How to Set Up Automated MariaDB Backups on Ubuntu
You've hardened MariaDB, optimized your queries, and your database is running smoothly. Then disaster strikes: a software bug corrupts data, ransomware encrypts your files, or a human error drops the wrong table. Without backups, you're done. Your data is gone. Your business stops.
This guide walks you through setting up automated, encrypted, offsite backups for MariaDB on Ubuntu. You'll learn three backup strategies—mysqldump for simplicity, Percona XtraBackup for speed, and binary logs for granular recovery—and how to orchestrate them with cron jobs, test them regularly, and store them safely. By the end, you'll have a backup system that runs without manual intervention and that you can actually recover from when disaster strikes. Whether you're backing up a single database or a multi-terabyte production system, these techniques work. And unlike point-in-time recovery or elaborate replication se...
Technoroots Team ·
Jan 23, 2026
