mongodump

Utility to export the contents of a MongoDB instance. More information: <https://docs.mongodb.com/database-tools/mongodump/>.

Install

All systems
curl cmd.cat/mongodump.sh
Debian Debian
apt-get install mongo-tools
Ubuntu
apt-get install mongo-tools
Alpine
apk add mongodb-tools
Arch Arch Linux
pacman -S mongodb-tools
image/svg+xml Kali Linux
apt-get install mongo-tools
Fedora
dnf install mongo-tools
Windows (WSL2)
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install mongo-tools
Raspbian
apt-get install mongo-tools
Dockerfile
dockerfile.run/mongodump
Docker
docker run cmd.cat/mongodump mongodump powered by Commando

Utility to export the contents of a MongoDB instance. More information: <https://docs.mongodb.com/database-tools/mongodump/>.

  • Create a dump of all databases (this will place the files inside a directory called "dump"):
    mongodump
  • Specify an output location for the dump:
    mongodump --out path/to/directory
  • Create a dump of a given database:
    mongodump --db database_name
  • Create a dump of a given collection within a given database:
    mongodump --collection collection_name --db database_name
  • Connect to a given host running on a given port, and create a dump:
    mongodump --host host --port port
  • Create a dump of a given database with a given username; user will be prompted for password:
    mongodump --username username database --password
  • Create a dump from a specific instance; host, user, password and database will be defined in the connection string:
    mongodump --uri connection_string

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