Back up your Drupal database with MySQL

Back up your Drupal database with MySQL

mysqldump -u user -p databasename> drupaldatabasebackupfile.sql

...or use one of the options below:

1. Navigate to your live site directory, and download a special script to your Drupal site folder which will backup your database to a file called 'backup.sql'. Put the backup in your 'backup' directory.
cd drupal_site/

wget -O drupalsqldump.sh "http://cvs.drupal.org/viewvc.py/drupal/contributions/sandbox/drumm/tools/drupalsqldump.sh?view=co"

chmod +x drupalsqldump.sh

Note that the -O above is the capital letter O and not a zero.

If you are upgrading a test site, the path 'drupal_site' would be the path to your test site.

2. The following command will look at your Drupal settings file, automatically connect to the database, and make a backup of it.

• If you are running a version of Drupal that is 4.6 or newer, then enter the following:

  ./drupalsqldump.sh sites/default/settings.php > backup/backup.sql