We have to use mongodump and mongorestore that isn't installed by default.
# ubuntu # install mongo with mongodump sudo apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv EA312927 echo "deb http://repo.mongodb.org/apt/ubuntu trusty/mongodb-org/3.2 multiverse" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mongodb-org-3.2.list sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install -y mongodb-org # archlinux sudo pacman -S mongodb # mongo sudo pacman -S mongodb-tools # mongodump
Let’s start with the backup process. In version 3.2 was introduced an additional mode of creating backups - the archive mode, which writes all the dump data, even from disparate databases and collections, to a single output file.
mongodump -h localhost:27017 -d testdb -u user -p password --archive=testdb_`date "+%Y_%m_%d"`.archive
You can also backup a single collection
mongodump -h localhost:27017 -d testdb --collection users -u user -p password --archive=testdb_users_`date "+%Y_%m_%d"`.archive
Backup entire server
mongodump -h localhost:27017 -u user -p password --archive=server_`date "+%Y_%m_%d"`.archive
Next is restore process. Drop all existing collections and restore database
mongorestore -h localhost:27017 -d testdb --drop --archive=testdb_2016_02_15.archive