Restore a Single MySQL Database Backup

This is a quick example of how to restore a MySQL database dump of a single database.

WARNING: This restore process will overwrite your database by the backed up copy you are restoring.

Step 1

Create a MySQL backup for sampleDatabase  (as an example).

Step 2

Go to your backup page, under the "Backup History" section click the little "i" on the right, click "Database Backup", then click "Raw Download Link" and copy the output.

Step 3

On your server, run the following command, replace the raw download link you obtained in the previous step:

wget "PasteTheRawDownloadLinkHereBetweenTheQuotes" -O "mysql-backup.sql.gz"

Step 4

Now that you downloaded the database backup on your server, extract it as shown:

tar -xvf mysql-backup.sql.gz

This will output a single SQL file in this format db-backup-XXX.sql in the same directory.

Step 5

Note: the following command will overwrite your sampleDatabase by the database copy you are restoring. It is a good practice to inspect the backup first before the restore.

Restore and overwrite your by the downloaded backup as shown below by running:

mysql -uYOURDATABASEUSERNAME -pYOURDATABASEPASSWORD < db-backup-XXX.sql

If you need any help in any of these steps, let us know and we can help you with the restore.