MongoDB for Administrators Training Course

MongoDB Architecture Overview

• Origins, design objectives, and core features
• Process architecture (mongos, mongod, config servers)
• Directory and file structures

Utilizing the MongoDB Shell

• Data types and document structures
• CRUD operations (Insert, Query, Update, Delete)
• System commands

Single-Server Setup and Deployment

• Configuration files
• Data file management and allocation
• Logging mechanisms
• Hardware and file system best practices

Security Measures

• Native authentication mechanisms
• Best practices for secure deployment

Monitoring MongoDB

• Using mongostat
• Memory and I/O performance analysis
• Integration with monitoring tools like Munin, Cacti, and Nagios
• The MongoDB web console

Indexing and Query Performance

• Index management and internal MongoDB indexing mechanics
• Single, compound, and Geo indexes
• Identifying inefficient queries and utilizing the query profiler

Driver Introduction (Java, Python, Ruby, PHP, Perl)

• Communication protocols between drivers, the shell, and MongoDB
• BSON and the MongoDB Wire Protocol
• Diagnosing application connection issues

Read and Write Scalability Fundamentals

Replication and Data Durability

• Master-slave replication
• Replica sets
• Ensuring durability through write concern
• Managing replication failures

Automated Sharding

• Sharding mechanisms and functionality
• Building a MongoDB sharded cluster

Shard Key Selection

Sharding and Indexing

• Sharding within Replica Set topologies
• Administering sharded clusters

Shard and Chunk Migration

Backup and Restoration Strategies

• Filesystem-based backup methods
• Utilizing mongodump and mongorestore
• Using rsync
• Utilizing mongoimport and mongoexport