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Backup and Restore MongoDB
# pull existing files down
rm -rf /tmp/cms
scp -i ~/.ssh/id_rsa_storage -rp storage@some_server_ip:/var/backups/mongodb/cms/ /tmp
# drop the mongo db
/usr/local/mongodb/bin/mongo --eval "db.dropDatabase()" cms
# restore your mongo db and collections
/usr/local/mongodb/bin/mongorestore -d cms --dir /tmp/cms
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