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

I have prepared a Shell Script to create a Backup of MYSQL database. You can use it so that we have backup of our database(s).

    #!/bin/bash
    export PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin
    TODAY=`date +"%d%b%Y_%I:%M:%S%p"`

    ################################################################
    ################## Update below values  ########################
    DB_BACKUP_PATH='/backup/dbbackup'
    MYSQL_HOST='localhost'
    MYSQL_PORT='3306'
    MYSQL_USER='auriga'
    MYSQL_PASSWORD='auriga@123'
    DATABASE_NAME=( Project_O2 o2)
    BACKUP_RETAIN_DAYS=30   ## Number of days to keep local backup copy; Enable script code in end of th script

    #################################################################
    { mkdir -p ${DB_BACKUP_PATH}/${TODAY}
        echo "
                                ${TODAY}" >> ${DB_BACKUP_PATH}/Backup-Report.txt
    } || {
        echo "Can not make Directry"
        echo "Possibly Path is wrong"
    }
    { if ! mysql -u ${MYSQL_USER} -p${MYSQL_PASSWORD} -e 'exit'; then
        echo 'Failed! You may have Incorrect PASSWORD/USER ' >> ${DB_BACKUP_PATH}/Backup-Report.txt
        exit 1
    fi

        for DB in "${DATABASE_NAME[@]}"; do
            if ! mysql -u ${MYSQL_USER} -p${MYSQL_PASSWORD} -e "use "${DB}; then
                echo "Failed! Database ${DB} Not Found on ${TODAY}" >> ${DB_BACKUP_PATH}/Backup-Report.txt

            else
                # echo "Backup started for database - ${DB}"            
                # mysqldump -h localhost -P 3306 -u auriga -pauriga@123 Project_O2      # use gzip..

                mysqldump -h ${MYSQL_HOST} -P ${MYSQL_PORT} -u ${MYSQL_USER} -p${MYSQL_PASSWORD} \
                          --databases ${DB} | gzip > ${DB_BACKUP_PATH}/${TODAY}/${DB}-${TODAY}.sql.gz

                if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
                    touch ${DB_BACKUP_PATH}/Backup-Report.txt
                    echo "successfully backed-up of ${DB} on ${TODAY}" >> ${DB_BACKUP_PATH}/Backup-Report.txt
                    # echo "Database backup successfully completed"

                else
                    touch ${DB_BACKUP_PATH}/Backup-Report.txt
                    echo "Failed to backup of ${DB} on ${TODAY}" >> ${DB_BACKUP_PATH}/Backup-Report.txt
                    # echo "Error found during backup"
                    exit 1
                fi
            fi
        done
    } || {
        echo "Failed during backup"
        echo "Failed to backup on ${TODAY}" >> ${DB_BACKUP_PATH}/Backup-Report.txt
        # ./myshellsc.sh 2> ${DB_BACKUP_PATH}/Backup-Report.txt
    }

    ##### Remove backups older than {BACKUP_RETAIN_DAYS} days  #####

    # DBDELDATE=`date +"%d%b%Y" --date="${BACKUP_RETAIN_DAYS} days ago"`

    # if [ ! -z ${DB_BACKUP_PATH} ]; then
    #       cd ${DB_BACKUP_PATH}
    #       if [ ! -z ${DBDELDATE} ] && [ -d ${DBDELDATE} ]; then
    #             rm -rf ${DBDELDATE}
    #       fi
    # fi

    ### End of script ####

In the script we just need to give our Username, Password, Name of Database(or Databases if more than one) also Port number if Different.

To Run the script use Command as:

sudo ./script.sc

I also Suggest that if You want to see the Result in a file Like: Failure Occurs or Successful in backing-up, then Use the Command as Below:

sudo ./myshellsc.sh 2>> Backup-Report.log

Thank You.

Answer 2

#!/bin/bash

# Add your backup dir location, password, mysql location and mysqldump        location
DATE=$(date +%d-%m-%Y)
BACKUP_DIR="/var/www/back"
MYSQL_USER="root"
MYSQL_PASSWORD=""
MYSQL='/usr/bin/mysql'
MYSQLDUMP='/usr/bin/mysqldump'
DB='demo'

#to empty the backup directory and delete all previous backups
rm -r $BACKUP_DIR/*  

mysqldump -u root -p'' demo | gzip -9 > $BACKUP_DIR/demo$date_format.sql.$DATE.gz

#changing permissions of directory 
chmod -R 777 $BACKUP_DIR

Answer 3

Create a script similar to this:

#!/bin/sh -e

location=~/`date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S`.db

mysqldump -u root --password=<your password> database_name > $location

gzip $location

Then you can edit the crontab of the user that the script is going to run as:

$> crontab -e

And append the entry

01 * * * * ~/script_path.sh

This will make it run on the first minute of every hour every day.

Then you just have to add in your rolls and other functionality and you are good to go.

Answer 4

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