Management and Security of servers How to Import/Export MySQL Databases with SSH By Johan Yafi - April 22, 2012 0 1375 FacebookTwitterPinterestWhatsApp To Import without errors . To export a MySQL database, access your VPS via SSH and run: Code: mysqldump -u username -p database_name > dumpfile.sql To import a MySQL Database, run: Code: mysql -u username -p database_name < dumpfile.sql