This post will guide you to set up and automate the MySQL logical backups using mysqldump on Ubuntu Linux. We will set-up MySQL backup using mysqldump and automate it with Holland backup framework on Ubuntu.

Towards the end of the post, you have the steps to be executed in a single block which includes steps for Xtrabackup configuration. Though this post is for Ubuntu Linux with holland + mysqldump while we already have an old post to set-up Holland with Xtrabackup on Redhat / CentOS.

Let’s begin the execution.

Installations for Holland Backup Framework on Ubuntu