Mongodb dump and restore from mlab

mongo_dump_restore.md

• install mongodb on local machine (mongodump & mongorestore) commands are required.
• command dumping. to dump locally

mongodump -d dbname -o dumpname -u username -p password

• command dumping to dump mlab database

mongodump -h xxx11.mlab.com:11 -u user -p password --authenticationDatabase release-db -d release-db -o /home/dumps

**Options** `-h`: mlab host:port, `-u`: db user, `-p`: db user password, `--authenticationDatabase` `-d`: mlab dbname, `-o`: path to store backupfiles

• restore command, to restore locally

  mongorestore --db dname /home/dumps

  Otherwise to restore in mlab, create a new db and replace the options

  mongorestore -h xxx22.mlab.com:22 -u admin -p password --authenticationDatabase release-backup -d release-backup /home/dumps/

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