Bash script to backup a MySQL RDS dump to S3

bash_script_to_back_up_mysql_to_s3.sh

# From Andy Jarretts post: 
# http://www.andyjarrett.co.uk/2016/08/02/secured-bash-script-to-backup-a-mysql-rds-dump-to-s3/ 
#!/bin/bash
SQLDUMP="$(date +'%Y%m%d%H%M').sql.gz"

echo "Creating backup of database to $SQLDUMP"
mysqldump --login-path=local --databases YourDatabaseName | gzip -9 > $SQLDUMP

echo "Dump Zipped up"

echo "Uploading zipped dump to the Amazon S3 bucket…"
s3cmd put $BACKUPNAME s3://bucketname/backup/folder/$BACKUPNAME

echo "Removing the backup file $SQLDUMP"
rm $BACKUPNAME

echo "WooHoo! All done"