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diff --git a/etc/backup.d/example.mysql b/etc/backup.d/example.mysql index a8f9540..4be2428 100644 --- a/etc/backup.d/example.mysql +++ b/etc/backup.d/example.mysql @@ -1,50 +1,66 @@ -dbusername = root -dbpassword = test -dbhost = localhost -databases = all -backupdir = /var/backups/mysql -hotcopy = yes -sqldump = yes -compress = yes +## backupninja mysql config file ## +dbhost = localhost +databases = all +backupdir = /var/backups/mysql +hotcopy = yes +sqldump = no +compress = yes + +## authentication ## + +configfile = /etc/mysql/debian.cnf + +# or... +# dbusername = <dbuser> +# dbpassword = <dbpassword> + +# or... +# user = root + +## notes ## + +# 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> +# 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. -# If this option is not set, use dbusername and dbpassword instead. +# (this option is not compatible with "configfile" or "dbusername"). # -# dbusername = <dbuser> +# dbusername = <dbuser> (no default) # The user must have access to the databases specified later. -# Use this option if not using the 'user' option. +# (this option is not compatible with "configfile" or "user"). # -# dbpassword = <dbpass> -# The password. this password will NOT be passed on the command line -# and is not readable using "ps aux". make sure that this file is not -# world readable. Use this to specify the password in this config file -# instead of ~user/.my.cnf. +# 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> +# dbhost = <host> (default = localhost) # only localhost works right now. # -# databases = < all | db1 db2 db3 > +# databases = < all | db1 db2 db3 > (default = all) # which databases to backup. should either be the word 'all' or a -# comma seperated list of database names. +# space separated list of database names. # -# backupdir = < path/to/destination > +# 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 > +# hotcopy = < yes | no > (default = yes) # make a backup of the actual database binary files using mysqlhotcopy. # -# sqldump = < yes | no > +# 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 > +# compress = < yes | no > (default = yes) # if yes, compress the sqldump output. # -# vsname = <vserver> +# 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 |