├── README.md
└── dbbackup.py


/README.md:
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1 | # python-mysql-backup
2 | Python scripts for MySQL database backup.
3 | 


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/dbbackup.py:
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 1 | #!/usr/bin/python
 2 | 
 3 | ###########################################################
 4 | #
 5 | # This python script is used for mysql database backup
 6 | # using mysqldump and tar utility.
 7 | #
 8 | # Written by : Rahul Kumar
 9 | # Website: http://tecadmin.net
10 | # Created date: Dec 03, 2013
11 | # Last modified: Aug 17, 2018 
12 | # Tested with : Python 2.7.15 & Python 3.5
13 | # Script Revision: 1.4
14 | #
15 | ##########################################################
16 | 
17 | # Import required python libraries
18 | 
19 | import os
20 | import time
21 | import datetime
22 | import pipes
23 | 
24 | # MySQL database details to which backup to be done. Make sure below user having enough privileges to take databases backup.
25 | # To take multiple databases backup, create any file like /backup/dbnames.txt and put databases names one on each line and assigned to DB_NAME variable.
26 | 
27 | DB_HOST = 'localhost' 
28 | DB_USER = 'root'
29 | DB_USER_PASSWORD = '_mysql_user_password_'
30 | #DB_NAME = '/backup/dbnameslist.txt'
31 | DB_NAME = 'db_name_to_backup'
32 | BACKUP_PATH = '/backup/dbbackup'
33 | 
34 | # Getting current DateTime to create the separate backup folder like "20180817-123433".
35 | DATETIME = time.strftime('%Y%m%d-%H%M%S')
36 | TODAYBACKUPPATH = BACKUP_PATH + '/' + DATETIME
37 | 
38 | # Checking if backup folder already exists or not. If not exists will create it.
39 | try:
40 |     os.stat(TODAYBACKUPPATH)
41 | except:
42 |     os.mkdir(TODAYBACKUPPATH)
43 | 
44 | # Code for checking if you want to take single database backup or assinged multiple backups in DB_NAME.
45 | print ("checking for databases names file.")
46 | if os.path.exists(DB_NAME):
47 |     file1 = open(DB_NAME)
48 |     multi = 1
49 |     print ("Databases file found...")
50 |     print ("Starting backup of all dbs listed in file " + DB_NAME)
51 | else:
52 |     print ("Databases file not found...")
53 |     print ("Starting backup of database " + DB_NAME)
54 |     multi = 0
55 | 
56 | # Starting actual database backup process.
57 | if multi:
58 |    in_file = open(DB_NAME,"r")
59 |    flength = len(in_file.readlines())
60 |    in_file.close()
61 |    p = 1
62 |    dbfile = open(DB_NAME,"r")
63 | 
64 |    while p <= flength:
65 |        db = dbfile.readline()   # reading database name from file
66 |        db = db[:-1]         # deletes extra line
67 |        dumpcmd = "mysqldump -h " + DB_HOST + " -u " + DB_USER + " -p" + DB_USER_PASSWORD + " " + db + " > " + pipes.quote(TODAYBACKUPPATH) + "/" + db + ".sql"
68 |        os.system(dumpcmd)
69 |        gzipcmd = "gzip " + pipes.quote(TODAYBACKUPPATH) + "/" + db + ".sql"
70 |        os.system(gzipcmd)
71 |        p = p + 1
72 |    dbfile.close()
73 | else:
74 |    db = DB_NAME
75 |    dumpcmd = "mysqldump -h " + DB_HOST + " -u " + DB_USER + " -p" + DB_USER_PASSWORD + " " + db + " > " + pipes.quote(TODAYBACKUPPATH) + "/" + db + ".sql"
76 |    os.system(dumpcmd)
77 |    gzipcmd = "gzip " + pipes.quote(TODAYBACKUPPATH) + "/" + db + ".sql"
78 |    os.system(gzipcmd)
79 | 
80 | print ("")
81 | print ("Backup script completed")
82 | print ("Your backups have been created in '" + TODAYBACKUPPATH + "' directory")
83 | 


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