MySQL database backup
A bash script to store databases in separate files with daily, weekly and monthly rotation.
Usage
./mysqlbackup.sh
Configuration (optional)
Copy mysqlbackup.sample.conf to: mysqlbackup.conf and customise as necessary.
Background
Normally using:
mysqldump --all-databases
Means that all databases are backed up into one massive single file; so it makes it a little bit tricky to pull out individual databases.
This is based on MySQL backup bash script will automatically separate out the databases into their own files making it a lot easier to manage.
The mysqldump command has been customised to be more reliable (handling UTF-8, stored procedures, not breaking foreign key indexes etc.) and the ability to handle multiple config files. It can also automatically rotate archive backups for x number of months, weeks and days.