https://github.com/realtriassic/mysql-backup

A bash script to automatically dump, compress and store your MySQL/MariaDB database backups.
https://github.com/realtriassic/mysql-backup

backup backup-script bash mariadb mysql mysqldump-backup

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A bash script to automatically dump, compress and store your MySQL/MariaDB database backups.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/realtriassic/mysql-backup
• Owner: RealTriassic
• License: unlicense
• Created: 2023-09-07T15:03:34.000Z (over 1 year ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2023-09-07T15:37:46.000Z (over 1 year ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-11-12T18:15:03.809Z (3 months ago)
• Topics: backup, backup-script, bash, mariadb, mysql, mysqldump-backup
• Language: Shell
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• Size: 9.77 KB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# MySQL-Backup

A bash script to automatically dump, compress and store your MySQL/MariaDB database backups.

# Configuration

- `BACKUP_DIR` - The directory to be used for storing the database backups.

- `MYSQL_USER` - MySQL username, typically you'd use the root user.

- `MYSQL_PASSWORD` Password for your MySQL user, if user has no password, keep as empty string.

- `BACKUPS_TO_KEEP` - Amount of backups to store before deleting the oldest one.

Once configured, I recommend running the script at least once manually and see if backups are created successfully.

## Making it run automatically

You can use a simple cronjob to make it execute the script automatically.

⚠️ **This is an example**, you may have to edit the cronjob if you have renamed/relocated the script.

1. Run `crontab -e` to open the cronjob editor.

2. Press `i` to enable insert mode in the editor.

3. Paste this into a new line: `0 0 * * * bash /root/backup.sh >> /dev/null 2>&1`

4. Press ESC (Escape) on your keyboard.

5. Type `:wq` to save and exit.

> This is going to create a new backup of all databases every 24 hours at midnight, but you can adjust the cronjob as you wish to have it run whenever you want.

# License

This project is licensed under the Unlicense License, you may view the LICENSE [here](https://github.com/RealTriassic/MySQL-Backup/blob/main/LICENSE).