MDB: MongoDB for Administration_Remote Online Learning

Module 1: Installation and Configuration

• Introduction
• Installing and starting MongoDB on Linux
• Installing and starting MongoDB on macOS
• Binding MongoDB process to a specific network interface and port
• Enabling SSL for MongodDB
• Choosing the right MongoDB storage engine
• Changing storage engine
• Separating directories per database
• Customizing the MongoDB configuration file
• Running MongoDB as a Docker container

Module 2: Understanding and Managing Indexes

• Introduction
• Creating an index
• Managing existing indexes
• How to use compound indexes
• Creating background indexes
• Creating TTL-based indexes
• Creating a sparse index
• Creating a partial index
• Creating a unique index

Module 3: Performance Tuning

• Introduction
• Configuring disks for better I/O
• Measuring disk I/O performance with mongoperf
• Finding slow running queries and operations
• Storage considerations when using Amazon EC2
• Figuring out the size of a working set

Module 4: High Availability with Replication

• Introduction
• Initializing a new replica set
• Adding a node to the replica set
• Removing a node from the replica set
• Working with an arbiter
• Switching between primary and secondary nodes
• Changing replica set configuration
• Changing priority to replica set nodes

Module 5: High Scalability with Sharding

• Understanding sharding and its components
• Components of MongoDB sharding infrastructure
• Config server
• The mongos query router
• The shard server
• Choosing the shard key
• Setting up and configuring a sharded cluster
• Managing chunks
• Moving non-sharded collection data from one shard to another
• Removing a shard from the cluster
• Understanding tag aware sharding – zones

Module 6: Managing MongoDB Backups

• Introduction
• Taking backup using mongo dump tool
• Taking backup of a specific mongodb database or collection
• Taking backup of a small subset of documents in a collection
• Using bsondump tool to view mongo dump output in human readable form
• Creating a point in time backup of replica sets
• Using the mongo export tool
• Creating a backup of a sharded cluster

Module 7: Restoring MongoDB from Backups

• Introduction
• Restoring standalone MongoDB using the mongorestore tool
• Restoring specific database or specific collection
• Restoring data from one collection or database to another
• Creating a new MongoDB replica set node using backups
• Restoring a MongoDB sharded cluster from backup

Module 8: Monitoring MongoDB

• Introduction
• Monitoring MongoDB performance with mongostat
• Checking replication lag of nodes in a replica set
• Monitoring and killing long running operations on MongoDB
• Checking disk I/O usage
• Collecting MongoDB metrics using Diamond and Graphite

Module 9: Authentication and Security in MongoDB

• Introduction
• Setting up authentication in MongoDB and creating a superuser account
• Creating normal users and assigning built-in roles
• Creating and assigning custom roles
• Restoring access if you are locked out
• Using key files to authenticate servers in a replica set

Module 10: Deploying MongoDB in Production

• Introduction
• Configuring MongoDB for a production deployment
• Upgrading production MongoDB to a newer version
• Setting up and configuring TLS (SSL)
• Restricting network access using firewalls