Meteor MongoDB Backup To Amazon S3

Easily backup your MongoDB database to Amazon AWS S3. Run scheduled backups with a cron job, or backup on demand as needed.

NOTE

This package does NOT work on deployments to *.meteor.com.

Installation

meteor add jplatimer:mongo-backup

Configuration

###On The Server

Add your MongoDB and Amazon credentials to the package. Do this in server-only code (not just an 'isServer' block) to keep your key secret. If you do not provide MongoDB information, the package will use information from the MONGO_URL environment variable.

Meteor.startup(function() {
	MongoBackup.config({
			"aws": {
		  		"region": "<your-s3-region>",
		        "bucket": "<your-bucket>",
		        "accessKeyId": "<your-access-key>",
		        "secretAccessKey": "<your-secret-key>"
			},
			// mongodb data is optional; if not provided,
			// information from process.env.MONGO_URL is used
			"mongodb": "mongodb://<username>:<password>@<host>:<port>/<db-name>",
			// default
			"basename": "mongodump",
			//default
			"cron": {
				"crontab": "0 0 1 * * *",
				"timezone": "America/Vancouver"
			}
		}
	});
});

Running

After configuring, to start a long-running process with scheduled cron job:

MongoBackup.startCron();

Or, also after configuring, to execute a single backup immediately:

MongoBackup.backupNow();

Disclaimer

I made this package for my own purposes and decided to share it. It is provided "AS IS." I take no resposibility for any lost data or other problems resulting from using this package. It's your resonsibility to make sure it's working on your deployment!!

Credits

This package uses the awesome mongodump-s3 NodeJS module created by @SamDuvall, available here:

https://github.com/SamDuvall/mongodump-s3