Does anyone know if you can encrypt the database backup using AutoMYSQLBackup on Ubuntu 14.04?

Thanks. I think that is the problem. I just installed this on Ubuntu 14.04 and it looks like it is using version 2.6. However in the tutorial they are installing version 3.0 automysqlbackup-v3.0_rc6.tar.gz.

I also checked Ubuntu 16.04 and 17.10 and they are all using this old version. It is possible that this feature was not added until a later version.

In order to get this to work, I would uninstall the version that you installed with apt apt-get remove automysqlbackup and install this manually with the following steps.

mkdir /opt/automysqlbackup

cd /opt/automysqlbackup

wget http://ufpr.dl.sourceforge.net/project/automysqlbackup/AutoMySQLBackup/AutoMySQLBackup%20VER%203.0/automysqlbackup-v3.0_rc6.tar.gz

tar zxf automysqlbackup-v3.0_rc6.tar.gz

./install.sh

Once you have ran the install script, you should see the up to date file located in /etc/automysqlbackup/automysqlbackup.conf and be able to change the settings for encryption. They should look something like this:

# Do you wish to encrypt your backups using openssl?
CONFIG_encrypt='yes'
# Choose a password to encrypt the backups.
CONFIG_encrypt_password='$YOUR_PASSWORD'

Be sure to replace $YOUR_PASSWORD with whatever password you want to use.