mongodump

Dump a MongoDB database.

Config example

DB_HOST = '127.0.0.1'
DB_PORT = '27017'
DB_NAME = 'dbname'
BACKUP_PATH = '/home/user/dbname/'

Note : The / at the end of BACKUP_PATH is important.

Allow executable

chmod +x mongodump.py

Cron job daily example

20 0 * * * /usr/bin/python3 /home/user/mongodump.py > /home/user/mongodump.log

Cron job to clean up the mongodump log

0 1 * * sun echo "empty" > /home/user/mongodump.log