A simple MYSQL script that creates database with resources from Umuzi Photo Lab.
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mysqldump
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Docker-compose configurations
- Windows: download the "MySQL Product Archives" from https://downloads.mysql.com/archives/community/. After extracting the file, add the "bin" folder (This includes mysqldump.exe) to Windows PATH so as to have it available from command line.
- Linux: Install the MySQL Client.
mysql_config_editor Passing passwords within the command line is a bad practice. mysql_config_editor enables you to store authentication in a .mylogin.cnf file so you don't need to pass it to the command line. For more info, go to https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/mysql-config-editor.html
- Windows: It's also included in the "MySQL Product Archives"
- Linux: It's part of the MySQL Client tools
To check your login paths execute the following. These login paths will be used in your JSON file.
shell> mysql_config_editor print --all [loginpath1] user = dbuser1 password = ***** host = yourdbhost1 [loginpath2] user = dbuser2 password = ***** host = yourdbhost2
YAML File
Create a file containing a list of DBs to be backed up. The DB list must be in YML format. See example below:-
version: "3.3" services: postgres: image: postgres:9.6 environment: - POSTGRES_USER=myaccount - POSTGRES_PASSWORD=password - POSTGRES_DB=visitordb volumes: - ./gitignore/postgresql:/var/lib/postgresql/data ports: - 5432:5432
adminer: image: adminer restart: always ports: - 8080:8080
