Basic mongodb administration

Recently picked up mongodb for the ongoing project. It is a popular NoSQL database; I prefer to call it schema-less database, and that is also why I use it: the data goes into the database does not have to follow any predefined schema like they do in SQL ones. This is perfect for any exploratory data analysis like we do when we have to constantly add/delete items/attributes for your data. Previously I use SQL database, in which I have to rebuild the database every time if any new stuff is added; it is painful.

In this post I include a few commands to quickly get you started with regular administration with mongodb.

mongod --dbpath /srv/mongodb/

This initiates the mongodb server with predefined local database path.

mongodump --dbpath /data/db/ --out /data/backup/

This uses mongodump creates a backup for the entire database you point to.

mongorestore --dbpath <database path> <path to the backup>

This restores/dumps a backup copy into defined database.

I will update once I come across necessary commands.