diff --git a/installers/charm/mongodb-k8s/actions/backup b/installers/charm/mongodb-k8s/actions/backup
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+#!/bin/bash
+# Copyright 2021 Canonical Ltd.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+# not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+# a copy of the License at
+#
+#         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+# License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+#
+# For those usages not covered by the Apache License, Version 2.0 please
+# contact: legal@canonical.com
+#
+# To get in touch with the maintainers, please contact:
+# osm-charmers@lists.launchpad.net
+##
+
+MASTER=`mongo --quiet --eval "d=db.isMaster(); print( d['ismaster'] );"`
+
+TARGET=`action-get target` 
+DB_BACKUP_PATH=`action-get path`
+
+mkdir -p $DB_BACKUP_PATH
+
+if [ "$TARGET" == "SECONDARY" ]; then
+    if [ "$MASTER" == "true" ]; then
+        action-fail "This action should be run in a Secondary"
+        exit
+    fi
+elif [ "$TARGET" == "PRIMARY" ]; then
+    if [ "$MASTER" == "false" ]; then
+        action-fail "This action should be run in a Primary"
+        exit
+    fi
+fi
+
+mongodump --gzip --archive=$DB_BACKUP_PATH/backup.archive
+action-set copy.cmd="kubectl cp $JUJU_MODEL_NAME/$HOSTNAME:$DB_BACKUP_PATH/backup.archive backup.archive"
+action-set restore.cmd="kubectl cp backup.archive $JUJU_MODEL_NAME/$HOSTNAME:$DB_BACKUP_PATH/backup.archive"
+action-set restore.juju="juju run-action $JUJU_UNIT_NAME restore --wait"
+
diff --git a/installers/charm/mongodb-k8s/actions/is-primary b/installers/charm/mongodb-k8s/actions/is-primary
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+#!/bin/bash
+# Copyright 2021 Canonical Ltd.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+# not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+# a copy of the License at
+#
+#         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+# License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+#
+# For those usages not covered by the Apache License, Version 2.0 please
+# contact: legal@canonical.com
+#
+# To get in touch with the maintainers, please contact:
+# osm-charmers@lists.launchpad.net
+##
+
+MASTER=`mongo --quiet --eval "d=db.isMaster(); print( d['ismaster'] );"`
+action-set unit.primary=$MASTER
+action-set unit.ip=`network-get mongo --bind-address`
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diff --git a/installers/charm/mongodb-k8s/actions/remove-backup b/installers/charm/mongodb-k8s/actions/remove-backup
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+#!/bin/bash
+# Copyright 2021 Canonical Ltd.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+# not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+# a copy of the License at
+#
+#         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+# License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+#
+# For those usages not covered by the Apache License, Version 2.0 please
+# contact: legal@canonical.com
+#
+# To get in touch with the maintainers, please contact:
+# osm-charmers@lists.launchpad.net
+##
+
+DB_BACKUP_PATH=`action-get path`
+rm $DB_BACKUP_PATH/backup.archive || exit
+echo Backup successfully removed!
diff --git a/installers/charm/mongodb-k8s/actions/restore b/installers/charm/mongodb-k8s/actions/restore
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+++ b/installers/charm/mongodb-k8s/actions/restore
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+#!/bin/bash
+# Copyright 2021 Canonical Ltd.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+# not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+# a copy of the License at
+#
+#         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+# License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+#
+# For those usages not covered by the Apache License, Version 2.0 please
+# contact: legal@canonical.com
+#
+# To get in touch with the maintainers, please contact:
+# osm-charmers@lists.launchpad.net
+##
+
+DB_BACKUP_PATH=`action-get path`
+mongorestore --gzip --archive=$DB_BACKUP_PATH/backup.archive
+