adding backup to mongodb

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https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/core/backups/

example: python script to dump mongodb and zip it up together with server files

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https://thispointer.com/python-how-to-create-a-zip-archive-from-multiple-files-or-directory/

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working py script `import shutil import zipfile import os

target_folder = "test_folder" output_name = "test_folder.zip"

if target_folder in os.listdir("."): shutil.rmtree(target_folder)

os.mkdir(target_folder)

for file in os.listdir("."): if file.startswith("."): print("File: " + file + "start with . (skipping)") continue if not file.startswith("test"): print("File: " + file + " don't start with test") continue if not file.endswith(".test"): print("File: " + file + " don't end with test") continue print("File: " + file + " is correct") shutil.copy("./" + file, target_folder)

if output_name in os.listdir("."): os.remove(output_name)

zip = zipfile.ZipFile(output_name, 'w', zipfile.ZIP_DEFLATED)

shutil.make_archive(target_folder, 'zip', target_folder) `

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Check what part of server files make up for the most size.

Check If vest solution is to only compress world folder.

Try the console command instead of python package.