Lambda S3 mysqldump

AWS Lambda function which mysqldumps an RDS to S3

Installation

install node-lambda

npm install -g node-lambda

Usage

add configuration settings to env file.

Probably needs a lambda layer to run the aws command. mysqldump bin is included.

cp example.env .env

Deploy with node-lambda

node-lambda deploy

also add your environment variables in the lambda management console:

• EXPORT_DB_HOST the RDS endpoint
• EXPORT_DB_NAME the name of the database to dump
• EXPORT_DB_USERNAME the username
• EXPORT_DB_PASSWORD the password
• EXPORT_S3_PATH the name of the destination S3 bucket