Learn how to create an EBS snapshot backup of the MongoDB database. Our MongoDB Support team is here to help you with your questions and concerns.

All About MongoDB EBS Snapshot Backup

MongoDB is a well-known NoSQL database. It stores data in collections, that can be described as groups of documents. In fact, backing up the MongoDB database is a key part of disaster recovery, replication, and migration.

We can easily do this via Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) snapshot backups according to our experts

An EBS snapshot can be described as a point-in-time copy of an EBS volume. The EBS can be described as a virtual hard drive that is attached to an EC2 instance. Furthermore, EBS snapshots are stored in Amazon S3. We can also restore data to a new EBS volume or to a different EC2 instance with these snapshots.

In fact, EBS snapshots, are one of the most efficient ways to protect MongoDB in the EC2 environment. In other words, Snapshot technology enables taking backups of volumes in high frequency. Additionally, the recovery of large data volumes is instant in most cases.

How to create an EBS snapshot backup of MongoDB database

Let’s take a look at how to create an EBS snapshot backup of our MongoDB database:

1. First, we have to create an EBS volume via the EC2 console or AWS CLI. Remember to select the corresponding size for the database.
2. Next, we must attach the EBS volume to our MongoDB server. After that, we will be able to see the EBS volume as a new disk on our server.
3. Then, it is time to run mongodump to back up our MongoDB data. The mongodump command creates a dump of our MongoDB database as a set of BSON files. These files can then be easily transferred to the EBS volume.
4. After the backup is done, it is time to create an EBS snapshot of the EBS volume. This snapshot captures the state of the EBS volume at the time the snapshot was taken.
5. Finally, the EBS snapshot is stored automatically in Amazon S3.

In order to restore the MongoDB database from the snapshot backup, we have to create a new EBS volume from the EBS snapshot and then attach it to a new MongoDB server. After that, we must run the mongorestore command to restore the BSON files to the new MongoDB server.

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Conclusion

To sum up, our Support Techs demonstrated how to create an EBS snapshot backup of a MongoDB database.