#Scheduled MongoDB Backup

Script for mongodb database backup to amazon S3.

####Required

1. Boto S3 [pip install boto]
2. s3multiput or s3cmd comes with Amazon EC2 [apt-get install s3cmd]
3. FileChunkIO [easy_install FileChunkIO]

####Settings

1. Add s3 bucketname, key & secret in aws_s3.py
2. Specify the script directory in backup.sh
3. Create a cron job by crontab -e
4. Add the following lines of code to run the script as a cronjob, following will execute at 12 AM everyday 0 0 * * * touch /home/ubuntu/db-backup/mongodb-auto-backup/backup.sh /dev/null 2>&1

Set the backup time according to your requirement, for more read http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/how-do-i-add-jobs-to-cron-under-linux-or-unix-oses/

####Credits

1. http://sunilarora.org/database-backup-from-mongodb-to-amazon-s3-and
2. http://www.xorcode.com/2012/08/22/round-robin-mongodb-backups-to-s3-with-tar/

PS: This is bit of a learning bash, license apache 2