How do I create a MongoDB dump of my database

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What command do I use and run

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You can dump your database and restore with bellow command

mongodb  -d <Your_db_name> -o <path of your folder>

for example my database name is tracking i have dump in dump folder

mongodb  -d tracking -o dump

Restoring dump

mongorestore -d <databasename> <dum_path>

mongorestore -d tracking  dump/tracking

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You can also use gzip for taking backup of one collection and compressing the backup on the fly   mongodump --db somedb --collection somecollection --out -   gzip  gt  collectiondump gz   or with a date in the file name   mongodump --db somedb --collection somecollection --out -   gzip  gt  dump  date    Y- m- d   gz   Update  Backup all collections of a database in a date folder  The files are gziped   mongodump --db somedb --gzip --out  backups  date    Y- m- d     Or for a single archive   mongodump --db somedb --gzip --archive  gt  dump  date    Y- m- d   gz   Or when mongodb is running inside docker   docker exec  lt CONTAINER gt  sh -c  exec mongodump --db somedb --gzip --archive   gt  dump  date    Y- m- d   gz

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take mongodb backup for particular db and delete 7 days old backup using bin        sh command  -     bin bash  MONGO DATABASE  nexgtv 16  APP NAME  test  MONGO HOST  127 0 0 1  MONGO PORT  27017  TIMESTAMP  date   F- H M  MONGODUMP PATH   usr bin mongodump  BACKUPS DIR   home mongodbbackups backups  APP NAME  BACKUP NAME   APP NAME- TIMESTAMP   MONGODUMP PATH -d  MONGO DATABASE mkdir -p  BACKUPS DIR mv dump  BACKUP NAME tar -zcvf  BACKUPS DIR  BACKUP NAME tgz  BACKUP NAME rm -rf  BACKUP NAME find  home mongodbbackups backups test  -mindepth 1 -mtime  7 -delete

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Use mongodump       mongodump --host prod example com connected to  prod example com all dbs DATABASE  log    to   dump log         log errors to dump log errors bson                 713 objects         log analytics to dump log analytics bson                 234810 objects DATABASE  blog    to    dump blog         blog posts to dump log blog posts bson                 59 objects DATABASE  admin    to    dump admin   Source  http   www mongodb org display DOCS Import Export Tools

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to export  mongodump -d  lt database name gt   lt backup-folder gt    to import  mongorestore -d  lt database name gt   lt backup-folder gt

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mongodump -h hostname -u dbusername -p dbpassword --db dbname --port portnumber --out  path folder  mongodump -h hostname -u dbusername -p dbpassword --db dbname --port portnumber --out  path folder gz

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use  quot path quot  for windows else it gives the error as   positional arguments not allowed

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If your database in the local system  Then you type the below command  for Linux terminal  mongodump -h SERVER NAME PORT -d DATABASE NAME   If database user and password are there then you below code   mongodump -h SERVER NAME PORT -d DATABASE NAME -u DATABASE USER -p PASSWORD   This worked very well in my Linux terminal

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cmd --   C  Program Files MongoDB Server 3 2 bin gt mongodump exe --db Dintest

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You need to open command prompt as an administrator in a folder where your Mongo is installed  in my case  C  Program Files MongoDB Server 3 4 bin   If you want to dump your whole database  you can just use    mongodump --db database name   You also have posibilities to dump only certain collection s   or to dump all but certain collection s     If you want to dump only one collection  for example users    mongodump  --db database name --collection users   If you want to dump all but users collection   mongodump  --db database name --excludeCollection users   It is also possible to output the dump to an archive file   mongodump --archive test archive --db database name

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Below command will work to take dump of mongo db       mongodump -d  -o    On Windows   try this one where c  mongodump is dump file location   It will create metadata in json  and backup in bson format     C  MongoDB bin mongodump -d  -o c  mongodump

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To dump your database for backup you call this command on your terminal   mongodump --db database name --collection collection name   To import your backup file to mongodb you can use the following command on your terminal  mongorestore --db database name path to bson file

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Or you can make backup script on Windows  remember to add Winrar to  PATH   bin mongodump --db COL1 -o D  BACK COL1 rar exe a -ep1 -r COL1 rar COL1 rename COL1 rar  COL1  date  10 4   date  7 2   date  4 2   time  0 2   time  3 2  rar    rmdir  s  q COL1 - gt  don t run this on your mongodb  dir

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Mongo dump and restore with uri to local mongodump --uri  quot mongodb   USERNAME PASSWORD IP OR URL PORT DB NAME quot  --collection COLLECTION NAME -o LOCAL URL  Omitting --collection COLLECTION NAME will dump entire DB

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There is a utility called   mongodump  On the mongo command line you can type     gt   mongodump   The above will create a dump of all the databases on your localhost  To make dump of a single collection use     mongodump --db blog --collection posts   Have a look at   mongodump

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Use -v to see progress of backup data     mongodump -v --db dbname --out  pathforbackup NewFolderforBackupData   you can use it for restore also     mongorestore -v --db dbname --drop  pathforbackup NewFolderforBackupData dbname  with multile v like -vvvv you will get more information

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Backup Restore Mongodb with timing    Backup   sudo mongodump --db db name --out  path of your backup  date    m- d- y     --db argument for databse name  --out argument for path of output  Restore   sudo mongorestore --db db name --drop  path of your backup 01-01-19 db name    --drop argument for drop databse before restore  Timing   You can use crontab for timing backup   sudo crontab -e   It opens with editor e g  nano   3 3       mongodump --out  path of your backup  date    m- d- y     backup every day at 03 03 AM     Depending on your MongoDB database sizes you may soon run out of disk   space with too many backups  That s why it s also recommended to clean   the old backups regularly or to compress them  For example  to delete   all the backups older than 7 days you can use the following bash   command    3 1       find  path of your backup  -mtime  7 -exec rm -rf         delete all the backups older than 7 days  Good Luck   ref  https   www digitalocean com community tutorials how-to-back-up-restore-and-migrate-a-mongodb-database-on-ubuntu-14-04

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This command will make a dump of given database in json and bson format   mongodump -d  lt database name gt  -o  lt target directory gt

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Following command connect to the remote server to dump a database    lt   optional params use them if you need them   host - host name port listening port username  username of db db  db name ssl secure connection out  output to a created folder with a name  mongodump --host  --port   --username  --db  --ssl --password  --out  date   Y- m- d

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