MongoDB for Administrators Training Course

MongoDB Architecture Overview

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

Interacting with the MongoDB Shell

• Document structure and data types
• CRUD operations (insertions, queries, updates, deletions)
• System-level commands

Standalone Server Configuration and Deployment

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

Security Implementation

• Native authentication mechanisms
• Best practices for secure deployment

Monitoring MongoDB

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

Indexing and Query Performance Optimization

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

Driver Fundamentals (Java/Python/Ruby/PHP/Perl)

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

Foundations of Read and Write Scalability

Replication and Data Durability

• Master-slave replication
• Replica sets
• Leveraging write concern for durability
• Managing replication failures

Auto-Sharding Mechanisms

• Sharding concepts and functionality
• Setting up a MongoDB sharded cluster

Selecting an Effective Shard Key

Sharding and Index Integration

• Sharding with Replica Set topologies
• Administrative tasks for sharded clusters

Shard and Chunk Migration

Backup and Recovery Strategies

• Filesystem-based backup methods
• Usage of mongodump / mongorestore
• Implementation of rsync
• Utilization of mongoimport / mongoexport