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# MongoDB Backup Script
A script to automatically handle the backing up of MongoDB databases and optionally the storage of the archive to a github repository. Designed as a script to be run as a service on a server.
### Setup
1. Rename `.env.example` to `.env`
2. Set the parameters of your **mongoURI, database names, and optionally a gitub url/ssh link**. Ex.
```.env
mongoURI=mongodb://localhost:27017
databases=db_name_1, db_name_2, ...
github=git@github:Username/MongoDB_Backup_Repo.git
github_author=Github_Username
github_email=john_doe@example.com
```
**Note:** If you wish to backup more than one database at a time, be sure to seperate the database names with a comma and a space as follows "`, `".
3. Setup your service on your UNIX-based OS, for example an Ubuntu Server.
**i.** Build the project to a binary.
```bash
$ go build main.go
```
**ii.** Create a System Service file
```bash
$ vim /lib/systemd/system/mongobackup.service
```
Now within the `mongobackup.service` file, write the configuration for the program.
```service
[Unit]
Description=MongoDB Backup Service
[Service]
Type=simple
User=username
Group=username
Restart=always
RestartSec=46400
WorkingDir=/path/to/project
ExecStart=/path/to/project/binary
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
```
**iii.** Finally start the service.
```bash
$ service mongobackup start
```