Instructions to get backup

STEPS:

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Install and Create mongoDB with Dummy data:

Make the script executable

chmod 700 mongodb-installer.sh

Run the file to create database and collection

./setup_mongo.sh

Install AWS CLI

sudo apt install unzip
curl "https://awscli.amazonaws.com/awscli-exe-linux-x86_64.zip" -o "awscliv2.zip"
unzip awscliv2.zip
sudo ./aws/install

Configure AWS User Credentials

aws configure

Create an S3 Bucket

aws s3 mb s3://<your-bucket-name>

Update Package Lists

sudo apt-get update

Install mongodb-database-tools. This package includes essential tools like mongodump and mongorestore.

sudo apt install mongodb-database-tools

Use IAM Role for EC2 (if you're running on an EC2 instance)

• Go to the IAM Console in AWS.
• Create an IAM role with the following permissions:
  • AmazonS3FullAccess (or a custom policy granting permission to upload to your specific S3 bucket).
• Attach the IAM role to your EC2 instance.

Check bucket access:

aws s3 ls s3://your-bucket-name

Verify the Backup Process if backup-generator.sh is running smoothly and creating s3 backup

sudo chmod 700 backup-generator.sh
sudo ./backup-generator.sh

Set Up a Cron Job to Run Every 2 or 5 or 10 Minutes

*/2 * * * * /path/to/backup-generator.sh >> /var/log/backup-generator.log 2>&1

Monitor Cron Logs

grep CRON /var/log/syslog