MongoDB for Administrators Training Course

MongoDB Architecture Fundamentals

• Origins, design principles, and core features
• Component structure (mongos, mongod, config servers)
• Directory and file organization

Utilizing the MongoDB Shell

• Document structures and data types
• CRUD operations (inserts, queries, updates, deletes)
• System-level commands

Single-Server Setup and Deployment

• Managing configuration files
• Data file management and allocation
• Log file handling
• Best practices for hardware and file-system selection

Security Protocols

• Native authentication mechanisms
• Guidelines for secure deployment practices

Monitoring MongoDB Performance

• Using mongostat
• Analysis of memory and I/O metrics
• Connecting with monitoring suites: Munin / Cacti / Nagios
• The MongoDB web-based console

Indexing and Query Efficiency

• Index management and internal mechanics
• Single, compound, and geospatial indexes
• Detecting inefficient queries and leveraging the query profiler

Driver Introduction (Java/Python/Ruby/PHP/Perl)

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

Overview of Read and Write Scalability

Replication and Data Durability

• Master-slave replication mechanisms
• Replica set architecture
• Ensuring durability through write concerns
• Managing replication failures

Auto-Sharding Mechanics

• Principles of sharding
• Configuring a MongoDB sharded cluster

Selecting an Effective Shard Key

Sharding and Index Interactions

• Sharding combined with Replica Set Topologies
• Administrative tasks for sharded clusters

Shard and Chunk Migration

Backup and Recovery Strategies

• Filesystem-based backup methods
• Utilizing mongodump / mongorestore
• Applying rsync
• Data transfer using mongoimport / mongoexport