fradelg/mongo-backup repository overview

⁠mongo-backup

Use mongodump from official mongo image to make regularly backups of your mongo database with cron in /backup.

• Use archive and gzip⁠ options of mongodump
• Based on the official mongo⁠ image

⁠Usage:

See the docker-compose.yml example in this repo. This is a typical setup in a service stack

⁠Variables

• MONGO_HOST: the hostname or IP, default is mongo
• MONGO_PORT: the port number, default is 27017
• MONGO_USER: the username, default is admin
• MONGO_PASS: the password, default is empty
• CRON_TIME: the interval of cron job to run backup 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 starts
• INIT_RESTORE_LATEST: if set, restore the latest database backup

⁠Restore from a backup

To restore database from a certain backup, simply run:

docker exec fradelg/mongo-backup /restore.sh /backup/2017.08.06.17.19