Download a backup of MySQL schema and data from AWS RDS to local machine using mysqldump

BackupAWSRDS.java

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;

public class BackupAWSRDS {

	public static void main(String[] args) {
	  BackupAWSRDS bckupRds = new BackupAWSRDS();
		
		// Make sure you replace the parameters in below String with actual RDS_IP_ADDRESS, RDS_USERNAME, RDS_PASSWORD, DB
		String createBackupCommand = "/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqldump -hRDS_IP_ADDRESS -uRDS_USERNAME -pRDS_PASSWORD --port=3306 --single-transaction --routines --triggers --databases DB -r /tmp/mysql-dump.sql";
		// This creates a MySQL dump file at the specified location - currently at /tmp/mysql-dump.sql - Feel free to change this location
		String createBackupOutput = bckupRds.executeCreateBackupCommand(createBackupCommand);		
		System.out.println(createBackupOutput);
	}
	
	private String executeCreateBackupCommand(String command) {
		StringBuffer output = new StringBuffer();
		Process p;
		try {
			p = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(command);
			int exitval=p.waitFor();
			System.out.println("Backup exitval: "+exitval);
			BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(p.getInputStream()));
			String line = "";
			while ((line = reader.readLine())!= null) {
				output.append(line + "\n");
			}
		} catch (Exception e) {
			e.printStackTrace();
		}
		return output.toString();
	}