Simple tool to disable MongoDB balancer.

disable-mongodb-balancer.sh

#!/bin/bash

MONGODB_NAME=$1
MONGODB_PASS=$2
MONGODB_HOST=$3
MONGODB_PORT=${4:-27017}

if [ $# -lt 3 ]; then
    echo "Simple tool to disable MongoDB balancer."
    echo "Usage: disable-mongodb-balancer.sh  username  password  host  [port]"
    exit 1
fi


echo -e "use admin\ndb.auth('$MONGODB_NAME','$MONGODB_PASS')\nuse config\nsh.setBalancerState(false)\nwhile (sh.getBalancerState() || sh.isBalancerRunning()) { print(false); sleep(5000); }\nprint(true)\n" | mongo --norc --host $MONGODB_HOST --port $MONGODB_PORT