Mongodb Backup

Simple MongoDB backup that run scheduled backups of mongodb and upload it to S3

Fork of https://github.com/tutumcloud/mongodb-backup simplified, and with S3 parts from https://bitbucket.org/taccaci/mongodb-sync

Usage:

At the moment it does not support username, password or selection of specific db. Use https://bitbucket.org/taccaci/mongodb-sync if all that is needed

docker run -d \
    --env MONGODB_HOST=mongodb.host \
    --env MONGODB_PORT=27017 \
    --volume host.folder:/backup
    mongodb-backup

Parameters through env

MONGODB_HOST           the host/ip of your mongodb database
MONGODB_PORT           the port number of your mongodb database
EXTRA_OPTS             the extra options to pass to mongodump command
CRON_TIME              the interval of cron job to run mongodump. `0 0 * * *` by default, which is every day at 00:00
MAX_BACKUPS            the number of backups to keep. When reaching the limit, the old backup will be discarded. No limit, by default
INIT_BACKUP            if set, create a backup when the container launched
AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID	your aws id
AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY  your aws key
S3_BUCKET              Bucket in S3
S3_BACKUP              if set, upload backup to S3

Restore from a backup

See the list of backups, you can run:

docker exec mongodb-backup ls /backup

To restore database from a certain backup, simply run:

docker exec mongodb-backup /restore.sh /backup/name-of-backup

NOTE: Restore will not overwrite the existing database, but just add the backup