From self-managed MongoDB to Cosmos DB

Follow these simple instructions to get dsync up and running and perform a migration from your self-managed MongoDB to an Azure Cosmos DB destination.

Step 1: Download dsync

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Use Docker (markadiom/dsync) or download the latest release from the GitHub Releases page. Note that on Mac devices you may need to configure a security exception to execute the binary by following these steps.

Alternatively, you can build dsync from the source code.

git clone https://github.com/adiom-data/dsync.git
cd dsync
go build

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Step 2: Prepare the source MongoDB instance

If you already have the desired source MongoDB instance up and running, you can skip this step.

1. Install MongoDB

2. Start a local MongoDB instance

3. Load sample data

# Start a new mongod instance on localhost:27017 with dbpath ~/temp/data_d

mkdir ~/temp
cd ~/temp
mkdir data_d
mongod --dbpath data_d --logpath mongod_d.log --fork --port 27017

# Load sample data
git clone https://github.com/mcampo2/mongodb-sample-databases
cd mongodb-sample-databases
mongorestore dump/sample_mflix

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Step 3: Prepare the destination Cosmos DB instance

If you already have the desired source Cosmos DB instance up and running, you can skip this step.

Follow official Azure documentation to set up a Cosmos DB instance. For example, these are the instructions for setting up a Cosmos DB vCore for MongoDB instance using Azure Portal: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cosmos-db/mongodb/vcore/quickstart-portal

Make sure to note the Cosmos DB cluster MongoDB connection string: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cosmos-db/mongodb/vcore/quickstart-portal#get-cluster-credentials

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Step 3: Start dsync

# Use the read-write connection string from the Azure Portal
export COSMOS_DEST=

# Feel free to use your own MongoDB connection string
export MDB_SRC='mongodb://localhost:27017' 

# Set the mode to InitialSync if the source MongoDB is NOT a replica set
# Otherwise skip the option altogether or set it to Full to switch to CDC after Initial Sync
./dsync --mode InitialSync --progress --logfile dsync.log $MDB_SRC $COSMOS_DEST 

Now Dsync should be running! Feel free to interrupt the sync process (via Ctrl+C) it once the initial sync is done. The sample database has a few million records - allow 5-10 minutes for the process to complete.

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Step 4: Check the data

mongosh $COSMOS_DEST

Congratulations! You should be able to access the 'sample_mflix' database and see the collections in it that were migrated from the local MongoDB instance.

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