diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index fc66c8dcc06e289f00294b8e06f01eb2d13a8723..a111591e2eb957b96c361abd9183c9f3c657c52f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -58,3 +58,6 @@ applications/venv-manager/*.clab.yaml
 
 #debug
 __debug_bin
+
+#misc
+*/mongo_backup_*.tar
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ce2d4c028c2dbd6644703245aae9343b096c4761..fc3e04357596215d1d07f69124ced34c768c2d24 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ to get all submodules.
 - [Contributing](CONTRIBUTING.md)
 - [License](LICENSE)
 - [CI Status](#ci-status)
+- [Development Tutorial](#development-tutorial)
 
 # Overview
 
@@ -122,3 +123,20 @@ Information about how to use the CLI is provided in the `cli` folder, see [here]
 | ------ | ------ |
 | [![coverage report](https://code.fbi.h-da.de/danet/gosdn/badges/master/coverage.svg)](https://code.fbi.h-da.de/danet/gosdn/-/commits/master) | [![coverage report](https://code.fbi.h-da.de/danet/gosdn/badges/develop/coverage.svg)](https://code.fbi.h-da.de/danet/gosdn/-/commits/develop) |
 | [![pipeline status](https://code.fbi.h-da.de/danet/gosdn/badges/master/pipeline.svg)](https://code.fbi.h-da.de/danet/gosdn/-/commits/master) | [![pipeline status](https://code.fbi.h-da.de/danet/gosdn/badges/develop/pipeline.svg)](https://code.fbi.h-da.de/danet/gosdn/-/commits/develop) |
+
+# Development Tutorial
+
+TBD
+
+## Backup and restore your mongodb
+
+If you are using the mongodb provided via the `docker-compose.yaml`, you can easily backup and restore your data via two scripts.
+
+```bash
+./scripts/backup_mongo_volume.sh $(suffix_of_backup)
+```
+```bash
+./scripts/restore_mongo_volume.sh $(suffix_of_backup)
+```
+
+Keep in mind that a restore will restart the mongodb container.
diff --git a/docker_volume_backup/.gitkeep b/docker_volume_backup/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391
diff --git a/scripts/backup_mongo_volume.sh b/scripts/backup_mongo_volume.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..5eac993989009c0a3c890e6e7486f7cff1a9030c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/backup_mongo_volume.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+file_suffix=$1
+
+docker-compose pause mongo
+docker run --rm --volumes-from gosdn-mongo-1 -v $(pwd)/docker_volume_backup:/backup ubuntu bash -c 'cd /data/db/ && tar cvf /backup/mongo_backup_'"$file_suffix"'.tar .'
+docker-compose unpause mongo
diff --git a/scripts/restore_mongo_volume.sh b/scripts/restore_mongo_volume.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..601f1bbb72a1d66eaf4715f9ecc08fe44b5da67e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/restore_mongo_volume.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+file_suffix=$1
+
+docker-compose pause mongo
+docker run --rm --volumes-from gosdn-mongo-1 -v $(pwd)/docker_volume_backup:/backup ubuntu bash -c 'rm -r /data/db/* && cd /data/db && tar xvf /backup/mongo_backup_'"$file_suffix"'.tar --strip 1'
+docker-compose restart mongo