MongoDB S3 Backup Docker image
Docker image that performs periodic backups on a MongoDB database and then uploads the results to Amazon S3.
Based on the dbader/schedule Python scheduling package.
Configuration
The following table describes the available configuration environment variables.
| Name | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|
MONGO_HOST |
MongoDB instance hostname | Required |
MONGO_DB |
MongoDB database name | Required |
S3_BUCKET |
Amazon S3 bucket name | Required |
AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID |
Amazon AWS access key | Required |
AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY |
Amazon AWS secret | Required |
BACKUP_INTERVAL |
Interval between each backup (days) | 1 |
BACKUP_TIME |
Hour of the day at which the backup will be executed | 2:00 |
DATE_FORMAT |
Date format string used as the suffix of the backup filename | %Y%m%d-%H%M%S |
FILE_PREFIX |
Prefix of the backup filename | backup- |
Example
The following command starts a mongo-s3-backup container that will stay in the background uploading backups of the testdb database on the my-mongo-host MongoDB instance every day at 2:00. The backups will be uploaded to an S3 bucket named my-s3-bucket:
docker run -d -e MONGO_HOST=my-mongo-host -e MONGO_DB=testdb -e S3_BUCKET=my-s3-bucket -e AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=<your_access_key> -e AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=<your_access_secret> -e BACKUP_INTERVAL=1 --name mongo_backups agmangas/mongo-backup-s3