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

#!/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.

It works, for me. Thanks

Thanks!

I've visited this link countless times! Thank you for providing such a helpful sample.

beautiful piece of code

Perfect!

good one @muzzammil194

thanks buddy!