MongoDB Backup script.

mongodb_backup.sh

#!/bin/bash

BACKUP_DIR="$HOME/path/to/backup"
USER="db_user"
PASS="db_pass"
HOST="db_host"
PORT="db_port"
NAME="db_name"

if [ ! -d $BACKUP_DIR ];then
    mkdir -p $BACKUP_DIR
fi

mongodump -h ${HOST}:${PORT} -d ${NAME} -u ${USER} -p ${PASS} -o $BACKUP_DIR
tar -C $BACKUP_DIR -jcvf ${BACKUP_DIR}/${NAME}_`date +%Y_%m_%d_%H%M%S`.tar.bz2 $NAME
rm -rf ${BACKUP_DIR}/${NAME}