How can I download the site database?

Posted January 24, 2020
Databases

Our site crashed. We were advised to fix the error and we were thinking of backing up our database.

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Bobby Iliev • January 24, 2020

Hello,

In case that you are using MySQL, you could do the following:

SSH to your Droplet
Then run the following command:

mysqldump -u your_user -p your_database > your_database.sql

This would create an SQL file which you could then download over SFTP.

Hope that this helps! Regards, Bobby

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