MongoDB for Administrators Training Course

MongoDB Architectural Overview

• Origins, design objectives, and key characteristics
• Process architecture (mongos, mongod, and configuration servers)
• Directory and file organization

Interacting with the MongoDB Shell

• Document structure and data types
• CRUD operations (creation, retrieval, modification, and deletion)
• System-level commands

Single-Server Configuration and Deployment

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

Security

• Native authentication features
• Guidelines for secure deployment

Monitoring MongoDB

• Using mongostat
• Evaluating memory and I/O performance
• Integration with monitoring tools: Munin / Cacti / Nagios
• Utilizing the MongoDB web console

Indexing and Query Optimization

• Index management and internal indexing mechanisms
• Single, compound, and geospatial indexes
• Identifying inefficient queries and utilizing the query profiler

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

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

Overview of Read and Write Scalability

Replication and Data Durability

• Master-slave replication models
• Replica set configurations
• Utilizing write concern for data persistence
• Managing replication failures

Auto-Sharding

• Sharding mechanics
• Establishing a MongoDB sharded cluster

Selecting an Effective Shard Key

Sharding and Indexing

• Sharding within Replica Set topologies
• Administration of sharded clusters

Shard and Chunk Migration

Backup and Recovery Planning

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