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How to backup and restore Plesk Database

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Backup and restore Plesk database

This post explains how to backup and restore Plesk database. It is very important to make a backup of psa database prior making any changes to it. If anything went wrong we can easily revert the changes using the backup.

Backup:

The following command is used to backup a database in Plesk:

MYSQL_PWD=`cat /etc/psa/.psa.shadow` mysqldump -u admin DB_NAME > DB_BAKUP.sql

Replace DB_NAME with Database Name and DB_BAKUP.sql with Database Backup File Name.

So, you can use the below command to backup the Plesk database.

MYSQL_PWD=`cat /etc/psa/.psa.shadow` mysqldump -u admin psa > psa.sql

Restore:

You can restore any database in Plesk using the following command:

MYSQL_PWD=`cat /etc/psa/.psa.shadow` mysql -u admin DB_NAME < DB_BAKUP.sql

Restore Plesk Database:

MYSQL_PWD=`cat /etc/psa/.psa.shadow` mysql -u admin psa < psa.sql

That’s it!

Also Read: How to Backup and Restore MySQL Databases in Linux

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