twofour/mariadb-backup repository overview

⁠twofour/mariadb-backup

Create a backup of a database from MariaDB or MySQL. The backups are automatically compressed and stored in the directory /var/backup/mariadb.

⁠Usage

⁠Manual

docker run -it --rm \
    -v database-backups:/var/backup/mariadb \
    -e MYSQL_HOST=mysql \
    -e MYSQL_DATABASE=wordpress \
    -e MYSQL_USER=backup \
    -e MYSQL_PASSWORD=backup-password \
    twofour/mariadb-backup

⁠Environment variables

⁠MYSQL_HOST

Host to connect.

Default: mysql

⁠MYSQL_USER

User for the backup. If possible a user with only read access for the database.

Default: backup

⁠MYSQL_PASSWORD

⁠MYSQL_DATABASE

Name of the database to backup.

⁠LOGROTATE_FILES_MAX

Remove oldest backup if more than LOGROTATE_FILES_MAX exists.

Default: 28

⁠LOGROTATE_AGE_MAX

Max age of your backups in days.

Default: 90