Transfer easily a Mysql Dump between two servers

February 10, 2007 Charles Collier Database, Linux, MySQL, 0

#Dump of the master database
$ mysqldump -u user -p db_test > /var/dump/db_test.dat

#Copy the dump file db_test.dat with scp to the slave mysql database
$ scp /var/dump/db_test.dat user@nuxora.com:/var/backup/db_test.dat

#Restore database on the slave server from the master server
$ ssh user@nuxora.com ‘mysql -u user -p db_test < /var/backup/db_test.dat’

it is quite simple and efficient.

But if you are a real geek you’d prefer this one:

#Dump from master database to slave one with ssh
$ mysqldump db_test | ssh user@nuxora.com mysql db_test