MongoDB for Administrators Training Course

Overview of MongoDB Architecture

• Origins, design principles, and core features
• Process structure (mongos, mongod, config servers)
• Directory and file organization

Utilizing the MongoDB Shell

• Documents and data types
• CRUD operations (insertions, queries, updates, deletions)
• System-level commands

Single-Server Configuration and Deployment

• Configuration file management
• Data file handling and allocation
• Log file management
• Hardware and filesystem best practices

Security

• Native authentication mechanisms
• Best practices for secure deployment

Monitoring MongoDB

• Use of mongostat
• Analysis of memory and I/O performance
• Integration with monitoring platforms: Munin, Cacti, and Nagios
• The MongoDB web-based console

Indexing and Query Optimization

• Index management and internal indexing mechanisms
• Single, compound, and geospatial indexes
• Identification of inefficient queries and use of the query profiler

Introduction to Drivers (Java, Python, Ruby, PHP, Perl)

• Communication mechanisms between drivers/shell and MongoDB
• BSON and the MongoDB Wire Protocol
• Troubleshooting application connectivity issues

Foundations of Read and Write Scalability

Replication and Durability

• Master-slave replication
• Replica sets
• Utilizing write concern for data durability
• Managing replication failures

Auto-Sharding

• Sharding mechanisms
• Configuration of MongoDB shard clusters

Selecting a Shard Key

Sharding and Indexes

• Sharding combined with replica set topologies
• Administration of sharded clusters

Shard and Chunk Migration

Backup and Restore Strategies

• Filesystem-based backup approaches
• Use of mongodump and mongorestore
• Utilization of rsync
• Use of mongoimport and mongoexport