mongo db backup

January 9, 2017 2.6k views
MongoDB Ubuntu 16.04 Ubuntu
lukailjadica
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lukailjadica

I tried to set up Backups with mongodump command.
I used this Tutorial: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-back-up-restore-and-migrate-a-mongodb-database-on-ubuntu-14-04

But when i execute folowing command:
sudo mongodump --db newdb --out /var/backups/mongobackups/date +"%m-%d-%y"
I get this error:

Failed: error getting collections for database ibyc_db: error running listCollections. Database: ibyc_db Err: not authorized on ibyc_db to execute command { listCollections: 1, cursor: {} }

I am running a node.js application and it works fine. The application is able to write and read to the database.

Could someone help with the mongodump command?

Thx a lot

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ryanpq MOD January 9, 2017

You may need to provide a username and password to the mongodump command and also ensure that the user that you are using has the "backup" role on it which will provide the needed permissions.

From the official documentation for mongodump:

To run mongodump against a MongoDB deployment that has access control enabled, you must have privileges that grant find action for each database to back up. The built-in backup role provides the required privileges to perform backup of any and all databases.

Changed in version 3.2.1: The backup role provides additional privileges to back up the system.profile collections that exist when running with database profiling. Previously, users required an additional read access on this collection.
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  • lukailjadica January 9, 2017

    thanks for your quick answer.
    I tried with the user/password that we use for our application, dont work.
    Did i understand you right: I have to create another user with backup role and use it in the mongodump command?

    thx

  • lukailjadica January 10, 2017

    could you provide a snipped how to grant the "backup" role to a user?

    • ryanpq MOD January 10, 2017

      This section of the official documentation covers how to grant a role to a user.

      • venoel February 19, 2018

        This section does not explain it clear.

        Role "backup" exists only in "admin" database. To create user for backup purposes you need in Mongo shell

        use db1
db.createUser({user: 'backup_user', pwd: '*********', roles: [{ role: 'backup',db:'admin'}]})

        Where "db1" is your database. Statement is reading as "create user backup_user in db1 database with role backup which exists in admin database".

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