MongoDB Administration Training

Build production-ready MongoDB operations skills with this intensive 3-day training. Learn replica set deployment, sharding architecture, security hardening, backup strategies, monitoring, and disaster recovery for enterprise MongoDB deployments.

Training Details

Duration	3 days (24 hours)
Level	Intermediate
Delivery	In-person, Live online, Hybrid
Certification	N/A

Who Is This For?

• Database administrators managing MongoDB in production
• DevOps engineers deploying MongoDB clusters
• Platform engineers building data platform infrastructure
• SREs responsible for MongoDB reliability

Learning Outcomes

After completing this training, participants will be able to:

• Deploy and manage replica sets with automatic failover
• Design and implement sharded cluster architectures
• Configure authentication, authorization, and encryption
• Implement backup and restore strategies
• Monitor cluster health with Atlas, Ops Manager, and Prometheus
• Plan capacity and troubleshoot performance issues

Detailed Agenda

Day 1: Replica Sets

Module 1: Replica Set Architecture

• Primary, secondary, and arbiter nodes
• Election process and write concern
• Read preferences and data locality
• Hands-on: Deploy a 3-node replica set

Module 2: Replica Set Operations

• Adding and removing members
• Priority and hidden members
• Delayed members for rollback protection
• Hands-on: Simulate failover and recovery scenarios

Module 3: Replica Set Maintenance

• Rolling maintenance procedures
• Compaction and storage management
• Oplog sizing and monitoring
• Hands-on: Perform rolling restarts and oplog management

Day 2: Sharding and Security

Module 4: Sharded Cluster Architecture

• Config servers, mongos routers, and shard servers
• Shard key selection strategies
• Chunks, balancer, and data distribution
• Hands-on: Deploy a sharded cluster

Module 5: Sharding Operations

• Hashed vs ranged sharding
• Zone sharding for data locality
• Resharding and refining shard keys
• Hands-on: Shard a collection and analyze distribution

Module 6: Security

• Authentication — SCRAM, x.509, LDAP, Kerberos
• Role-based access control (RBAC)
• Encryption at rest and in transit
• Audit logging and compliance
• Hands-on: Configure TLS, RBAC, and audit logging

Day 3: Backup, Monitoring, and DR

Module 7: Backup and Restore

• mongodump and mongorestore
• Filesystem snapshots with consistent state
• Ops Manager continuous backup
• Point-in-time recovery
• Hands-on: Implement backup strategies and test restores

Module 8: Monitoring

• Server status and diagnostic commands
• MongoDB Atlas monitoring
• Prometheus and Grafana integration
• Alerting best practices
• Hands-on: Build monitoring dashboards

Module 9: Performance and Troubleshooting

• Query profiler and slow query analysis
• currentOp and killOp for operation management
• WiredTiger cache and storage optimization
• Common issues — lock contention, memory pressure, slow queries
• Hands-on: Diagnose and resolve production performance issues

What's Included

• Access to multi-node lab environments
• Course slides and reference materials
• Operations runbooks and checklists
• Post-training email support (30 days)

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