Use mongodump from official mongo image to make regularly backups of your mongo database with cron in /backup.
- Use archive and gzip options of mongodump
- Based on the official mongo image
See the docker-compose.yml example in this repo. This is a typical setup in a service stack
- MONGO_HOST: the hostname or IP, default is mongo
- MONGO_PORT: the port number, default is 27017
- MONGO_USER: the username, default is admin
- MONGO_PASS: the password, default is empty
- CRON_TIME: the interval of cron job to run backup
0 0 * * *by default, which is every day at 00:00 - MAX_BACKUPS: the number of backups to keep. When reaching the limit, the old backup will be discarded. No limit by default
- INIT_BACKUP: if set, create a backup when the container starts
- INIT_RESTORE_LATEST: if set, restore the latest database backup
- MONGO_AUTH_DB: authenticationDatabase used
To restore database from a certain backup, simply run:
docker exec fradelg/mongo-backup /restore.sh /backup/2017.08.06.17.19