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Backup and restore a mysql database from a running Docker mysql container
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| # Backup | |
| docker exec CONTAINER /usr/bin/mysqldump -u root --password=root DATABASE > backup.sql | |
| # Backup with compression | |
| docker exec CONTAINER /usr/bin/mysqldump -u root --password=root DATABASE | gzip > `date +%Y-%m-%d-%T%z`-NAME.sql.gz | |
| # Restore | |
| cat backup.sql | docker exec -i CONTAINER /usr/bin/mysql -u root --password=root DATABASE | |
| # Restore from gzip | |
| zcat 2018-11-14-backup.sql.gz | docker exec -i CONTAINER /usr/bin/mysql -u root --password=root DATABASE | |
| # Extra: Add the --default-character-set=utf8mb4 flag to get emojis in the database to work. | |
| # Backup | |
| docker exec CONTAINER /usr/bin/mysqldump --default-character-set=utf8mb4 -u root --password=root DATABASE > backup.sql | |
| # Restore | |
| cat backup.sql | docker exec -i CONTAINER /usr/bin/mysql --default-character-set=utf8mb4 -u root --password=root DATABASE |
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