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Ops Manager Configuration: S3 Snapshot Store On FlashBlade™ Object Store

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Preface

Ops Manager is a MongoDB infrastructure management software which provides database backup capabilities for replica sets and sharded clusters. As a part of the MongoDB Enterprise backup, Ops Manager can store MongoDB snapshots on three different types of storage (snapshot stores):

  • File System Storage
  • MongoDB BlockStore
  • AWS S3 Bucket

Besides AWS S3 bucket, Ops Manager also supports S3-compatible endpoints such as FlashBlade object store.

Detailed backup process flow is described in MongoDB documentation - see https://docs.opsmanager.mongodb.com/current/core/backup-overview/#backup-process-flows

Ops Manager Configuration

In order to configure FlashBlade as an Ops Manager S3 blockstore, navigate to "Admin" section. See Figure 1.

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Figure 1.

In "Global Admin" window select Backup ➤ Snapshot Storage ➤ Create New S3 Blockstore

The process of configuring Ops Manager to use FlashBlade Object Store requires the following information:

  • S3 Bucket Name - bucket name on FlashBlade
  • S3 Endpoint - URL for FlashBlade data VIP  in the following format http://w.x.y.z
  • AWS Access Key - FlashBlade Access Key ID for an object store account 
  • AWS Secret Key - FlashBlade Secret Access Key for an object store account
  • <hostname>:<port> - Hostname and port for standalone MongoDB S3 blockstore metadata database; for replica set, enter comma-separated list of replica set members
  • MongoDB username and password - configuration dependent
  • Check S3 compatible storage support acknowledgment
  • Verify "Assignment Enabled" box is selected

See Figure 2.

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Figure 2.

Once all the required fields are populated click Save. OpsManager will validate the endpoint connectivity and save the configuration.

MongoDB Ops Manager Documentation

https://docs.opsmanager.mongodb.com/current/