CentOS 7 Server Deployment Cookbook

Backing up and restoring a MongoDB database

This recipe teaches you how to back up a MongoDB database using the mongodump utility and restore it using mongorestore.

Getting ready

This recipe requires a running MongoDB server and access to a user account with membership in the userAdmin role.

How to do it...

Follow these steps to back up a MongoDB database:

1. Connect to MongoDB as a user with membership in the userAdmin role:

   mongo --username admin --password "" admin
   

2. Create an account with membership in the backup and restore roles to be used for creating and restoring backups:

   db.createUser({
        user: "backupusr",
        pwd: "B@CK&4th",
        roles: [
          { role: "backup", db: "admin" },
          { role: "restore", db: "admin" }
        ]
   })
   

3. Use mongodump on the command-line to ...