mongorestore
Utility to import a collection or database from a binary dump into a MongoDB instance.
More information: https://docs.mongodb.com/database-tools/mongorestore/.
- Import a BSON data dump from a directory to a MongoDB database:
mongorestore --db database_name path/to/directory
- Import a BSON data dump from a directory to a given database in a MongoDB server host, running at a given port, with user authentication (user will be prompted for password):
mongorestore --host database_host:port --db database_name --username username path/to/directory --password
- Import a collection from a BSON file to a MongoDB database:
mongorestore --db database_name path/to/file
- Import a collection from a BSON file to a given database in a MongoDB server host, running at a given port, with user authentication (user will be prompted for password):
mongorestore --host database_host:port --db database_name --username username path/to/file --password