| # The directory where backups are stored | |
| BACKUP_DIRECTORY="/backups" | |
| echo "Backup process started." | |
| # Save the current date in YYYY-MM-DD format to a variable | |
| current_datetime=$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S) | |
| # Full path to the file | |
| backup_filename="${BACKUP_DIRECTORY}/backup-${current_datetime}.dump.gz" | |
| # Run mongodump and compress its output, then save to /backups with the current date in the filename | |
| mongodump --archive | gzip > "$backup_filename" | |
| echo "Backup has been created and saved to ${backup_filename}" | |