Configure MongoDB Cloud Manager for Monitoring and Backup¶
This document details the steps required to configure MongoDB Cloud Manager to enable monitoring and backup of data in a MongoDB Replica Set.
Configure MongoDB Cloud Manager for Monitoring¶
Once the Monitoring Agent is up and running, open MongoDB Cloud Manager.
Click
Login
underMongoDB Cloud Manager
and log in to the Cloud Manager.Select the group from the dropdown box on the page.
Go to Settings and add a
Preferred Hostnames
entry as a regexp based on themdb-instance-name
of the nodes in your cluster. It may take up to 5 mins till this setting takes effect. You may refresh the browser window and verify whether the changes have been saved or not.For example, for the nodes in a cluster that are named
mdb-instance-0
,mdb-instance-1
and so on, a regex like^mdb-instance-[0-9]{1,2}$
is recommended.Next, click the
Deployment
tab, and then theManage Existing
button.On the
Import your deployment for monitoring
page, enter the hostname to be the same as the one set formdb-instance-name
in the global ConfigMap for a node. For example, if themdb-instance-name
is set tomdb-instance-0
, entermdb-instance-0
as the value in this field.Enter the port number as
27017
, with no authentication.If you have authentication enabled, select the option to enable authentication and specify the authentication mechanism as per your deployment. The default BigchainDB production deployment currently supports
X.509 Client Certificate
as the authentication mechanism.If you have TLS enabled, select the option to enable TLS/SSL for MongoDB connections, and click
Continue
. This should already be selected for you in case you selectedX.509 Client Certificate
above.Wait a minute or two for the deployment to be found and then click the
Continue
button again.Verify that you see your process on the Cloud Manager UI. It should look something like this:
Click
Continue
.Verify on the UI that data is being sent by the monitoring agent to the Cloud Manager. It may take upto 5 minutes for data to appear on the UI.
Configure MongoDB Cloud Manager for Backup¶
- Once the Backup Agent is up and running, open MongoDB Cloud Manager.
- Click
Login
underMongoDB Cloud Manager
and log in to the Cloud Manager.- Select the group from the dropdown box on the page.
- Click
Backup
tab.- Hover over the
Status
column of your backup and clickStart
to start the backup.- Select the replica set on the side pane.
- If you have authentication enabled, select the authentication mechanism as per your deployment. The default BigchainDB production deployment currently supports
X.509 Client Certificate
as the authentication mechanism.- If you have TLS enabled, select the checkbox
Replica set allows TLS/SSL connections
. This should be selected by default in case you selectedX.509 Client Certificate
as the auth mechanism above.- Choose the
WiredTiger
storage engine.- Verify the details of your MongoDB instance and click on
Start
.- It may take up to 5 minutes for the backup process to start. During this process, the UI will show the status of the backup process.
- Verify that data is being backed up on the UI.