Backup and restore a mysql database from a running Docker mysql container

mysql-docker.sh

# 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

Still works in 2023!

I have this page in my bookmarks. I hope it stays up forever and never gets deleted

#!/bin/bash

read -p "Select your option number:
(1) BACKUP DB From Container
(2) RESTORE DB From Container
(3) BACKUP DB local
(4) RESTORE DB local
Enter your option: " option

read -p "Enter your database Name: " DATABASE
read -p "Enter your Host: " HOST
read -p "Enter your Port: " PORT
read -p "Enter your Username: " USERNAME
read -p "Enter your Password: " PASSWORD

MY_SQL_DUMP=/usr/bin/mysqldump

if [ "$option" == "1" ]; then
read -p "Enter your Container Name or ID: " Container
docker exec "$Container" "$MY_SQL_DUMP" -u "$USERNAME" --password="$PASSWORD" "$DATABASE" > "$DATABASE.sql"
elif [ "$option" == "2" ]; then
read -p "Enter your Container Name or ID: " Container
read -p "Enter your Restore-File-Path: " PATH
cat "$PATH.sql" | docker exec -i "$Container" "$MY_SQL_DUMP" -u "$USERNAME" --password="$PASSWORD" "$DATABASE"
elif [ "$option" == "3" ]; then
sudo "$MY_SQL_DUMP" -u "$USERNAME" -p"$PASSWORD" -P "$PORT" --host="$HOST" "$DATABASE" > "$DATABASE.sql"
elif [ "$option" == "4" ]; then
read -p "Enter your Restore-File-Path: " PATH
sudo "$MY_SQL_DUMP" -u "$USERNAME" -P "$PORT" -p"$PASSWORD" "$DATABASE" < "$PATH.sql"
else
echo "Invalid option selected."
fi

sudo docker

sudo docker?

sudo docker

sudo docker?

if docker does not add in a group of Linux so it does not execute with full permission

Gracias por el script de respaldo @muzzammil194

thanks a lot! still work

You should get Nobel prize for these two lines of code!

Works perfectly. thank you!

It works, thanks.