mongodump
Utility to export the contents of a MongoDB instance. More information: https://docs.mongodb.com/database-tools/mongodump/.
- Create a dump of all databases (this will place the files inside a directory called "dump"):
mongodump
- Specify an output location for the dump:
mongodump --out {{path/to/directory}}
- Create a dump of a given database:
mongodump --db {{database_name}}
- Create a dump of a given collection within a given database:
mongodump --collection {{collection_name}} --db {{database_name}}
- Connect to a given host running on a given port, and create a dump:
mongodump --host {{host}} --port {{port}}
- Create a dump of a given database with a given username; user will be prompted for password:
mongodump --username {{username}} {{database}} --password
- Create a dump from a specific instance; host, user, password and database will be defined in the connection string:
mongodump --uri {{connection_string}}
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