MySQL database backup stored in your Dropbox account.
Let's see how we can easily schedule MySQL backups and store them on Dropbox.
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You'll then be redirected to a Dropbox page asking you to grant access to your storage and create a folder named Apps > SimpleBackus.io. Sign in and hit Allow.
And your storage is now connected!
Last step is obviously to schedule your backup.
From this screen you'll be able to configure what data you're backing up (MySQL in this case), where you want it to be saved (in this case your Dropbox storage), and how often you want this to be done.
FYI this section will be the same, no matter what storage you pick.
And that's the beauty of it, if you want to change storage, just select another one from the list (Backblaze, AWS, or whatever you might prefer) and you'll be good to go.
Select your schedule option (here we picked a daily schedule)
You can select a pre-defined schedule (daily, weekly, monthly) or a custom option allowing you to schedule it whenever you want to use CRON syntax.
Example of CRON schedule for "20:00 every Tuesday" = 0 22 * * 2
Finally, the "On demand" option won't schedule anything but will allow you to trigger the backup manually or using our API.
Define the backup retention, which is the number of backups you want to keep (kind of the history length of your backup if you prefer)
That's it, your MySQL backup is now ready and connected to your Dropbox account.
Setting up backups with SimpleBackups and storing them on Dropbox is very easy.
Run it once manually (using the "Run" backup button from the backups list) and you'll trigger your first backup!
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