#!/bin/sh # Make sure to: # 1) Name this file `backup.sh` and place it in /home/ec2-user (or symlink it) # 2) Run sudo apt-get install awscli to install the AWSCLI # 3) Run aws configure (enter s3-authorized IAM user and specify region) # 4) Fill in DB host + name # 5) Create S3 bucket for the backups and fill it in below (set a lifecycle rule to expire files older than X days in the bucket) # 6) Run chmod +x backup.sh # 7) Test it out via ./backup.sh # 8) Set up a daily backup at 8AM UTC via `crontab -e`: # 0 8 * * * /home/ec2-user/backup.sh > /home/ec2-user/backup.log # DB host (secondary preferred as to avoid impacting primary performance) HOST=localhost:27017 # DB name DBNAME=p5js-web-editor # S3 bucket name BUCKET=p5js-web-editor-backup # Linux user account USER=ec2-user # Current time TIME=`/bin/date +%d-%m-%Y-%T` # Backup directory DEST=/home/$USER/tmp # Tar file of backup directory TAR=$DEST/../$TIME.tar # Create backup dir (-p to avoid warning if already exists) /bin/mkdir -p $DEST # Log echo "Backing up $HOST/$DBNAME to s3://$BUCKET/ on $TIME"; # Dump from mongodb host into backup directory /usr/bin/mongodump -h $HOST -d $DBNAME -o $DEST # Create tar of backup directory /bin/tar cvf $TAR -C $DEST . # Upload tar to s3 /usr/bin/aws s3 cp $TAR s3://$BUCKET/ # Remove tar file locally /bin/rm -f $TAR # Remove backup directory /bin/rm -rf $DEST # All done echo "Backup available at https://s3.amazonaws.com/$BUCKET/$TIME.tar"