mongo-git-backup

The tool exports text dump (via mongoexport) of given MongoDB database to given Git repository and restores it back (via mongoimport). Please read MIT License agreement before use.

Pros

• Github and Bitbucket are safe places to store data and history of data changes.
• You don't need to pay for a storage if you're able to create private repos (on Bitbucket they're free).
• You can make as many backups as you can and as often as you want since Git stores diffs instead of storing everything.
• Git GUI clients (including web UI) allow to nicely show diffs between two versions (two commits) of data.

Cons

• Likely, it isn't good for big databases.

Install

npm install -g mongo-git-backup

To run the tool on boot you need to install pm2.

npm install -g pm2

CLI

mongo-git-backup export options

• --db - DB name you want to export (required)
• --repo - a Git repository where you want to store backups (required)
• --host - DB host (optional, localhost by default)
• --port - DB port (optional, 27017 by default)
• --branch - a branch of the Git repository (optional, master by default)
• --gitUserName - Git user name (optional)
• --gitUserEmail - Git user email (optional)
• --daemonize - daemonize export via pm2
• --interval - an interval of backups in seconds (works when daemonized, 300 by default)
• --undaemonize - deletes pm2 process and removes given export settings from the list of mongo-git-backup instances

Example:

mongo-git-backup export --db=test [email protected]:finom/mongo-git-backup.git --branch=test --daemonize

To run the tool on startup:

• Daemonize it first.
• Check is mongo-git-backup run by typing pm2 ls in terminal.
• Run pm2 save to save process list.
• Run pm2 startup to resurrect the saved process list on startup.

See PM2 documentation for more info.

mongo-git-backup import options

• --db - DB name you want to restore (required)
• --repo - a Git repository where backup is stored (required)
• --branch - a branch of the Git repository (optional, master by default)
• --checkout - switches to a specified commit or git tag (optional)

Example:

mongo-git-backup import --db=test [email protected]:finom/mongo-git-backup.git --branch=test --checkout=tags/foo

Tip: add this command to NPM scripts to run it easier.

API

There are two functions exported: exportToGit and importFromGit. Both functions return promise. The list of arguments is the same as for CLI.

const { exportToGit, importFromGit } = require('mongo-git-backup');

const options = {
    db: 'test',
    repo: '[email protected]:finom/mongo-git-backup.git',
    branch: 'test'
}

exportToGit(options).then(() => importFromGit(options));