README.md

mysql-s3-backup

Backup from MySQL to S3 & Restore from S3 to MySQL

Requirements

• mysqldump
• (configured) aws-cli
  https://aws.amazon.com/cli/
• tar

Usage

Backup

bash /path/to/backup.sh -u FROM_MYSQL_USER -p FROM_MYSQL_PASSWORD -h FROM_MYSQL_HOST -d FROM_MYSQL_DATABASE -b TO_S3_BUCKET_NAME

Restore

bash /path/to/restore.sh -u TO_MYSQL_USER -p TO_MYSQL_PASSWORD -h TO_MYSQL_HOST -d TO_MYSQL_DATABASE -b FROM_S3_BUCKET_NAME

Cron

Daily

Add the following line to /etc/cron.d/db-backup to run the script every day at midnight (UTC time)

0 0 * * * root /bin/bash /path/to/backup.sh -u FROM_MYSQL_USER -p FROM_MYSQL_PASSWORD -h FROM_MYSQL_HOST -d FROM_MYSQL_DATABASE -b TO_S3_BUCKET_NAME