If you are running a single standalone MongoDb database or even a replicaSet maybe it’s interesting to have a backup. If you want to create a MongoDb backups using cron keep reading.
Schedule a MongoDb backup using cron
Localhost server
If you are looking for a quite simple way to automate MongoDb backup using cron, here is one:
* 1 * * * DATE=`date +%y/%m/%d/`; mkdir -p /mongo-backup/$DATE && mongodump --out /mongo-backup/$DATE
Notes:
- Everyday at 01:00 am
- Example path on 10th November 2014: /mongo-backup/14/11/10/
- In the day folders, you will find a folder per database
- In each database folder, you will find a JSON & BSON for each collection
Remote server
In MongoDb +3.6 you can use the connection URI:
* 1 * * * DATE=`date +%y/%m/%d/`; mkdir -p /mongo-backup/$DATE && mongodump --gzip --out /mongo-backup/$DATE --uri mongodb://user:password@ip,or,domains/?replicaSet=name&authSource=admin
In my tests I had to put --uri in the last position as the last option else all next options should be ommited.
Output example
