Node MongoDB / S3 Backup

This is a fork to fix a breaking bug in the original repo

The original repo (https://github.com/theycallmeswift/node-mongodb-s3-backup) is no longer working due to a breaking change in the knox S3 library.

CHANGELOG

1. Replaced knox with knox-s3 which is a fork of knox that fixes the issue since knox itself is no longer maintained.

2. Added some new options to the mongodb portion of the JSON config file (see details below).

3. Replaced tmpDir() with tmpdir() to get rid of a deprecation warning.

4. Changed stderr logging to use [info] instead of [error] since it was marking normal results as errors.

Original Intro...

This is a package that makes backing up your mongo databases to S3 simple. The binary file is a node cronjob that runs at midnight every day and backs up the database specified in the config file.

Installation

Since this repo is NOT PUBLISHED IN NPM as it is a fork of the original, you can install it by:

1. Downloading this repo

2. cd /path/to/downloaded/repo

3. npm install -g

Configuration

To configure the backup, you need to pass the binary a JSON configuration file.

Note the following new options available under the mongodb portion of the JSON config file:

type - MUST be either standalone or replicaSet

host - if using type replicaSet, include the usual comma-separated list of replica set members with both host and port numbers for each member

port - optional. If using type replicaSet, you must OMIT this field completely!

isSSL - optional. Set to true if connecting via SSL (this simply sets the --ssl option)

authenticationDatabase - optional. Set to the name of your authenticationDatabase if using one.

There is a sample configuration file supplied in the package (config.sample.json).

The file should have the following format:

{
  "mongodb": {
    "type": "standalone",
    "host": "localhost",
    "port": 27017,
    "username": false,
    "password": false,
    "db": "database_to_backup"
  },
  "s3": {
    "key": "your_s3_key",
    "secret": "your_s3_secret",
    "bucket": "s3_bucket_to_upload_to",
    "destination": "/",
    "encrypt": true,
    "region": "s3_region_to_use"
  },
  "cron": {
    "time": "11:59",
  }
}

All options in the "s3" object, except for desination, will be directly passed to knox, therefore, you can include any of the options listed in the knox documentation.

Crontabs

You may optionally substitute the cron "time" field with an explicit "crontab" of the standard format 0 0 * * *.

  "cron": {
    "crontab": "0 0 * * *"
  }

Note: The version of cron that we run supports a sixth digit (which is in seconds) if you need it.

Timezones

The optional "timezone" allows you to specify timezone-relative time regardless of local timezone on the host machine.

  "cron": {
    "time": "00:00",
    "timezone": "America/New_York"
  }

You must first npm install time to use "timezone" specification.

Running

To start a long-running process with scheduled cron job:

mongodb_s3_backup <path to config file>

To execute a backup immediately and exit:

mongodb_s3_backup -n <path to config file>