Whether you're running a LAMP stack on Ubuntu or CentOS, you need to back up your MySQL databases. Learn how to do this with the help of the mysqldump command.

Now, your MySQL database will be backed up every day at 1 a.m. into the /home/USER directory. How to restore your database OK, so let’s say disaster has struck, and you need to restore your website.

There are many backup options for databases, but here are recommendations for Cassandra, DB2, DynamoDB, MongoDB, MySQL, Oracle, and PostgreSQL.