sql-backup - Backup your MySQL / MariaDB server !

Backup your MySQL / MariaDB server ( structure, data, users, grants, views, triggers, routines, events )

Install

Clone the repository

curl -L -# -o sql-backup.zip https://github.com/code-lts/sql-backup/archive/refs/tags/v1.2.0.zip

Unzip file

unzip sql-backup.zip

Move into the directory

cd sql-backup-1.2.0/

Copy the configuration example

cp .env.dist .env

Edit your configuration file

Nano

nano .env

Vi

vi .env

Start backup

Execute this command to start the backup !

./backup.sh

Extras

To use an external env file in a custom location, example :

export BACKUP_CONFIG_ENVFILE="/home/myuser/secretbackupconfig.env.txt"

./backup.sh

unset BACKUP_CONFIG_ENVFILE

You can use the variables of the env file in the ON_SUCCESS variable, example :

ON_SUCCESS="${BACKUP_DIR}/onsuccessscript.sh"

Options

NAME	DEFAULT VALUE	OPTIONAL
BACKUP_DIR		NO
MYSQL_HOST		NO
MYSQL_USER		NO
MYSQL_PASS		YES
MYSQL_PORT	3306	YES
SKIP_DATABASES		YES
EXPERT_ARGS	--default-character-set=utf8 --extended-insert=FALSE --single-transaction --skip-comments --skip-dump-date --hex-blob --tz-utc	YES
ON_SUCCESS		YES
SKIP_OP		YES

ON_SUCCESS is called on script success

Example .env

BACKUP_DIR=/sql_backup
MYSQL_HOST=localhost
MYSQL_USER=root
MYSQL_PASS=root
MYSQL_PORT=3306
SKIP_DATABASES=mysql,sys,information_schema,performance_schema,phpmyadmin
SKIP_OP=users,grants

Files

NAME	DESCRIPTION
database.sql	All the data
structure.sql	The structure of the databases and tables
grants.sql	The grants for all users except root
events.sql	The scheduled events
views.sql	The views
triggers.sql	The triggers
routines.sql	All the procedures & functions
users.sql	All MySQL users

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