mongodump

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