Setting up MongoDB with Docker

04/05/2019 — 1 Min Read — In Development

One of my friends asked for help setting up a MongoDB with docker, so I threw together this gist. This sets up mongo with authentication enabled, which is really important (and overlooked in many tutorials). It also includes a container you can use to do nightly backups to S3.

  
          version: "2"
        
          services:
        
            mongo:
        
              image: mckernanin/mongo-auth:4.0.8
        
              environment:
        
                AUTH: "yes"
        
                MONGODB_ADMIN_USER: admin
        
                MONGODB_ADMIN_PASS: '**********' # set your admin password here
        
                MONGODB_APPLICATION_DATABASE: appname # give the db a name
        
                MONGODB_APPLICATION_USER: application
        
                MONGODB_APPLICATION_PASS: '**********' # set your application password here
        
              ports:
        
                - 27017:27017
        
              volumes:
        
                - ~/.mongo:/data/db # this persists your mongo data to disk outside of docker
        
            # mongo-backup: # automated backups to s3
        
            #   image: lgatica/mongodump-s3
        
            #   environment:
        
            #     MONGO_URI: mongodb://application:**********@mongodb/appname # connection string based on above config
        
            #     AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: '**********' # aws access key
        
            #     AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: '**********' # aws secret key
        
            #     AWS_DEFAULT_REGION: us-east-2 # aws region
        
            #     S3_BUCKET: '**********' # aws bucket name
        
            #     BACKUP_CRON_SCHEDULE: 0 2 * * *
        
            #     S3_PATH: '**********' # aws bucket path
        
            #   links:
        
            #     - mongo:mongodb

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	version: "2"
	services:
	mongo:
	image: mckernanin/mongo-auth:4.0.8
	environment:
	AUTH: "yes"
	MONGODB_ADMIN_USER: admin
	MONGODB_ADMIN_PASS: '**********' # set your admin password here
	MONGODB_APPLICATION_DATABASE: appname # give the db a name
	MONGODB_APPLICATION_USER: application
	MONGODB_APPLICATION_PASS: '**********' # set your application password here
	ports:
	- 27017:27017
	volumes:
	- ~/.mongo:/data/db # this persists your mongo data to disk outside of docker
	# mongo-backup: # automated backups to s3
	# image: lgatica/mongodump-s3
	# environment:
	# MONGO_URI: mongodb://application:**********@mongodb/appname # connection string based on above config
	# AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: '**********' # aws access key
	# AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: '**********' # aws secret key
	# AWS_DEFAULT_REGION: us-east-2 # aws region
	# S3_BUCKET: '**********' # aws bucket name
	# BACKUP_CRON_SCHEDULE: 0 2 * * *
	# S3_PATH: '**********' # aws bucket path
	# links:
	# - mongo:mongodb