## Administration 

The administration documentation addresses the ongoing operation and maintenance of MongoDB instances and de- ployments. This documentation includes both high level overviews of these concerns as well as tutorials that cover specific procedures and processes for operating MongoDB. 

Administration Concepts (page 183) Core conceptual documentation of operational practices for managing Mon- goDB deployments and systems. 

MongoDB Backup Methods (page 184) Describes approaches and considerations for backing up a MongoDB database. 

Monitoring for MongoDB (page 187) An overview of monitoring tools, diagnostic strategies, and approaches to monitoring replica sets and sharded clusters. 

Production Notes (page 197) A collection of notes that describe best practices and considerations for the oper- ations of MongoDB instances and deployments. 

Continue reading from Administration Concepts (page 183) for additional documentation of MongoDB admin- istration. 

Administration Tutorials (page 220) Tutorials that describe common administrative procedures and practices for op- erations for MongoDB instances and deployments. 

Configuration, Maintenance, and Analysis (page 221) Describes routine management operations, including configuration and performance analysis. 

Backup and Recovery (page 243) Outlines procedures for data backup and restoration with mongod instances and deployments. 

Continue reading from Administration Tutorials (page 220) for more tutorials of common MongoDB mainte- nance operations. 

Administration Reference (page 286) Reference and documentation of internal mechanics of administrative features, systems and functions and operations. 

## See also: 

The MongoDB Manual contains administrative documentation and tutorials though out several sections. See Replica Set Tutorials (page 602) and Sharded Cluster Tutorials (page 690) for additional tutorials and information. 

## 5.1 Administration Concepts 

The core administration documents address strategies and practices used in the operation of MongoDB systems and deployments. 

