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From: Kamran Ahmed <kamranahmed.se@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2024 15:31:16 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add automated backups project

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+---
+title: 'Automated DB Backups'
+description: 'Setup a scheduled workflow to backup a Database every 12 hours'
+isNew: false
+sort: 15
+difficulty: 'intermediate'
+nature: 'Backups'
+skills:
+  - 'bash'
+  - 'devops'
+seo:
+  title: 'Automated DB Backups'
+  description: 'Setup a scheduled workflow to backup a Database every 12 hours'
+  keywords:
+    - 'Backup'
+    - 'Database'
+    - 'MongoDB'
+roadmapIds:
+  - 'devops'
+---
+
+The goal of this project is to setup a scheduled workflow to backup a Database every 12 hours and upload the backup to [Clouodflare R2](https://developers.cloudflare.com/r2/) which has a free tier for storage.
+
+## Requirements
+
+The pre-requisite for this project is to have a server setup and a database ready to backup. You can use one of the projects did in [the other project](/projects/multi-container-service). Alternatively:
+
+- Setup a server on [Digital Ocean](https://m.do.co/c/b29aa8845df8) or any other provider
+- Run a MongoDB instance on the server
+- Seed some data to the database
+
+Once you have a server and a database ready, you can proceed to the next step.
+
+### Scheduled Backups
+
+You can do this bit either by setting up a cron job on the server or alternatively setup a [scheduled workflow in Github Actions](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/writing-workflows/choosing-when-your-workflow-runs/events-that-trigger-workflows#schedule) that runs every 12 hours and execute the backup from there. Database should be backedup up into a tarball and uploaded to [Clouodflare R2](https://developers.cloudflare.com/r2/).
+
+Hint: You can use the `mongodump` to dump the database and then use `aws cli` to upload the file to R2.
+
+### Stretch Goal
+
+Write a script to download the latest backup from R2 and restore the database.
+
+<hr />
+
+Database backups are essential to ensure that you can restore your data in case of a disaster. This project will give you hands on experience on how to setup a scheduled workflow to backup a database and how to restore it from a backup.
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