MongoDB for Administrators Training Course

MongoDB Architectural Overview

• Origins, design principles, and core features
• Internal process architecture (mongos, mongod, and config servers)
• Directory and file system layout

Interacting with the MongoDB Shell

• Document structure and supported data types
• CRUD operations (inserts, queries, updates, and deletes)
• Execution of system-level commands

Single-Server Setup and Deployment

• Configuration file management
• Data file storage and space allocation
• Logging mechanisms
• Best practices for hardware and file system selection

Security Implementation

• Native authentication mechanisms
• Best practices for secure environment deployment

MongoDB Monitoring

• Utilizing mongostat
• Analysis of memory usage and I/O performance
• Integration with external monitoring tools: Munin / Cacti / Nagios
• Using the built-in web console

Indexing and Query Optimization

• Index management and internal indexing mechanisms
• Single, compound, and geospatial indexes
• Identifying inefficient queries and utilizing the query profiler

Introduction to Language Drivers (Java/Python/Ruby/PHP/Perl)

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

Foundations of Read and Write Scalability

Replication and Data Durability

• Master-slave replication models
• Replica set architecture
• Leveraging write concern settings for data integrity
• Managing and recovering from replication failures

Automated Sharding

• Sharding mechanics and architecture
• Configuration of a MongoDB shard cluster

Selecting an Effective Shard Key

Sharding and Index Interactions

• Integration of sharding with Replica Set Topologies
• Administrative tasks for sharded clusters

Shard and Chunk Migration

Backup and Recovery Strategies

• Filesystem-level backup methods
• Using mongodump and mongorestore
• Utilization of rsync
• Data migration using mongoimport and mongoexport