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MongoDB Administrator???s Guide

By : Cyrus Dasadia
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MongoDB Administrator???s Guide

By: Cyrus Dasadia

Overview of this book

MongoDB is a high-performance and feature-rich NoSQL database that forms the backbone of the systems that power many different organizations. Packed with many features that have become essential for many different types of software professional and incredibly easy to use, this cookbook contains more than 100 recipes to address the everyday challenges of working with MongoDB. Starting with database configuration, you will understand the indexing aspects of MongoDB. The book also includes practical recipes on how you can optimize your database query performance, perform diagnostics, and query debugging. You will also learn how to implement the core administration tasks required for high-availability and scalability, achieved through replica sets and sharding, respectively. You will also implement server security concepts such as authentication, user management, role-based access models, and TLS configuration. You will also learn how to back up and recover your database efficiently and monitor server performance. By the end of this book, you will have all the information you need—along with tips, tricks, and best practices—to implement a high-performance MongoDB solution.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
Title Page
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Customer Feedback
Preface

Creating a backup of a sharded cluster


In this recipe, we will be looking at how to take a backup of a sharded MongoDB cluster. We will be looking at how to backup the config server and the relevant shards which contain the actual data.

Getting ready

You will need a sharded MongoDB cluster, with a minimum of a config server replica set (CSRS) and one shard. Refer to the recipe Setting up and configuring a sharded cluster in Chapter 5, High Scalability with Sharding, on how to create a sharded cluster.

How to do it...

  1. Connect to the mongos server and stop the balancer:
use config

sh.stopBalancer()
  1. Take a backup of the config server:
mongodump -h localhost -p 27019 -d config --out /backups/configbkp
  1. Take backup from the shard:
mongodump -h localhost -p 27027 -d myShardedDB --out /backups/shard1bkp
  1. Connect back to the mongos server and enable the balancer:
use config

sh.startBalancer()

How it works...

Taking backups of a sharded cluster is a bit nuanced, as it involves ensuring certain steps are considered...