how to mysqldump remote db from local machine

Question

I need to do a mysqldump of a database on a remote server, but the server does not have mysqldump installed. I would like to use the mysqldump on my machine to connect to th

Answer 1

mysqldump from remote server use SSL

1- Security with SSL

192.168.0.101 - remote server

192.168.0.102 - local server

Remore server

CREATE USER 'backup_remote_2'@'192.168.0.102' IDENTIFIED WITH caching_sha2_password BY '3333333' REQUIRE SSL;

GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO 'backup_remote_2'@'192.168.0.102';

FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

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Local server

sudo /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqldump \
 --databases test_1 \
 --host=192.168.0.101 \
 --user=backup_remote_2 \
 --password=3333333 \
 --master-data \
 --set-gtid-purged \
 --events \
 --triggers \
 --routines \
 --verbose \
 --ssl-mode=REQUIRED \
 --result-file=/home/db_1.sql

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2 - Security with SSL (REQUIRE X509)

192.168.0.101 - remote server

192.168.0.102 - local server

Remore server

CREATE USER 'backup_remote'@'192.168.0.102' IDENTIFIED WITH caching_sha2_password BY '1111111' REQUIRE X509;

GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO 'backup_remote'@'192.168.0.102';

FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

-

Local server

sudo /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqldump \
 --databases test_1 \
 --host=192.168.0.101 \
 --user=backup_remote \
 --password=1111111 \
 --events \
 --triggers \
 --routines \
 --verbose \
 --ssl-mode=VERIFY_CA \
 --ssl-ca=/usr/local/mysql/data/ssl/ca.pem \
 --ssl-cert=/usr/local/mysql/data/ssl/client-cert.pem \
 --ssl-key=/usr/local/mysql/data/ssl/client-key.pem \
 --result-file=/home/db_name.sql

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[Note]

On local server

/usr/local/mysql/data/ssl/

-rw------- 1 mysql mysql 1.7K Apr 16 22:28 ca-key.pem
-rw-r--r-- 1 mysql mysql 1.1K Apr 16 22:28 ca.pem
-rw-r--r-- 1 mysql mysql 1.1K Apr 16 22:28 client-cert.pem
-rw------- 1 mysql mysql 1.7K Apr 16 22:28 client-key.pem

Copy this files from remote server for (REQUIRE X509) or if SSL without (REQUIRE X509) do not copy

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On remote server

/usr/local/mysql/data/

-rw------- 1 mysql mysql 1.7K Apr 16 22:28  ca-key.pem
-rw-r--r-- 1 mysql mysql 1.1K Apr 16 22:28  ca.pem
-rw-r--r-- 1 mysql mysql 1.1K Apr 16 22:28  client-cert.pem
-rw------- 1 mysql mysql 1.7K Apr 16 22:28  client-key.pem
-rw------- 1 mysql mysql 1.7K Apr 16 22:28  private_key.pem
-rw-r--r-- 1 mysql mysql  451 Apr 16 22:28  public_key.pem
-rw-r--r-- 1 mysql mysql 1.1K Apr 16 22:28  server-cert.pem
-rw------- 1 mysql mysql 1.7K Apr 16 22:28  server-key.pem

my.cnf

[mysqld]
# SSL
ssl_ca=/usr/local/mysql/data/ca.pem
ssl_cert=/usr/local/mysql/data/server-cert.pem
ssl_key=/usr/local/mysql/data/server-key.pem

Increase Password Security

https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/password-security-user.html