MongoDB for Administrators Training Course

Overview of MongoDB Architecture

• Origins, design objectives, and primary features
• Process architecture (mongos, mongod, and configuration servers)
• Directory and file system layout

Utilizing the MongoDB Shell

• Documents and supported data types
• CRUD operations (Insert, Query, Update, Delete)
• System-level commands

Single-Server Setup and Deployment

• Configuration file management
• Data file handling and allocation strategies
• Logging mechanisms
• Hardware and file system best practices

Security Implementation

• Native authentication methods
• Guidelines for secure deployment environments

Monitoring MongoDB Instances

• Use of mongostat for real-time metrics
• Analysis of memory usage and IO performance
• Integration with external monitoring tools like Munin, Cacti, and Nagios
• Utilization of the MongoDB web console

Indexing and Query Performance Optimization

• Index management and internal indexing mechanisms
• Single, Compound, and Geo-spatial indexes
• Identification of inefficient queries and application of the query profiler

Fundamentals of Client Drivers (Java/Python/Ruby/PHP/Perl)

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

Introduction to Read and Write Scalability

Replication and Data Durability

• Master-slave replication concepts
• Configuration of replica sets
• Leveraging write concern for data consistency
• Managing replication failures

Auto-Sharding Mechanics

• Operational principles of sharding
• Deployment of MongoDB shard clusters

Selection of Shard Keys

Sharding in Relation to Indexes

• Integration of Sharding and Replica Set Topologies
• Administrative tasks for sharded clusters

Shard and Chunk Migration

Backup and Restoration Strategies

• Filesystem-based backup approaches
• Implementation of mongodump and mongorestore
• Use of rsync for data synchronization
• Data transfer using mongoimport and mongoexport