When configuring daily backups, which files should I include to be sure I have the MySQL db's

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I have a dedicated LAMP server with cpanel hosting 100 websites (some of them have MySQL db's).

I am currently using the Jungle Disk Server Edition to backup our files from our LAMP server to Amazon S3.

Once a week were are backing up the entire cpanel which is an enormous strain on resources but that is a separate issue.

Now, what I want to do is to set up a daily job to backup just the HTML files and the MySQL db's.

If I just backup the "public_html" folder will my MySQL database info be stored in that directory? Would backing up the public_html folder be enough to recover the db?

I can find plenty of resources online about how to manually backup MySQL db's but with a 100 sites, I need it automated. I'm hoping for an easy solution where I can just grab a folder to backup each day.

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