Linux shell script for database backup

Question

I tried many scripts for database backup but I couldn\'t make it. I want to backup my database every hour.
I added files to \"/etc/cron.hourly/\" folder, changed its chm

Answer 1

Here is my mysql backup script for ubuntu in case it helps someone.

#Mysql back up script

start_time="$(date -u +%s)"

now(){
date +%d-%B-%Y_%H-%M-%S
}

ip(){
/sbin/ifconfig eth0 2>/dev/null|awk '/inet addr:/ {print $2}'|sed 's/addr://'
}

filename="`now`".zip
backupfolder=/path/to/any/folder
fullpathbackupfile=$backupfolder/$filename
db_user=xxx
db_password=xxx
db_name=xxx

printf "\n\n"
printf "******************************\n"
printf "Started Automatic Mysql Backup\n"
printf "******************************\n"
printf "TIME: `now`\n"
printf "IP_ADDRESS: `ip` \n"
printf "DB_SERVER_NAME: DB-SERVER-1\n"

printf "%sBACKUP_FILE_PATH $fullpathbackupfile\n"

printf "Starting Mysql Dump \n"

mysqldump -u $db_user -p$db_password $db_name| pv | zip > $fullpathbackupfile

end_time="$(date -u +%s)"

elapsed=$(($end_time-$start_time))

printf "%sMysql Dump Completed In $elapsed seconds\n"

printf "******************************\n"

PS: Rememember to install pv and zip in your ubuntu

sudo apt install pv
sudo apt install zip

Here is how I set crontab by using crontab -e in ubuntu to run every 6 hours

0 */6 * * * sh /path/to/shfile/backup-mysql.sh >> /path/to/logs/backup-mysql.log 2>&1

Cool thing is it will create a zip file which is easier to unzip from anywhere