Overview
MokonyxBackup can send notifications when backups complete or fail, over both email and ntfy push. Notifications are configured per profile, giving you fine-grained control over who gets notified and when. Component-level defaults fill in any field a profile leaves blank.
Configuration
Open a backup profile and go to the Notifications tab:
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Notification Email | Comma-separated email addresses to receive notifications |
| Notify User Groups | Select Joomla user groups — all members will receive notifications |
| Notify on Success | Send when a backup completes successfully (default: No) |
| Notify on Failure | Send when a backup fails (default: Yes) |
| ntfy Topic / Server / Token | Optional ntfy push: topic, server (default https://ntfy.mokoconsulting.tech), and access token |
Email addresses and user group members are combined. Duplicate addresses are automatically filtered.
Global Defaults and Inheritance
Component-wide defaults live in Components → Backup → Options, on the Notifications tab — which now also contains the ntfy push settings (server, topic, token) that previously had their own section. You can set a default notification email, notify-on-success and notify-on-failure, and ntfy server, topic, and token there.
These defaults are applied per field: when a profile leaves a notification or ntfy field blank, it inherits the component-level value; when a profile sets its own value, that value is used instead. Inheritance applies to both backup-completion notifications and restore/snapshot notifications.
Email Content
Subject Line
[MokonyxBackup] SUCCESS: Daily Full Backup — My Joomla Site
[MokonyxBackup] FAILED: Daily Full Backup — My Joomla SiteEmail Body Includes
- Site name and URL
- Backup status (success/failure)
- Profile name and backup type
- Backup description and origin (backend, CLI, scheduled, web cron)
- Archive filename and total size
- Duration, start time, and end time
- Remote filename (if uploaded to SFTP/FTP/S3/Google Drive)
- File count and table count
On failure, the last 30 lines of the backup log are appended to help diagnose the issue.
Tips
- For critical production sites, enable Notify on Failure and add the site admin's email or an ntfy topic
- Use user group notifications to automatically include new team members
- Set a notification email and ntfy topic once in the component Options and leave those fields blank on individual profiles to have every profile inherit the same recipients
- Notification errors are logged but never block the backup process — a failed email won't cause a backup failure