Backup MySQL Database to FTP Server
As a server administrator, you must back up the data on a regular basis. Backups are extremely useful for recovering data in the event of a crash or corruption. I created a quick script to create database backups from MySQL and upload them to an FTP server.
As a system administrator, I suggest that you maintain a remote copy of each backup. You may also use our new advanced script to backup and export MySQL databases to remote locations.
Copy the script below into a shell script file. Then execute after updating all of the necessary values.
#!/bin/bash
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# Script Written by : Rahul Kumar
# Date: Feb 21, 2013
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DATE=`date +%d%b%y`
LOCAL_BACKUP_DIR="/backup/"
DB_NAME="test"
DB_USER="root"
DB_PASSWORD="your password"
FTP_SERVER="ftp.yehiweb.com"
FTP_USERNAME="ftp user name"
FTP_PASSWORD="ftp user password"
FTP_UPLOAD_DIR="/backup/"
LOG_FILE=/backup/backup-DATE.log
############### Local Backup ########################
mysqldump -u $DB_USER -p$DB_PASSWORD $DB_NAME | gzip > $LOCAL_BACKUP_DIR/$DB_NAME-$DATE.sql.gz
############### UPLOAD to FTP Server ################
ftp -n $FTP_SERVER << EndFTP
user "$FTP_USERNAME" "$FTP_PASSWORD"
binary
hash
cd $FTP_UPLOAD_DIR
#pwd
lcd $LOCAL_BACKUP_DIR
put "$DB_NAME-$DATE.sql.gz"
bye
EndFTP
if test $? = 0
then
echo "Database Successfully Uploaded to Ftp Server
File Name $DB_NAME-$DATE.sql.gz " > $LOG_FILE
else
echo "Error in database Upload to Ftp Server" > $LOG_FILE
fi
Setup Details – Change the following variable in the above script to match your device setting. To make the script work, make sure all of the values are right.
- LOCAL_BACKUP_DIR => Local Direction Path For Storing Backups
- DB_NAME => Name Of Database
- DB_USER => Name Of Database Administrator
- DB_PASSWORD => Password For Database Administrator
- FTP_SERVER => Hostname’s FTP Server Ip
- FTP_USERNAME => Username For FTP
- FTP_PASSWORD => Password For FTP
- FTP_UPLOAD_DIR => Backup Path for FTP Server
- LOG_FILE => Name And Location Of The Log File
I hope this script will aid you in backing up your database to an FTP server.
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