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Script for daily backup of a mongodb database
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1. Set appropriate permissions to the file
$ chmod 755 mongobackup
Then add the following entry to your crontab list
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@daily /home/user/mongobackup
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@daily means everyday at midnight
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#!/bin/bash
DUMPPATH=/home/user/dumps
MONGODBNAME=my_db
DAY=`/bin/date +%Y%m%d`
mongodump -d $MONGODBNAME -o $DUMPPATH/mongo_$DAY
cd $DUMPPATH/mongo_$DAY
tar -cvzf "$DUMPPATH/mongo_$DAY.tar" $MONGODBNAME
cd $DUMPPATH
rm -rf $DUMPPATH/mongo_$DAY
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