<![CDATA[Backup failed: EHOSTDOWN: host is down, mkdir]]>My backup failed with this error.

name: 'BoxError',
reason: 'External Error',
details: {},
message: 'EHOSTDOWN: host is down, mkdir'

What does it mean?

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/topic/4595/backup-failed-ehostdown-host-is-down-mkdirRSS for NodeSun, 14 Jun 2026 10:01:35 GMTSat, 06 Mar 2021 00:15:56 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Backup failed: EHOSTDOWN: host is down, mkdir on Sat, 06 Mar 2021 14:53:39 GMT]]>@jdaviescoates you should probably use the cifs provider, since then at least the error message would be more obvious when not mounted

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/27174https://forum.cloudron.io/post/27174Sat, 06 Mar 2021 14:53:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Backup failed: EHOSTDOWN: host is down, mkdir on Sat, 06 Mar 2021 13:23:01 GMT]]>@girish said in Backup failed: EHOSTDOWN: host is down, mkdir:

Can you check if it's still mounted and working on the server?

It seems to be.

As in, I can cd into it fine.

BTW, I noticed that in my Backups setting on Cloudron I've got:

Provider: filesystem

I wonder if perhaps I should be using Provider: CIFS Mount instead? (it is indeed a CIFS mount)

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/27171https://forum.cloudron.io/post/27171Sat, 06 Mar 2021 13:23:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Backup failed: EHOSTDOWN: host is down, mkdir on Sat, 06 Mar 2021 00:31:46 GMT]]>@jdaviescoates Looks like this might be coming from the CIFS mount for backups. Can you check if it's still mounted and working on the server?

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