MySQL Backup Container

The MySQL-Backup-Container is a simple solution for backing up MySQL databases. It connects to a database dumps the content in a gzip file. The backup frequency can be adjusted using the WAIT variable.

Building the image

git clone https://github.com/FritzJo/mysql-backup-container.git
cd mysql-backup-container
docker build -t mysql-backup-container .

Usage

docker run -e DB_HOST= \
           -e DB_PORT= \
           -e DB_USER= \
           -e DB_PASS= \
           -e DB_NAME= \
           -e WAIT= \
           -v "/your/backup/destination:/backups" \
           mysql-backup-container

Parameters

Parameter	Description
DB_HOST	Hostname of your target database. If you use docker, this is the name of the database container.
DB_PORT	Port for the database connection. The MySQL default port is 3306.
DB_USER	Username of your database user. This user must have the privileges to access all the ressources you want to backup.
DB_PASS	Password of your database user.
DB_NAME	Name of the target database on your database server.
WAIT	This parameter defines how many seconds the script waits between backups.