.gitignore

 config.json
+*.swp

README.md

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ to the appropriate path.
 The backup script needs an SQL User, capable to lock and dump the databases, which should be backuped.
 In the standard configuration, the script trys to backup every single database on the server "localhost",
 using the user "root" without a password. This will most probably result in an error. See further on the Step
-[Configuration](#Configuration).
+[Configuration](Configuration).
 
 ## Developing
 
@@ -37,16 +37,21 @@ cd sql-backup
 
 ## Configuration
 
-The script needs the following variables to work. Therefor a file named 'config.json' is loaded. If the file does not exist, a standard configuration will be loaded.
+The script needs the following variables to work. Therefor a file named 'config.json' is loaded. If the file
+does not exist, a standard configuration will be loaded.
 
 | Variable type         | variable name    | default Value     |
 |-----------------------|------------------|-------------------|
 | SQL Server Hostname   | sqlHost          | localhost         |
 | SQL Server Port       | sqlPort          | 3306              |
 | User used to connect  | sqlUser          | root              |
-| List of Databases     | dbNames          | ($(mysql -u $sqlUser -e "SHOW DATABASES;")) |
+| User Password         | sqlPass          | null              |
+| List of Databases     | dbNames          | all               |
 | Backup Root Directory | backupRoot       | /var/backups/sql/ |
 | Days to keep Backups  | backupRetainDays | 30                |
+| Rsync Destination     | rsyncDest        | null              |
+
+Rsync destination can only lead to a 'local' directory. To use an offsite destination, mount it via system.
 
 ## Contributing
 

config_template.json

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
     "sqlPass": null,
     "dbNames": "all",
     "backupRoot": "/var/backups/sql/",
-    "backupRetainDays": 30
+    "backupRetainDays": 30,
+    "rsyncDest": null
   }
 ]

sql-backup.sh

@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ if [ $dbNames == 'all' ]; then
 fi
 backupRoot=$(cat $configFile | jq -r '.[0].backupRoot')
 backupRetainDays=$(cat $configFile | jq -r '.[0].backupRetainDays')
+rsyncDest=$(cat $configFile | jq -r '.[0].rsyncDest')
 
 today=$(date +"%y%m%d")
 
@@ -70,7 +71,7 @@ do
     continue
   fi
 
-  backupPath=$backupRoot$dbName
+  backupPath=$backupRoot/$dbName
   mkdir -p ${backupPath}
 
   if [ -z $sqlPass ];
@@ -106,3 +107,8 @@ do
     continue
   fi
 done
+
+if [ ! -z $rsyncDest ]; then
+  echo 'INFO: Rsync destination defined. Start rsync.'
+  rsync -r --delete $backupRoot $rsyncDest
+fi