How to backup all databases in MySQL?

1 year ago
Jackson Davis
1 minute

MySQL can backup all databases using the mysqldump command. Here are the steps to backup all databases.

  1. Open the command prompt or terminal window.
  2. Log in to the MySQL server using the following command:
  3. login to mysql with the username specified and prompt for the password
  4. Username is the username for the MySQL server. After entering the command, the system will prompt you to enter the password.
  5. After entering the password, log in to the MySQL server.
  6. Enter the following command to back up all databases:
  7. Create a backup of all databases using the command mysqldump with the specified username and password, saving the output to a file named backup.sql.
  8. The username is the name of the user for the MySQL server. backup.sql is the filename where the backup data will be saved.
  9. After executing the command, the system will prompt you to enter a password. Once you enter the password, MySQL will create a file named backup.sql and back up all database contents into that file.

After the backup is completed, you will find the backup.sql file in the current working directory, which contains backup data for all databases.

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