📦 Automated MongoDB Backup to Cloudflare R2

📌 Overview

This project automates the process of backing up a MongoDB database every 12 hours and uploading the backup to Cloudflare R2 storage.
It also provides a script to restore the database from the latest backup.

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🚀 Features

• ✅ Automated database backup using mongodump
• ✅ Compression into .tar.gz archive
• ✅ Uploads backup files to Cloudflare R2 using AWS CLI
• ✅ Runs automatically via Cron jobs or GitHub Actions
• ✅ Restore script to recover database from latest backup

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🛠️ Tech Stack

• MongoDB (Database)
• Bash scripting (Automation)
• AWS CLI (Upload to R2)
• GitHub Actions (CI/CD for scheduling)
• Cloudflare R2 (Backup storage)

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📂 Project Structure

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├── backup.sh          # Script for backup & upload
├── restore.sh         # Script to restore from latest backup
├── .github/
│   └── workflows/
│       └── db-backup.yml   # GitHub Actions workflow
└── README.md

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⚙️ Setup Instructions

1. Clone the Repository

   git clone https://github.com/your-username/automated-db-backup.git
   cd automated-db-backup

2. Configure Cloudflare R2

   • Create a bucket in Cloudflare R2
   • Get Access Key and Secret Key
   • Configure AWS CLI:

     aws configure

3. Run Backup Manually

   chmod +x backup.sh
   ./backup.sh

4. Schedule with Cron (Server Option)

   crontab -e

   Add:

   0 */12 * * * /home/ubuntu/backup.sh >> /home/ubuntu/backup.log 2>&1
   

5. GitHub Actions (CI/CD Option) Add repository secrets in GitHub:

   • DB_URI
   • DB_NAME
   • R2_BUCKET
   • R2_ENDPOINT
   • R2_ACCESS_KEY
   • R2_SECRET_KEY

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🔄 Restore Database

chmod +x restore.sh
./restore.sh

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👨‍💻 Author

Barshapriyadarshini Bhanja