Getting Started with Common Practices

After purchasing and connecting to an instance, you can view common practices to better use GeminiDB Mongo.

**Table 1** Common practices
Practice		Description
Usage rules	Naming Rules	This section describes the naming conventions of GeminiDB Mongo API.
Usage rules	Indexing Rules	This section describes the index specifications of GeminiDB Mongo API.
Instance modifications	Modifying the Name of an Instance	This section describes how to change an instance name to identify different instances.
	Resetting the Administrator Password	For security reasons, regularly change your administrator password.
	Changing Specifications of an Instance	Describes how to change the CPU or memory of your instance to suit your service requirements.
Data backup	Managing Automated Backups	Describes how GeminiDB Mongo API automatically creates backups for a DB instance during a backup window and saves the backups based on the configured retention period.
Data backup	Managing Manual Backups	Describes how to create manual backups for a DB instance. These backups can be used to restore data for improved reliability.
Data restoration	Restoring Data to a New or Existing Instance	This practice describes how to restore an existing automated or manual backup to a new or existing instance. The restored data is the same as the backup data.
Log management	Slow Query Logs	GeminiDB Mongo API allows you to view slow query logs of databases. The unit of the execution time is ms. You can identify the SQL statements that take a long time to execute and tune them based on slow query logs.
Log management	Error Logs	GeminiDB Mongo API allows you to view error ogs of databases, including warning logs and error logs generated during database running, helping you analyze system issues.