NAME
automysqlbackup - backup all of your database daily, weekly, and monthly
SYNOPSIS
automysqlbackup
DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents briefly the automysqlbackup command.
configuration is stored within the /etc/default/automysqlbackup file
PARAMETERS
- USERNAME=dbuser
-
Username to access the MySQL server e.g. dbuser
- PASSWORD="password"
-
Username to access the MySQL server e.g. password
- DBHOST=localhost
-
Host name (or IP address) of MySQL server e.g localhost
- DBNAMES="DB1 DB2 DB3"
-
List of DBNAMES for Daily/Weekly Backup e.g. "DB1 DB2 DB3"
- BACKUPDIR="/backups"
-
Backup directory location e.g /backups
- MAILCONTENT="stdout"
-
Mail setup What would you like to be mailed to you?
- log : send only log file
- files : send log file and sql files as attachments (see docs)
- stdout : will simply output the log to the screen if run manually.
- quiet : Only send logs if an error occurs to the MAILADDR.
- MAXATTSIZE="4000"
-
Set the maximum allowed email size in k. (4000 = approx 5MB email [see docs])
- MAILADDR="[email protected]"
-
Email Address to send mail to? ([email protected])
ADVANCED OPTIONS
- MDBNAMES="mysql $DBNAMES"
-
List of DBBNAMES for Monthly Backups.
- DBEXCLUDE=""
-
List of DBNAMES to EXCLUDE if DBNAMES are set to all (must be in " quotes)
- CREATE_DATABASE=yes
-
Include CREATE DATABASE in backup?
- SEPDIR=yes
-
Separate backup directory and file for each DB? (yes or no)
- DOWEEKLY=6
-
Which day do you want weekly backups at? (1 to 7 where 1 is Monday)
- COMP=gzip
-
Choose Compression type. (gzip or bzip2)
- COMMCOMP=no
-
Compress communications between backup server and MySQL server?
- LATEST=no
-
Additionally keep a copy of the most recent backup in a separate directory.
- MAX_ALLOWED_PACKET=
-
The maximum size of the buffer for client/server communication. e.g. 16MB (maximum i
- SOCKET=
-
For connections to localhost. Sometimes the Unix socket file must be specified.
- #PREBACKUP="/etc/automysqlbackup/mysql-backup-pre"
-
Command to run before backups (uncomment to use)
- #POSTBACKUP="/etc/automysqlbackup/mysql-backup-post"
-
Command run after backups (uncomment to use)
AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Jose Luis Tallon <[email protected]>. for the Debian GNU/Linux system, but can be used by others.