Simple bash script to take nightly MongoDB backups:

#!/bin/sh
 DIR=`date +%m%d%y`
 DEST=/db_backups/$DIR
 mkdir $DEST
 mongodump -h <your_database_host> -d <your_database_name> -u <username> -p <password> -o $DEST

NOTE: db_backups folder shoud already be created by mkdir /db_backups.


Put it in a crontab for nightly backups. First open crotab:

sudo crontab -e

Create a new line (entry) in crontab and paste the below cron task:

45 1 * * * ../../scripts/db_backup.sh

NOTE: here our script is called db_backup.sh, should you use your own script name here. and make it executable by chmod +x /your/ full_path/scripts/db_backup.sh


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