If you've never backed up your MySQL or MariaDB databases, now's the time. Jack Wallen shows you how to back up that data and restore it, in case your website has met an untimely demise.

Keep it going You’re ready to continue the work. In a future article, I’ll explain how to automate the process of backing up your databases, as well as how to restore a database from a backup.

1. The generic way to reset MySQL root password This method will work regardless of the operating system you use. I warn you that it is a less secure way, because we are going to start MySQL server ...

STOP! Please do NOT delete ibdata1 file! Deleting this file is like playing a Russian roulette with your databases, it could work and restablish everything, but also, probably could leave unusable ...