MySQL

Tools

• PHPMyAdmin

Common task

Change password

set password = password("yournewpassword");

Scripts

Hot backup - All databases

#!/bin/sh
# by gacq
#
# MySQL root password
PASSWORD=$1

# Delete backups older than the number of days specified in DAYS
DAYS=8

OUTPUTDIR="/srv/backup/mysql"

date=`date +%F_%T | tr \: _`
mysqldump --all-databases --password=$PASSWORD | gzip > $OUTPUTDIR/all-databases-${date}.sql.gz

# Delete older backups
find $OUTPUTDIR -type f -name "all-databases.*.sql" -ctime $DAYS -exec rm -f {} \;

Hot backup - One database

#!/bin/sh
# by gacq
#
# MySQL root password
PASSWORD=$1
DATABASE=$2

# Delete backups older than the number of days specified in DAYS
DAYS=8

OUTPUTDIR="/srv/backup/mysql"

date=`date +%F_%T | tr \: _`
mysqldump --password=$PASSWORD $DATABASE | gzip > $DATABASE-${date}.sql.gz

# Delete older backups
find $OUTPUTDIR -type f -name "all-databases.*.sql" -ctime $DAYS -exec rm -f {} \;