MongoDB for Administrators Training Course

MongoDB Architecture Fundamentals

• Origins, design philosophy, and core features
• Component structure (mongos, mongod, and config servers)
• Directory and file system organization

Utilizing the MongoDB Shell

• Document structures and data types
• CRUD operations (inserting, querying, updating, and deleting)
• Executing system-level commands

Single-Server Setup and Deployment

• Managing configuration files
• Data file handling and space allocation
• Log file management
• Best practices for hardware and file system selection

Security Protocols

• Implementing native authentication mechanisms
• Guidelines for secure deployment practices

Monitoring MongoDB

• Using mongostat for real-time insights
• Analyzing memory usage and I/O performance
• Integrating with third-party monitoring tools: Munin, Cacti, and Nagios
• Leveraging the MongoDB web console

Indexing Strategies and Query Optimization

• Managing indexes and understanding internal indexing mechanisms
• Working with single, compound, and Geo spatial indexes
• Identifying inefficient queries and utilizing the query profiler

Introduction to Application Drivers (Java, Python, Ruby, PHP, Perl)

• How drivers and the shell interact with the MongoDB engine
• Understanding BSON and the MongoDB Wire Protocol
• Diagnosing application connectivity issues

Foundations of Read and Write Scalability

Replication and Data Durability

• Master-slave replication models
• Configuring and managing replica sets
• Employing write concerns to ensure durability
• Managing replication failures

Automatic Sharding

• Concepts behind sharding mechanisms
• Setting up and configuring MongoDB shard clusters

Selecting Effective Shard Keys

Sharding and Index Management

• Integrating sharding with Replica Set topologies
• Administering complex sharded clusters

Shard and Chunk Migration

Backup and Recovery Strategies

• Filesystem-level backup approaches
• Using mongodump and mongorestore utilities
• Leveraging rsync for data synchronization
• Employing mongoimport and mongoexport for data movement