In information technology, a backup, or the process of backing up, refers to the copying and archiving of computer data so it may be used to restore the original after a data loss event.
Some of the projects I'm working on require importing MySQL databases from production into staging or dev environments on daily basis.Usually I'm using systemd timers, Jenkins jobs or Airbnb's Airflow for more complex workflows. A particular case is where each environment it's a separate Kubernete…
Percona XtraBackup is an open-source hot backup utility for MySQL - based servers that doesn’t lock your database during the backup. It can easily be installed using official repositories on Debian/Ubuntu or RedHat/CentOS. Please check the official documentation. Installing Percona XtraBackup 2.…