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 a web-based GUI is better suited to your admin skills, Jack Wallen wants to show you how to back up and restore your MySQL/MariaDB databases with one of the easiest tools on the market.

To see a list of databases running in your MySQL instance, use the statement show databases;.This is pretty straightforward and does just what you'd think—on a new system, you'll see information ...