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Moodle Database Backup download

Posted January 15, 2015 2.7k views

How do I get a backup of the database for an instance of Moodle installed on Digital Ocean Droplet?

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  • adamlossing January 16, 2015
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    Thanks Sianios. I had someone else set this up and do not have the database name or password. If you have ideas of how I can retrieve them, I would appreciate hearing about them.

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sianios January 15, 2015

Execute the following command from terminal, replace username and database. with yours
“`mysqldump -u username -p moodledb > moodledb.sql

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alexdo July 3, 2021

Hello,

You can check our existing tutorial on how to back up a MySQL database:

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-backup-mysql-databases-on-an-ubuntu-vps

To Export a database, open up the terminal, making sure that you are not logged into MySQL and type,

mysqldump -u [username] -p [database name] > [database name].sql

Regards,
Alex

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