Backup Database Using Command Line in Linux

How to backup a database using command line - Linux

To create a backup of a database you need to SSH into the server.

ssh -p <portnumber> 'user'@servername.com

Then enter the following command replacing DATABASE_NAME with the name of your database in order to generate your backup which will be called BACKUP.sql.

 mysqldump DATABASE_NAME > BACKUP.sql 

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