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Backup and restore a mysql database from a running Docker mysql container
# Backup
docker exec CONTAINER /usr/bin/mysqldump -u root --password=root DATABASE > backup.sql
# Restore
cat backup.sql | docker exec -i CONTAINER /usr/bin/mysql -u root --password=root DATABASE
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fjod commented Aug 19, 2020

MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: "sample"
MYSQL_DATABASE: "accountowner"
MYSQL_USER: "dbuser"
MYSQL_PASSWORD: "dbuserpassword"
MYSQL_RANDOM_ROOT_PASSWORD: "yes"

docker exec CONTAINER /usr/bin/mysqldump -u dbuser--password=dbuserpassword accountowner > backup.sql

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