spatie/db-dumper@d114fb8#diff-ef96e9262b9ecfcf31e59d4b11ac335fR254

Setting gzip_database_dump to false solved the problem for me.

Also, I had to upgrade to the latest version. This was also a problem:
spatie/db-dumper@6a2698e