Bash

I tried looking for script for database dumps but most of them are way too complex then a simple solution one can implement. 

Thus, I wrote a quick simple 1 page (infact few lines) bash script for database dumps.

Here’s the code:  

#!/bin/bash

#Script for MySQL automated dumps

dbhost=DB-HOSTNAME-HERE  
dbusername=DB-USERNAME-HERE  
dbpassword=DB-PASSWORD-HERE

# Enter database names here  
dbname=( database1 database2 database3 )

for i in "${dbname[@]}"

do  
timestamp=backup_`date +%F.%T`  
output=$i+$timestamp  
mysqldump -h $dbhost -u $dbusername -p$dbpassword -C $i | bzip2 -c > /backups/MySQL-automated/$output  
done

To use this script, simply add names of database inside brackets in front of “dbname” like
dbname=( database1 database2 database3 ) and that’s all. You will get output in form of compressed .sql file.