README.md

MonGoBak

Simple Backup Script for MongoDB

Setup

Change the variables in the mongo_backup file according to your installation.

• MONGO_HOST="127.0.0.1"
• MONGO_PORT="27017"
• MONGODUMP_PATH="/usr/bin/mongodump"
• DUMP_PATH="/GPFS/xf16id/mongodump"

Installation

• Add execution permission to the mongo_backup script

chmod +x mongo_backup

• Optional: Add the mongo_backup script to your path.
• Optional: Set up a cron job to run mongo_backup automatically.

Todo List

• Test against large database
  • HXN Backup (~40G) takes around 12-15 minutes being 11 minutes for the mongodump
• Change the comparisson between backups. Maybe md5, sha1 or other.
  • The diff command was taking 1:39 minutes for a ~40G backup.
  • Changed to compare file by file with cmp command and stop on the first difference.
  • New strategy with cmp is faster when files are different but will take ~2 minutes two compare to similar ~40G backups.
• Error Handling
  • Check if the host is reachable
  • Check if mongodump exists
  • Check if user running the script has write permission to the DUMP_PATH
  • Handle execution errors
• Log