Implement MongoDB replication in 3 simple steps

After we find out how replication works with MySQL lets look at mongoDB

Use the following steps to implement mongoDB Replication:

1) Create the data directories
2) Create the replication set and instances
3) Configure, primary, secundaries and an arbiter

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Step 1) Create the data directories

Start by creating a data directory for each replica set member, one for the primary and one for the secundary. We add also an arbiter. The arbiter does not relpicate data, but choose a new primary in case there is an outage of the existing primary.

mkdir /data/node1
mkdir /data/node2
mkdir /data/arbiter

Step 2) Create the replication set and instances

Next, start each member as a separate mongod. Since you’ll be running each process on the same machine, it’s probably easiest to start each mongod in a separate terminal window:

mongod --replSet person --dbpath /data/node1 --port 40001
mongod --replSet person --dbpath /data/node2 --port 40002
mongod --replSet person --dbpath /data/arbiter --port 40003

Step 3) Configure, primary, secundaries and an arbiter

Logon on the primary node to proceed, you need to configure the replica set, because if you examine the mongod log output, the first thing you’ll notice are error messages saying that the configuration can’t be found.

mongo localhost:40001
MongoDB shell version: 2.2.0
connecting to: localhost:40001/test

> rs.initiate()
{
"info2" : "no configuration explicitly specified -- making one",
"me" : "Computername.local:40001",
"info" : "Config now saved locally. Should come online in about a minute.",
"ok" : 1
}

Now connect again to the primary node, and add the secondary node including the arbiter node:

person:PRIMARY> rs.add(Computername:40002)
{ "ok" : 1 }
person:PRIMARY> rs.add(Computername:40003, {arbiterOnly:true})
{ "ok" : 1 }

Check if the configuration is ok, with rs.status():

person:PRIMARY> rs.status()
{
 "set" : "person",
 "date" : ISODate("2012-10-28T19:50:52Z"),
 "myState" : 1,
 "members" : [
 {
 "_id" : 0,
 "name" : "Computername.local:40001",
 "health" : 1,
 "state" : 1,
 "stateStr" : "PRIMARY",
 "uptime" : 1266,
 "optime" : Timestamp(1351453811000, 1),
 "optimeDate" : ISODate("2012-10-28T19:50:11Z"),
 "self" : true
 },
 {
 "_id" : 1,
 "name" : "Computername.local:40002",
 "health" : 1,
 "state" : 2,
 "stateStr" : "SECONDARY",
 "uptime" : 41,
 "optime" : Timestamp(1351453811000, 1),
 "optimeDate" : ISODate("2012-10-28T19:50:11Z"),
 "lastHeartbeat" : ISODate("2012-10-28T19:50:51Z"),
 "pingMs" : 0
 }
 ],
 "ok" : 1
}
{
 "_id" : 1,
 "name" : "Computername.local:40003",
 "health" : 1,
 "state" : 3,
 "stateStr" : "ARBITER",
 "uptime" : 14,
 "optime" : Timestamp(1351453811000, 1),
 "optimeDate" : ISODate("2012-10-28T19:50:11Z"),
 "lastHeartbeat" : ISODate("2012-10-28T19:50:51Z"),
 "pingMs" : 0
 }
 ],
 "ok" : 1
}

And now its time to check if it works. We put a person in our primary database:

person:PRIMARY> use portraitGallery
switched to db portraitGallery
person:PRIMARY> db.person.save(
{
"name" : "Maikel",
"group" : [ "Oracle", "ExaData", "Big Data"],
} )

Logon on the secondary and check if the data is there, and don’t forget to enable reading with rs.slaveOk() or db.getMongo().setSlaveOk()

mongo localhost:40002
MongoDB shell version: 2.2.0
connecting to: localhost:40002/test
person:SECONDARY> rs.slaveOk()
person:SECONDARY> use portraitGallery
switched to db portraitGallery
person:SECONDARY> db.person.find()
{ "_id" : ObjectId("508d971dda0730903bcbb612"), "name" : "Maikel", "group" : [ "Oracle", "ExaData", "Big Data" ] }

Now we can test it with a filler script. Type in the primary something like:

person:PRIMARY> for(i=0; i<1000000; i++) { db.person.save({person: i}); }

And in the secondary check if the collection is filled:

person:SECONDARY> db.person.find()
 { "_id" : ObjectId("508f95e9e38917f43ae20db3"), "person" : 0 }
 { "_id" : ObjectId("508f95e9e38917f43ae20db4"), "person" : 1 }
 { "_id" : ObjectId("508f95e9e38917f43ae20db5"), "person" : 2 }
 { "_id" : ObjectId("508f95e9e38917f43ae20db6"), "person" : 3 }
 { "_id" : ObjectId("508f95e9e38917f43ae20db7"), "person" : 4 }
 { "_id" : ObjectId("508f95e9e38917f43ae20db8"), "person" : 5 }
 { "_id" : ObjectId("508f95e9e38917f43ae20db9"), "person" : 6 }
 { "_id" : ObjectId("508f95e9e38917f43ae20dba"), "person" : 7 }
 { "_id" : ObjectId("508f95e9e38917f43ae20dbb"), "person" : 8 }
 { "_id" : ObjectId("508f95e9e38917f43ae20dbc"), "person" : 9 }
 { "_id" : ObjectId("508f95e9e38917f43ae20dbd"), "person" : 10 }
 { "_id" : ObjectId("508f95e9e38917f43ae20dbe"), "person" : 11 }
 { "_id" : ObjectId("508f95e9e38917f43ae20dbf"), "person" : 12 }
 { "_id" : ObjectId("508f95e9e38917f43ae20dc0"), "person" : 13 }
 { "_id" : ObjectId("508f95e9e38917f43ae20dc1"), "person" : 14 }
 { "_id" : ObjectId("508f95e9e38917f43ae20dc2"), "person" : 15 }
 { "_id" : ObjectId("508f95e9e38917f43ae20dc3"), "person" : 16 }
 { "_id" : ObjectId("508f95e9e38917f43ae20dc4"), "person" : 17 }
 { "_id" : ObjectId("508f95e9e38917f43ae20dc5"), "person" : 18 }
 { "_id" : ObjectId("508f95e9e38917f43ae20dc6"), "person" : 19 }
 Type "it" for more
 person:SECONDARY> db.person.count()
 194079
 person:SECONDARY> db.person.count()
 215657
 person:SECONDARY> db.person.count()
 228488
 person:SECONDARY> db.person.count()
 239528
 person:SECONDARY>

Works, succes with mongoDB!!!

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