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Store MongoDB Backups in MinIO Server Slack

In this recipe we will learn how to store MongoDB backups in MinIO Server.

1. Prerequisites

  • Install mc from here.
  • Install MinIO Server from here.
  • MongoDB official doc.

2. Configuration Steps

MinIO server is running using alias minio1. Follow MinIO client complete guide here for details. MongoDB backups are stored in mongobkp directory.

Create a bucket.

mc mb minio1/mongobkp
Bucket created successfully ‘minio1/mongobkp’.

Streaming Mongodump Archive to MinIO server.

Examples included w/ SSH tunneling & progress bar.

On a trusted/private network stream db 'blog-data' :

mongodump -h mongo-server1 -p 27017 -d blog-data --archive | mc pipe minio1/mongobkp/backups/mongo-blog-data-`date +%Y-%m-%d`.archive

Securely stream entire mongodb server using --archive option. encrypted backup. We'll add ssh user@minio-server.example.com to the command from above.

mongodump -h mongo-server1 -p 27017 --archive | ssh user@minio-server.example.com mc pipe minio1/mongobkp/full-db-`date +%Y-%m-%d`.archive

Show Progress & Speed Info

We'll add a pipe to the utility pv. (Install with either brew install pv or apt-get install -y pv)

mongodump -h mongo-server1 -p 27017 --archive | pv -brat | ssh user@minio-server.example.com mc pipe minio1/mongobkp/full-db-`date +%Y-%m-%d`.archive

Continuously mirror local backup to MinIO server.

Continuously mirror mongobkp folder recursively to MinIO. Read more on mc mirror here 

mc mirror --force --remove --watch  mongobkp/ minio1/mongobkp