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--- backup_database_from_remote_server [2016/08/02 22:42] – created walkeradmin
+++ backup_database_from_remote_server [2016/12/14 18:38] (current) – walkeradmin
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     sudo apt-get install mysql-client (this will install among other things mysqldump)
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+Now you can do the backup, there are a couple of considerations:
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+. Your user must have the rights (normally user accounts are localhost limited) I created a user with global rights '%'
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+<file>
+CREATE USER 'newuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
+  EG: CREATE USER 'admin'@'%' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
+Once created, the user requires permissions
+  GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON * . * TO 'newuser'@'localhost';
+If you want to be able to access the server from anywhere, replace localhost with %
+  GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON * . * TO 'admin'@'%';
+</file>
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+<color red> SUPER IMPORTANT</color> Comment these lines in /etc/mysql/my.cnf\\ <>OR SQL WILL ONLY ACCEPT LOCAL CONNECTIONS</color>
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+    skip-networking\\
+    bind-address = 127.0.0.1\\
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+. You must have rights to write to the target directory (easily overlooked)\\
+. The backup might take a few minutes, be prepared to wait.\\
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+    Now we can execute the following command:
+    mysqldump --host ipaddress -P port -u user -pPassword databasename > savename.sql
+    mysqldump --host 10.0.0.1 -P 3306 -u root -pRootPassword gallery > gallery.sql
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