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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.

Practical DevOps Architecture
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Bash Scripts for Automatic DOS Attack Blocking and MySQL Database Backup

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 done

2. 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

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