MongoDB for Administrators Training Course

MongoDB Architectural Overview

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

Utilizing the MongoDB Shell

• Document structure and data types
• CRUD operations (inserting, querying, updating, deleting)
• System-level commands

Single-Server Configuration and Deployment

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

Security Measures

• Native authentication mechanisms
• Guidelines for secure deployment

Monitoring MongoDB

• Using mongostat
• Memory and I/O performance analysis
• Integration with monitoring platforms: Munin, Cacti, and Nagios
• Accessing MongoDB's web console

Indexing and Query Optimization

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

Introduction to Drivers (Java, Python, Ruby, PHP, Perl)

• Communication between drivers/shells and MongoDB
• BSON format and MongoDB Wire Protocol
• Diagnosing application connection issues

Introduction to Read and Write Scalability

Replication and Durability

• Master-slave replication
• Replica set implementation
• Utilizing write concern for data durability
• Managing replication failures

Auto-Sharding

• Sharding mechanics
• Setting up a MongoDB sharded cluster

Selecting a Shard Key

Sharding and Indexes

• Sharding in conjunction with Replica Set topologies
• Managing a sharded cluster

Shard and Chunk Migration

Backup and Restore Strategies

• Filesystem-based backup methods
• mongodump and mongorestore utilities
• rsync implementation
• mongoimport and mongoexport tools