EC3: AutoMySQLBackup via Cron

AutoMySQLBackup: Many scripts exist on the web to automate the backup process. We’ll use AutoMySQLBackup because it will take daily, weekly and monthly backups of your MySQL databases using mysqldump. It will backup multiple databases to a single backup file or to a separate file for each DB. It will also compress the backup files on your web server. It can email results, and even send the DB as an attachment. We’ll use this open source script file to do our backups, and use UNIX’s cron program to schedule our backups to run at intervals.

Potentially 20 Points Extra Credit: For a potential 20 extra points you can enable AutoMySQLBackup to backup your MySQL file via a CRON script.  For instructions, please follow view the Database Backups/CRON Page, and use the following zip file: Database Backup Strategies/AutoMySQLBackup via CRON ZIP FILE Links to an external site.

Submission: For submission on this extra credit, turn in a print with your name on it, or upload a jpg snapshot of your backup folder with backup data created via AutoMySQLBackup & CRON visible!