Bash Scripts for Automatic DOS Attack Blocking and MySQL Database Backup
This article provides two Bash scripts: one that automatically detects and blocks IP addresses generating excessive requests to an Nginx server using iptables, and another that backs up all non‑system MySQL databases with timestamped filenames, both designed for easy server operation and maintenance.
1. DOS attack prevention (automatic IP blocking)
#!/bin/bash
DATE=$(date +%d/%b/%Y:%H:%M)
LOG_FILE=/usr/local/nginx/logs/demo2.access.log
ABNORMAL_IP=$(tail -n5000 $LOG_FILE |grep $DATE |awk '{a[$1]++}END{for(i in a)if(a[i]>10)print i}')
for IP in $ABNORMAL_IP; do
if [ $(iptables -vnL |grep -c "$IP") -eq 0 ]; then
iptables -I INPUT -s $IP -j DROP
echo "$(date +'%F_%T') $IP" >> /tmp/drop_ip.log
fi
done2. MySQL database backup
#!/bin/bash
DATE=$(date +%F_%H-%M-%S)
HOST=localhost
USER=backup
PASS=123.com
BACKUP_DIR=/data/db_backup
DB_LIST=$(mysql -h$HOST -u$USER -p$PASS -s -e "show databases;" 2>/dev/null | egrep -v "Database|information_schema|mysql|performance_schema|sys")
for DB in $DB_LIST; do
BACKUP_NAME=$BACKUP_DIR/${DB}_${DATE}.sql
if ! mysqldump -h$HOST -u$USER -p$PASS -B $DB > $BACKUP_NAME 2>/dev/null; then
echo "$BACKUP_NAME backup failed!"
fi
done---end---
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