redis: backing up dump.rdb

Question

Context

I have a live running redis-server.

I want to make a backup.

Idea:

I want to do the following:

cp dump.rdb ~/some-oth         


        

Answer 1

If you using Amazon S3, it's very simple to backup Redis database with s3cmd tool.

s3cmd: http://s3tools.org/s3cmd

Tutorial: http://guchex.com/viniciusfbm/post/50/how-to-backup-redis-database-encrypted-to-s3-via-command-line-ubuntu