MongoDB Database Admin Path (Self-Managed) v2

This learning path contains a series of units to help you, as a Database Administrator, learn MongoDB knowledge and skills. In this path, you’ll learn MongoDB basics as well as how to administer and maintain a MongoDB database.


Milestone
  • MongoDB DBA Certification Learning Path


    MongoDB Overview

    Required
    Skill
    | 1 Hour
    Discover the core concepts and architectural strengths of MongoDB. This skill introduces the document model and explains why MongoDB is a powerful choice for building modern, scalable applications. You'll explore dynamic schema design, distributed architecture, and support for nested and semi-structured data through real-world examples.
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    CRUD Operations in MongoDB

    Required
    Skill
    | 1.5 Hours
    Learn to perform Create, Read, Update, and Delete (CRUD) operations using MongoDB.
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    Fundamentals of Data Transformation

    Required
    Skill
    | 50 Minutes
    Learn how to build aggregation pipelines to process, transform, and analyze data efficiently in MongoDB.
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    Indexing Design Fundamentals

    Required
    Skill
    | 1 Hour
    Learn how to design efficient indexes to speed up queries, and reduce resource consumption in MongoDB.
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    Query Optimization

    Required
    Skill
    | 1.5 Hours
    Learn how to fine-tune MongoDB queries for maximum efficiency, minimize execution time, and avoid slow queries.
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    Sharding Strategies

    Required
    Skill
    | 1.5 Hours
    Learn how to design, implement, and manage sharded clusters to scale MongoDB horizontally and optimize performance.
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    Monitoring Tooling

    Required
    Skill
    | 1 Hour
    This digital credential validates your knowledge of monitoring MongoDB deployments. It recognizes your understanding of MongoDB's monitoring tools, ability to interpret key performance metrics such as CPU usage and query execution times, and ability to configure alerting mechanisms to capture critical events.
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    Cluster Reliability

    Required
    Skill
    | 1.5 Hours
    Gain hands-on experience in diagnosing and resolving issues in MongoDB clusters. Learn how to troubleshoot replication, sharding, and performance issues to maintain database health and availability.
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    Data Resilience: Self-Managed

    Required
    Skill
    | 45 Minutes
    Learn to design resilient self-managed MongoDB deployments that withstand outages, data loss, and attacks using replica sets, multi-region architectures, Ops Manager, and automated backups. Gain confidence enforcing security and compliance with encryption, data sovereignty, role-based access, and proactive monitoring so your systems stay available, protected, and auditable under failure.
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    Performance Tools and Techniques

    Required
    Skill
    | 1 Hour
    Explore key performance tuning techniques in MongoDB using profiling, slow query analysis, and system monitoring. Learn how to optimize indexes, cache utilization, and hardware configurations to improve database efficiency at scale.
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    Secure MongoDB Self-Managed: AuthN and AuthZ

    Required
    Skill
    | 45 Minutes
    Gain expertise in securing MongoDB in self-managed environments through authentication and authorization techniques.
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    Networking Security: Self-Managed

    Required
    Skill
    | 1 Hour
    Learn best practices for securing MongoDB deployments in self-managed environments. This includes configuring IP whitelisting, TLS encryption, firewall rules, and network segmentation to protect against unauthorized access.
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    Encryption at Rest

    Required
    Skill
    | 45 Minutes
    Learn how to encrypt MongoDB data at rest using customer-managed encryption keys (BYOK). Understand how to integrate key management systems (KMS) and configure encryption policies to enhance security and compliance.
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