How to take db backup of mysql db without stopping mysql server

Question

There are APIs dumping data in mysql db and I need to take mysql db backup and run data migration. I need to stop the API server which is preforming insert and might cause data to be inconsistant with the backup. Stopping API server/Mysql server makes our environment to be idle for couple of minutes. Is there any way I can do it without stopping the servers.

Answer 1

You can use mysqldump to dump the contents of the database. There are many guides showing how to use it, such as Dumping Data in SQL Format with mysqldump .