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MongoDB
Learn how to created automated backups of your MongoDB databases to be stored on Filebase.
What is MongoDB?
MongoDB is a cross platform database program that uses JSON-like documents. MongoDB is open source and free to download and self-host on any server.
Read below to learn how to set up automated backups of your MongoDB databases to be stored in a Filebase bucket.
Prerequisites:
This guide was written using Ubuntu 20.04. Commands and workflow may vary depending on your operating system.
1. Copy the following script onto your server and save it as mongodb_backup.sh.
mongodb_backup.sh.Edit the values to reflect your local configuration.
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#!/bin/bash
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# Your User’s home directory
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export HOME=/home/filebase/
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# Your server's hostname
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HOST=localhost
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# Your database name to be backed up
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DBNAME=database-name
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# S3 bucket name
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BUCKET=filebase-sample-bucket
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# Linux user account
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USER=filebase
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# Current time
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TIME=`/bin/date +%d-%m-%Y-%T`
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# Backup directory
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DEST=/home/$USER/tmp
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# Tar file of backup directory
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TAR=$DEST/../$TIME.tar
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# Create backup dir (-p to avoid warning if it already exists)
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/bin/mkdir -p $DEST
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# Log
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echo "Backing up $HOST/$DBNAME to s3://$BUCKET/ on $TIME";
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# Dump from mongodb host into backup directory
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/usr/bin/mongodump -h $HOST -d $DBNAME -o $DEST
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# Create tar of backup directory
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/bin/tar cvf $TAR -C $DEST .
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# Upload tar to s3
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/usr/bin/aws --endpoint https://s3.filebase.com s3 cp $TAR s3://$BUCKET/ --storage-class STANDARD_IA
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# Remove tar file locally
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/bin/rm -f $TAR
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# Remove backup directory
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/bin/rm -rf $DEST
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# Confirm success
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echo "Backup of MongoDB databases to Filebase bucket $BUCKET completed successfully. "
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This script uses the
mongodbdump function to create a backup dump of all MongoDB databases and stores it to a tar file that is then uploaded to Filebase using an AWS CLI command.2. Run the script to test that your configuration works as expected.
It should return the following output:
In your Filebase bucket, you should see the tar file uploaded:
3. Set up automation of this script using a cronjob.
Open your crontab with the following command:
crontab -e4. Add the following line to your crontab to create a cronjob that runs your mongodb_backup.sh script:
0 8 * * * /path/to/mongodb_backup.shReplace the file path with the correct path for your configuration.
This cronjob is scheduled to run every day at 8:00AM on your server. Configure the cronjob values to reflect your desired configuration.
You’ve now configured automated backups for your MongoDB databases!
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What is MongoDB?
1. Copy the following script onto your server and save it as mongodb_backup.sh.
2. Run the script to test that your configuration works as expected.
3. Set up automation of this script using a cronjob.
4. Add the following line to your crontab to create a cronjob that runs your mongodb_backup.sh script: