Course Outline
MongoDB Architectural Overview
- Origins, design objectives, and primary features
- Process architecture (mongos, mongod, config servers)
- Directory and file organization
Interacting with the MongoDB Shell
- Documents and data types
- CRUD operations (Inserts, queries, updates, deletes)
- System commands
Single-server Configuration and Deployment
- Configuration file management
- Data files and allocation strategies
- Logging mechanisms
- Hardware and file-system best practices
Security
- Native authentication features
- Guidelines for secure deployment
Monitoring MongoDB
- Using mongostat
- Memory and IO performance analysis
- Integration with monitoring tools such as Munin, Cacti, and Nagios
- Utilizing MongoDB's web console
Indexing and Query Optimization
- Index management and MongoDB indexing mechanics
- Single, Compound, and Geo indexes
- Identifying inefficient queries and using the query profiler
Introduction to drivers (Java/Python/Ruby/PHP/Perl)
- Communication between drivers, shell, and MongoDB
- BSON and the MongoDB Wire Protocol
- Troubleshooting application connectivity
Foundations of Read and Write Scalability
Replication and Durability
- Master-slave replication
- Replica sets
- Leveraging write concern for durability
- Managing replication failures
Auto-Sharding
- Sharding mechanisms
- Setting up MongoDB shard clusters
Selecting a Shard Key
Sharding and Indexes
- Sharding with Replica Set Topologies
- Administering sharded clusters
Shard / Chunk Migration
Backup and Restore Strategies
- Filesystem-based approaches
- mongodump / mongorestore
- rsync
- mongoimport / mongoexport
Requirements
Fundamental knowledge of operating system administration.
Testimonials (7)
The pace of talking and explanation.
Marko Skokovic - PWO by Lottomatica Serbia
Course - MongoDB for Administrators
the nice communication and explanation skills by Maciej
Nikola Rajic - PWO by Lottomatica Serbia
Course - MongoDB for Administrators
Excellent balance between explanations and exercises. Helpful for better understanding concepts. The examples of using jq are very helpful for work.
Laura Conti - PWO by Lottomatica Serbia
Course - MongoDB for Administrators
I enjoyed the practical's even though some of them were tricky
Austin - Vodacom
Course - MongoDB for Administrators
I like that Kamil adjusted the materail for me and my understand. He really wanted to make sure I understood.
Austin Robertson
Course - MongoDB for Administrators
Simplifying operational tasks.
Kesh - Vodacom
Course - MongoDB for Administrators
I found the instructor quite clear.
