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Here’s a quick way to export SQLite3 database to *.sql text file.
sqlite3 this.db .dump > this-db.sql
The command is useful for exporting SQLite database to standard ANSI .sql which can be imported into other database management system such as Oracle, MariaDB/MySQL, etc
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Busy websites which has a lot of insert/delete transactions may introduce fragmentation in MySQL tables. Fortunately, users and optimize mysql tables with ‘OPTIMIZE TABLE’ command, but how to execute it automatically?
Here’s how:
The mysql-client package in Ubuntu installation comes with a tool called mysqlcheck which is handy for optimizing table in mysql. This command can be executed from bash and can be executed using cron.
to do that, just run this command.
[bash]
cron -e
#in the crontab file– add this line
59 23 * * * /usr/bin/mysqlcheck -o -v -u <mysql username> -h localhost <database_name> -p <password>
[/bash]
This will tell cron to execute mysqlcheck and optimize mysql table of the specified database exactly on 11:59pm, every day. You can change the setting to suit your need.
MySQL service port are not meant to be accessible to the outside world as it would become a security concern to the administrator.
Although MySQL server (mysqld) by itself has a built-in mechanism to deny access from unauthorized ip-address, it still does not protect it from being overwhelmed by multiple malicious requests or buffer overflow attack directed to the server.
One of the solution is to limit the MySQL port access to trusted network using iptables
This assume your trusted network has the address within the range of 192.168.1.1-192.168.1.254
iptables -A INPUT -i eth0 -p tcp -s 192.168.1.0/24 --dport 3306 -m state --state NEW,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT
iptables -A OUTPUT -o eth0 -p tcp --sport 3306 -m state --state ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT
MySQL server (mysqld) uses port 3306.
Note: Always assume the internet as the untrusted network!
This tip would be useful for those who are either making backup of their remote mysql database or moving their web hosting to their provider.
Here’s how to export mysql DB to SQL file using command-line utility :
mysqldump –user=username –password=1234 –databases your_database –opt –quote-names –complete-insert > example.sql
Here’s how to import the SQL back into mysql database :
mysql –user=username –password=1234 –databases your_database –host=mysql_server host
Don’t forget to add your ip address to the list of allowable host on the remote MySQL server!
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