How to backup mysql database on ubuntu server
Here is how to backup mysql database on ubuntu server, mysql database user "groovy"
password "XgjtCbnhZffdnbbf" mysql database data will be copied to a file "groovydump.sql"
login to ssh
login as: root
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root@stoli:~# mysqldump -ugroovy -pXgjtCbnhZffdnbbf --all-databases > groovydump.sql
root@stoli:~# ls
groovydump.sql install.sh Maildir virtualmin-install.log
To restore dump
root@stoli:~# mysqldump -ugroovy -pXgjtCbnhZffdnbbf [database_name] < groovydump.sql