- 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