MySQL Dump Backup
This is a short snippet of code to dump a logical backup of a MySQL database and upload it to a WebDAV server.
Installation
You can install the script simply issuing the command sudo install dbbackup /path/to/install/location from the command line.
Setup
Once you have installed it remember to configure the MySQL client and the remote WebDAV server credentials. Specifically prepare two files such as:
- ~/.my.cnf:
[client]
user = username
password = the_password- ~/.dbdumpbackup/config (create with
mkdir ~/.dbdumpbackup):
USR="username"
PSW="the password"
DBNAME="database name"
REMOTE="WebDAV location"Remember to issue chmod 600 ~/.my.cnf ~/.dbdumpbackup/config for security
reasons.
Crontab
You can have the script run as a cron job issuing crontab -e as your user and
add something like 00 12 * * * /path/to/install/location/dbbackup to run
dbbackup every day at noon.
License
This is free software available freely under the MIT License.