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Recover a Standalone MongoDB Server

In this lab, students are tasked with recovering a standalone MongoDB instance. After completing this lab, students will have hands-on experience using the `--repair` option to recover a MongoDB instance.

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Level
Clock icon Intermediate
Duration
Clock icon 15m
Published
Clock icon Mar 31, 2022

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Table of Contents

  1. Challenge

    Review Logs

    Check the failed process status and review the mongod process logs to determine the cause of the outtage.

  2. Challenge

    Repair Data

    Repair the data using the --repair option to mongod.

  3. Challenge

    Restart Service

    Once the repair has completed, restart the service and connect using the mongosh shell.

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