diff --git a/gemfile b/gemfile
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+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+source 'https://rubygems.org'
+
+gem 'rubocop', '1.46.0'
+gem 'json', '2.6.3'
diff --git a/gemfile.lock b/gemfile.lock
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+GEM
+  remote: https://rubygems.org/
+  specs:
+    ast (2.4.2)
+    json (2.6.3)
+    parallel (1.22.1)
+    parser (3.2.1.0)
+      ast (~> 2.4.1)
+    rainbow (3.1.1)
+    regexp_parser (2.7.0)
+    rexml (3.2.5)
+    rubocop (1.46.0)
+      json (~> 2.3)
+      parallel (~> 1.10)
+      parser (>= 3.2.0.0)
+      rainbow (>= 2.2.2, < 4.0)
+      regexp_parser (>= 1.8, < 3.0)
+      rexml (>= 3.2.5, < 4.0)
+      rubocop-ast (>= 1.26.0, < 2.0)
+      ruby-progressbar (~> 1.7)
+      unicode-display_width (>= 2.4.0, < 3.0)
+    rubocop-ast (1.26.0)
+      parser (>= 3.2.1.0)
+    ruby-progressbar (1.11.0)
+    unicode-display_width (2.4.2)
+
+PLATFORMS
+  x64-mingw-ucrt
+
+DEPENDENCIES
+  json (= 2.6.3)
+  rubocop (= 1.46.0)
+
+BUNDLED WITH
+   2.4.6
diff --git a/mysql_database_backup.rb b/mysql_database_backup.rb
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+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require 'json'
+
+# class for creating, managing and deleting backups both locally and in B2
+class MysqlDatabaseBackup
+  def initialize(config_file)
+    config = JSON.parse(File.read(config_file))
+    @host = config['mysql']['host']
+    @username = config['mysql']['username']
+    @password = config['mysql']['password']
+    @backup_dir = config['backup_dir'] || '.'
+    @b2_enabled = config['b2_enabled'] || false
+    @b2_key_id = config['b2']['key_id']
+    @b2_application_key = config['b2']['application_key']
+    @b2_bucket_name = config['b2']['bucket_name']
+  end
+
+  def backup
+    timestamp = Time.now.strftime('%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S')
+    backup_file = File.join(@backup_dir, "database-backup_#{timestamp}.sql")
+
+    `mysqldump --host=#{@host} --user=#{@username} --password=#{@password} --all-databases > #{backup_file}`
+
+    delete_old_backups
+
+    return unless @b2_enabled
+
+    upload_to_b2(backup_file)
+
+  end
+
+  def delete_old_backups
+    max_age_hours = 48
+    max_age_seconds = max_age_hours * 60 * 60
+    backups = Dir[File.join(@backup_dir, 'database-backup_*.sql')]
+
+    return if backups.empty?
+
+    backups.each do |backup|
+      age_seconds = Time.now - File.mtime(backup)
+
+      if age_seconds > max_age_seconds
+        puts "Deleted old backup: #{backup}"
+        File.delete(backup)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  def upload_to_b2(backup_file)
+    b2_file_name = File.basename(backup_file)
+    b2_file_url = "b2://#{@b2_bucket_name}/#{b2_file_name}"
+
+    # Check if a backup file with the same name already exists in the B2 bucket
+    existing_file = `b2 list-file-names #{@b2_bucket_name} #{b2_file_name}`
+    if existing_file.include?(b2_file_name)
+      # Delete the existing backup file from the B2 bucket
+      `b2 delete-file-version #{b2_file_url}`
+      puts "Deleted existing backup file from B2 bucket: #{b2_file_url}"
+    end
+
+    # Upload the backup file to the B2 bucket
+    `b2 upload-file #{@b2_bucket_name} #{backup_file} #{b2_file_name}`
+    puts "Uploaded backup file to B2 bucket: #{b2_file_url}"
+  end
+end
diff --git a/mysql_database_config.rb b/mysql_database_config.rb
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+++ b/mysql_database_config.rb
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+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+# class for generating the mysql config if it doesn't exist
+require 'json'
+
+# class for generating our config
+class MysqlDatabaseConfig
+  def initialize(config_file)
+    @config_file = config_file
+  end
+
+  def generate
+    if File.exist?(@config_file)
+      puts 'Config file already exists, skipping generation.'
+    else
+      mysql_host = prompt('MySQL Host')
+      mysql_username = prompt('MySQL Username')
+      mysql_password = prompt('MySQL Password')
+
+      backup_dir = prompt('Backup Directory', default: '.')
+
+      b2_enabled = prompt_bool('Enable Backblaze B2?', default: false)
+      if b2_enabled
+        @b2_key_id = prompt('Backblaze B2 Key ID')
+        @b2_application_key = prompt('Backblaze B2 Application Key')
+        @b2_bucket_name = prompt('Backblaze B2 Bucket Name')
+      end
+
+      config = {
+        'mysql' => {
+          'host' => mysql_host,
+          'username' => mysql_username,
+          'password' => mysql_password
+        },
+        'backup_dir' => backup_dir
+      }
+
+      if b2_enabled
+        config['b2'] = {
+          'key_id' => @b2_key_id,
+          'application_key' => @b2_application_key,
+          'bucket_name' => @b2_bucket_name
+        }
+      end
+
+      File.write(@config_file, JSON.pretty_generate(config))
+      puts "Config file generated: #{@config_file}"
+    end
+  end
+
+  private
+
+  def prompt(message, default: nil)
+    print message.to_s
+    print " [#{default}]" if default
+    print ': '
+    value = gets.chomp
+    value.empty? ? default : value
+  end
+
+  def prompt_bool(message, default: false)
+    prompt("#{message} (y/n)", default: default) =~ /y|yes/i
+  end
+end
diff --git a/starter.rb b/starter.rb
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+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require_relative 'mysql_database_config'
+require_relative 'mysql_database_backup'
+
+config_file = 'config.json'
+
+config_generator = MysqlDatabaseConfig.new(config_file)
+config_generator.generate
+
+backup = MysqlDatabaseBackup.new(config_file)
+backup.backup