dianomaly/mongobackup

A script to backup graylog's settings stored in mongodb.

Description

This script will take a mongodump of the specified mongodb database. It will then copy the dump to an s3 bucket. It will also send a status update for when the script is ran to the room that is connected to the SLACKURI that you provide. Be sure to run this script as root.

Usage

1. Install awscli. - apt-get install awscli
2. Create an s3 bucket. - Add a lifecycle rule to expire files after a specified time.
3. Create a user that has access to add files to s3 bucket.
4. Configure awscli with a user with access to your s3 bucket. - aws configure
5. Add the environment to the ENVIRONMENT variable in script.
6. Add the prefix you want in the S3PREFIX variable.
7. Add the name of your s3 bucket in the BUCKET variable.
8. Create a new webhook in your slack and assign it to a channel you want to receive alerts on. Add the webhook URL to the BUCKET variable.
9. Make the script executable. - chmod +x /path/to/script/mongobackup.sh
10. Setup a cron with crontab -e to a backup period you want. For example, if you want this script to run everynight at 11pm, set your cron settings to 0 23 * * * /path/to/script/mongobackup.sh. If you want to have the scripts log to a file when it runs then do 0 23 * * * /path/to/script/mongobackup.sh >> /path/to/log/logfile.log 2>&1. You will need to make sure the directory you want to store the log file in exists already.

Requirements

awscli