Migrate MongoDB with mongodump and mongorestore

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Dump the existing

mongodump -h 127.0.0.1:27017 -u "DB_USER" -p "PASSWORD" --db DB_NAME --archive=$HOME/backup/dump.gz --gzip

Restore

As a root user, no auth.

mongorestore --host=127.0.0.1 --gzip --archive=dump.gz

Create user in the new DB Engine

Selecte the DB_NAME

db.createUser(
    {
        user: "DB_USER",
        pwd: "PASSWORD",
        roles: [
            { role: "readWrite", db: "DB_NAME" }
        ]
    }
)

References

• https://devops.ionos.com/tutorials/enable-mongodb-authentication.html
• https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/export-data-from-mongodb/
• https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/tutorial/backup-and-restore-tools/
• https://microeducate.tech/mongodb-how-to-import-dump-data-from-gz-file/