Make a Streaming Backup

Stream mode sends the backup to STDOUT in the xbstream format instead of copying it to the directory named by the first argument. You can pipe the output to gzip, or across the network, to another server.

To extract the resulting xbstream file, you must use the xbstream utility: xbstream -x < backup.xbstream.

Here are some examples of using the xbstream option for streaming:

Action	Command
Stream the backup into a xbstream archived named ‘backup.xbstream’	$ xtrabackup --backup --stream=xbstream ./ > backup.xbstream
Stream the backup into a xbstream archived named ‘backup.xbstream’ and compress it	$ xtrabackup --backup --stream=xbstream --compress ./ > backup.xbstream
Encrypt the backup	$ xtrabackup --backup --stream=xbstream ./ > backup.xbstream gzip - | openssl des3 -salt -k "password" > backup.xbstream.gz.des3
Send the backup to another server and unpack it	$ xtrabackup --backup --compress --stream=xbstream ./ | ssh user@otherhost "xbstream -x"
Send the backup to another server using netcat	On the destination host: $ nc -l 9999 | cat - > /data/backups/backup.xbstream On the source host: $ xtrabackup --backup --stream=xbstream ./ | nc desthost 9999
Send the backup to another server using a one-liner	$ ssh user@desthost "( nc -l 9999 > /data/backups/backup.xbstream & )" && xtrabackup --backup --stream=xbstream ./ | nc desthost 9999
Throttle the throughput to 10MB/sec using the pipe viewer tool 1	$ xtrabackup --backup --stream=xbstream ./ | pv -q -L10m ssh user@desthost "cat - > /data/backups/backup.xbstream"
Checksumming the backup during the streaming	On the destination host: $ nc -l 9999 | tee >(sha1sum > destination_checksum) > /data/backups/backup.xbstream On the source host: $ xtrabackup --backup --stream=xbstream ./ | tee >(sha1sum > source_checksum) | nc desthost 9999 Compare the checksums on the source host: $ cat source_checksum 65e4f916a49c1f216e0887ce54cf59bf3934dbad Compare the checksums on the destination host: $ cat destination_checksum 65e4f916a49c1f216e0887ce54cf59bf3934dbad
Parallel compression with parallel copying backup	$ xtrabackup --backup --compress --compress-threads=8 --stream=xbstream --parallel=4 ./ > backup.xbstream

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1. Install from the official site or from the distribution package (apt install pv). ↩

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