Automate Database Backup using Ansible Easily

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How to Automate Database Backup using Ansible

Perform the below steps to Automate Database Backup using Ansible Playbook.

1. Install Ansible on the machine that will be used to run the backup script. Refer this link to know how to install ansible on Ubuntu.

2. Create a new Ansible playbook called "backup.yml" and add the following code:

- name: Backup files and databases

  hosts: all

  tasks:

    - name: Backup files

      synchronize:

        src: /path/to/files

        dest: /path/to/backup/files

        remote_src: yes

        rsync_opts:

          - "--ignore-existing"

    - name: Backup databases

      shell: mysqldump -u {{ db_user }} -p{{ db_password }} {{ db_name }} > /path/to/backup/databases/{{ db_name }}.sql

3. Replace "/path/to/files" and "/path/to/backup/files" with the actual paths of the files that need to be backed up and the location where the backup files will be stored, respectively.

4. Replace "{{ db_user }}", "{{ db_password }}", and "{{ db_name }}" with the actual database user, password, and name, respectively.

5. Run the playbook using the following command:

ansible-playbook backup.yml

6. To automate the backup process, you can schedule the playbook to run at a specific time using a cron job. For example, to run the backup every day at 1:00 AM, add the following line to the crontab file:

0 1 * * * ansible-playbook /path/to/backup.yml

7. Save the changes to the crontab file and the backup will run automatically every day at 1:00 AM.

Note: Ensure that the user running the cron job has the necessary permissions to run the playbook and access the files and databases.

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