This is reminder to myself (but if it’s usefull, then feel free).
Forgot the name of the database (Duh!)
mysql -u root -p Enter password: Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g. Your MySQL connection id is 887 Server version: 5.1.63-0ubuntu0.10.04.1 (Ubuntu) Copyright (c) 2000, 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Oracle is a registered trademark of Oracle Corporation and/or its affiliates. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners. Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the current input statement. mysql> show databases; +--------------------+ | Database | +--------------------+ | information_schema | | billy_wordpress | | mysql | +--------------------+ 3 rows in set (0.01 sec) mysql> quit Bye
Backup wordpress MySQL database
mysqldump -u root -p billy_wordpress > wordpress.sql
Encrypt using gpg for offsite storage, remember your not using your (or someone’s) public key to encrypt the file, your using a specific password so…
Hint: Keep a note of the password.
gpg -c wordpress.sql
The encryted file will have a gpg extension, so in my case it’s called “wordpress.sql.gpg”.
How to Decrypt the file
gpg wordpress.sql.gpg
Will give you 2 files, the original encrypted wordpress.sql.gpg file, and the unencryped wordpress.sql file.
References:
Encrypting and decrypting documents
Backup and Restore MySQL Databases