Export and import mysql at the same time on different servers

Question

I am using AWS RDS and wish to backup my primary db hourly to a DR site in another region

What I need is a mysql command which will export the db and import into another mysql server running in a different location

I am looking into using something like the following

$ mysqldump -umy_user -pmy_pass_1 -R my_database my_table | mysql -umy_user -pmy_pass_2 my_database

However I cannot seem to specify a host for the export db, how can I acheieve this?

I also need to consider security so would like this over SSL, any idea?

[edit]: got this sort of working by the following process

On a linux node in my primary site ran a mysqldump and then ran a mysql command to import into the dr site eg

mysqldump -P 3306 -h primary.com -u user --password=pass mydb > test.sql;

mysql -P 3306 -h dr.com -u user --password=pass mydb < test.sql;

However I still need this to be secure

Answer 1

mysqldump accepts ssl arguments:

--ssl               Enable SSL for connection (automatically enabled with
                    other flags).
--ssl-ca=name       CA file in PEM format (check OpenSSL docs, implies
                    --ssl).
--ssl-capath=name   CA directory (check OpenSSL docs, implies --ssl).
--ssl-cert=name     X509 cert in PEM format (implies --ssl).
--ssl-cipher=name   SSL cipher to use (implies --ssl).
--ssl-key=name      X509 key in PEM format (implies --ssl).
--ssl-verify-server-cert 
                    Verify server's "Common Name" in its cert against
                    hostname used when connecting. This option is disabled by
                    default.

Set up the proper certs and it should be straightforward. Good details are here .