Backing up MySQL in B3 Server to rsync.net

Sun, 06 Nov 2011 18:27:00 +0000

In a previous post I talked about how to backup to rsync.net using duplicity.

I will now show how to backup your B3 Server Mysql databases using the same method.

Installation

Be sure duplicity is installed:

1su
2apt-get install duplicity

1ssh-keygen -t rsa

1scp ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub user@server.rsync.net:.ssh/authorized_keys

If you already have a key from another machine or user in rsyn.net, you need to add a new one:

1cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub | ssh user@server.rsync.net 'dd of=.ssh/authorized_keys oflag=append conv=notrunc'

1gpg --gen-key

1gpg --list-keys

Look in the output something like this. Look for the public key (in this example your public key is 1AAB123A)

1pub 1239A/**1AAB123A** 2011-10-09 [expires: 2012-10-08]
2uid Your Name (name) <mail@mail.com>
3sub 54321/1234BBCC 2011-10-09 [expires: 2012-10-08]

I have MyISAM tables, so I will be using the mysqlhotcopy command. You can also use mysqldump.

Thu, 20 Mar 2008 21:31:00 +0000

Ok, setting up Apache, PHP and MySQL is super easy. I used this tip from Ubuntu Forum.

I also want to import my site and database from Windows.

In my case, the Ultimate Edition already had this installed :-)

I just updated Apache, MySQL and PHP using System > Administration > Update Manager.