How to back-up and restore remote monogo db to local server

Sun, 29 May 2022 12:00:00 +0530

It may sound difficult at first but it is very easy to backup and restore a mongodb database. Here are the steps to achieve this –

Download and install Mongodb CLI db tools from this link on both remote server as well as local machine –

https://www.mongodb.com/try/download/database-tools?tck=docs_databasetools

While installing remember the path where this installer is placing its files. For windows the default mongo db tools path that it took was C:\Program Files\MongoDB\Tools\100\bin

On server, open terminal and make the mongo db tools path as your present working directory and run this command –

mongodump

Since we are not passing any attributes to this command, it will create back up of all running databases under a dump folder which you can now see in present working directory.

Copy the database folder that you want to restore on local and transfer it to your local system.

On your local machine, create a new folder called dump under mongo db tools path and paste the copied folder.
On your local machine, open terminal and make the mongo db tools path as your present working directory and run this command

mongorestore

This will restore/create a database in your local mongodb server.

P.S

Before running these commands, make sure your mongo db server is running.

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How to back-up and restore remote monogo db to local server