How to Backup and Restore MySQL or MariaDB on Linux Cloud Servers

2020-03-12 By Aaron 7114 Views linux mysql mariadb security
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In a database management system, backup is an important part of dealing with databases.

In MySQL/ MariaDB database, the mysqldump command is used to take the backup of the database. It’s designed specifically for backup purposes. Mysqldump can be used to back up a single database, multiple databases, and all databases.


Backup Procedures


Backing up a single database

We can run the following command in the shell prompt to take the backup for a single database.

# mysqldump -u root -p database_name > database_name.sql

NOTE: Please replace the database_name with your real database name. Depending on the database size, the process can take some time.

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Backing up all databases

We can run the following command in the shell prompt to take the backup for all databases.

For that, need to add --all-databases option with mysqldump.

# mysqldump -u root -p --all-databases > all-databases.sql

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Restore Procedures


Restoring a MySQL backup

We can run the following command in the shell prompt to restore a MySQL backup.

For that, need to find the .sql backup file and run the following command.

# mysql -u root -p database_name < file.sql

NOTE: Please replace the database_name with your real database name and file with .sql backup file name.

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Restoring all MySQL backup

We can run the following command in the shell prompt to restore all MySQL backups.

# mysql -u root -p < all-databases.sql

NOTE: Please replace the all-databases.sql file with your backup file name.

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Restoring a single database from a dump of all the databases

For that, need to add --one-database option with MySQL query.

# mysql -u root -p --one-database database_name < all_databases.sql

NOTE: Please replace the database_name with your real database name and all_databases.sql with the MySQL backup file name.

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