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.

   mongoURI=mongodb://localhost:27017
   databases=db_name_1, db_name_2, ...
   github=git@github:Username/MongoDB_Backup_Repo.git
   

   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.

   $ go build main.go
   

   ii. Create a System Service file

   $ vim /lib/systemd/system/mongobackup.service
   

   Now within the mongobackup.service file, write the configuration for the program.

   [Unit]
   Description=MongoDB Backup Service
   
   [Service]
   Type=simple
   Restart=always
   RestartSec=5
   ExecStart=/path/to/binary/file
   
   [Install]
   WantedBy=multi-user.target
   

   iii. Finally start the service.

   $ service mongobackup start