Restoring from a MySQL dump is simple: you just pipe its contents into the mysql command itself, again using an account with appropriate permissions. Here's a full example of backup and restore of ...

Whether you're running a LAMP stack on Ubuntu or CentOS, you need to back up your MySQL databases. Learn how to do this with the help of the mysqldump command.

If you've never backed up your MySQL or MariaDB databases, now's the time. Jack Wallen shows you how to back up that data and restore it, in case your website has met an untimely demise.