syncdb

syncdb is a shell script that takes a mysqldump of a remote database, zips it up, copies it to your localhost, unzips it and loads it into a local database. If you run Magento, it'll also update the core_config_data table to your local URL.

Usage

Set the proper permissions on this file, update the config variables and run:

./syncdb.sh

Example of output when running script:

$ ./syncdb.sh 
host
Creating zipped backup of remote database
Transferring backup from remote to local
host
database.tmp.sql.tar.gz                               100%  128KB 128.0KB/s   00:01    
host
Unzipping mysql backup
Reloading local database (may take few moments)
Updating config
Complete!

This script assumes that you have SSH Keys setup for connecting to your remote host. If you do not, you'll need to modify the script as necessary.

NOTE: If you are not running a Magento store, you don't need to define LOCAL_BASE_URL and can remove lines 11, 30, & 31.

Options

• REMOTE_HOST: The SSH info for your remote host. Ex: user@host
• REMOTE_MYSQL_HOST: MySQL server hostname for your remote host.
• REMOTE_MYSQL_DB: MySQL database name for your remote host.
• REMOTE_MYSQL_USER: MySQL username for your remote host.
• REMOTE_MYSQL_PASS: MySQL password for your remote host.
• LOCAL_MYSQL_HOST: MySQL server hostname for your local host.
• LOCAL_MYSQL_DB: MySQL database name for your local host.
• LOCAL_MYSQL_USER: MySQL username for your local host.
• LOCAL_MYSQL_PASS: MySQL password for your local host.
• LOCAL_BASE_URL: Local URL for your Magento instance (ensure trailing slash). Ex. http://domain.local/