How to 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 may overwrite your database by the backed up copy you are restoring.

Step 1

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

Step 2a

Go to your backup page, then select the "Logs" tab. Afterwards, click the little "( i )" on the right next to the copy you want to download.

Step 2b

Under the backup restore section on the modal that just popped up, click on "Click to generate a signed download link" then copy the resulting link

Step 3

On your server, run the following command, and use the signed download link you obtained in the previous step (ensure you enclose it in double quotes as shown):

wget "PasteTheSignedDownloadLinkHereBetweenTheQuotes" -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.