By adamlossing
How do I get a backup of the database for an instance of Moodle installed on Digital Ocean Droplet?
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Execute the following command from terminal, replace username and database. with yours
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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