This is the final article (I think…) on MySQL database backup. In my previous article I discussed how to craft a very efficient script for automated LOCAL backup of your MySQL databases. But that isn’t the whole story. What happens if your server burns to the ground… or more likely the hard drive gives up […]
Earlier this year I wrote an article about creating scripts for backing up your MySQL databases. A week ago I wrote another article about automated and secure root user login to your root MySQL database account. I have also been learning Python on and off and learning quite a bit about variables and loops. While […]
If you haven’t gotten around to setting up regular backups of your website MySQL databases you are asking for serious trouble. In this article I am going to provide shell script examples that you can use to quickly setup database backup jobs. As far as scope goes, we are going to be talking about how […]
This tutorial assumes you have some experience with Linux administration although I try to hand-hold as much as possible. If you are on a shared hosting solution and don’t have root access, you can easily modify the shell script we will create later to target your user’s home directory on the server. You also need […]