How can I export a MySQL Database from Cloud9?

Question

How can I export a MySQL Database from Cloud9, the online development IDE in the cloud. I was able to import a database, but I still haven't figured out how to export it, or download it to my computer, or anywhere else for that matter.

Answer 1

I was able to export the database by entering

mysqldump your_database_name > any_file_name.sql

at the cloud9 command line.

Answer 2

mysql-ctl cli
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO <username>@localhost;
SHOW VARIABLES LIKE 'socket';
quit;

mysqldump -u<username> --protocol=tcp -S /home/ubuntu/lib/mysql/socket/mysql.sock  --all-databases > db.sql

There were two tricks. First, mysqldump didn't let me run it as the regular root user, so I created my own username with full privileges. Then, I looked up what socket it ran under. Then, I specified that it should run with the tcp protocol. That exported out all my sql tables.

Answer 3

I was getting an error when I tried to import the exported database using the methods above. I found installing phpmyadmin works better when exporting for import to new server database. Here is a post on how to set it up.: https://community.c9.io/t/setting-up-phpmyadmin/1723