mongodump

Utility to export the contents of a MongoDB instance.

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• 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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