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diff --git a/docs/examples/example.mysql b/docs/examples/example.mysql new file mode 100644 index 0000000..51c2247 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/examples/example.mysql @@ -0,0 +1,75 @@ +### backupninja mysql config file ### + +databases = all +backupdir = /var/backups/mysql +hotcopy = no +sqldump = yes +compress = yes + +### authentication ### + +# three authentication methods: +# +# 1. setting the user, so that /home/user/.my.cnf is used. +# user = some-unix-user +# +# 2. specifying the mysql dbuser and dbpassword, +# which generates a temporary .my.cnf in /root/.my.cnf +# dbusername = <some-mysql-user> +# dbpassword = <password> +# +# 3. specify which config file to use with configfile +# (this option does not work with hotcopy) +# configfile = /etc/mysql/debian.cnf +# +# if user and dbusername are not specified, the default is to use +# /etc/mysql/debian.cnf for configfile. + +### all options ### + +# configfile = < path/to/file > (default = /etc/mysql/debian.cnf) +# The config file is passed to mysql with --defaults-file. +# On debian, this default will allow backupninja to make backups +# of mysql without configuring any additional options. +# (this option is not compatible with "user" or "dbusername"). +# +# user = <user> (default = root) +# Run mysql commands as 'user'. A valid .my.cnf must exist with a +# database username and password in the user's home directory. +# (this option is not compatible with "configfile" or "dbusername"). +# +# dbusername = <dbuser> (no default) +# The user must have access to the databases specified later. +# (this option is not compatible with "configfile" or "user"). +# +# dbpassword = <dbpass> (no default) +# The password used with dbusername. this password will NOT be passed +# on the command line and is not readable using "ps aux". +# +# dbhost = <host> (default = localhost) +# only localhost works right now. +# +# databases = < all | db1 db2 db3 > (default = all) +# which databases to backup. should either be the word 'all' or a +# space separated list of database names. +# +# backupdir = < path/to/destination > (default = /var/backups/mysql) +# where to dump the backups. hotcopy backups will be in a subdirectory 'hotcopy' and +# sqldump backups will be in a subdirectory 'sqldump' +# +# hotcopy = < yes | no > (default = no) +# make a backup of the actual database binary files using mysqlhotcopy. +# +# sqldump = < yes | no > (default = no) +# make a backup using mysqldump. this creates text files with sql commands +# sufficient to recontruct the database. +# +# compress = < yes | no > (default = yes) +# if yes, compress the sqldump output. +# +# vsname = <vserver> (no default) +# what vserver to operate on, only used if vserver = yes in /etc/backupninja.conf +# if you do not specify a vsname the host will be operated on +# +# NB: databases = all doesn't seem to work with hotcopy = yes when vsname is specified +# I would like to know how to fix this. |