<h1 id="1-dump">1. Dump</h1>
Local database
<pre><code>mongodump --db=test-db
</code></pre>Remote database
<pre><code>mongodump -u=USERNAME -p=PASSWORD --host=HOST_NAME/HOST_IP --port=HOST_PORT --out {YOUR_DIRECTOTY_PATH} --db=DB_NAME
</code></pre>After dumping you will have a dump directory
<pre><code>➜ ~ tree dump
dump
└── test
 ├── cats.bson
 ├── cats.metadata.json
 ├── device.bson
 ├── device.metadata.json
 ├── event_data.bson
 ├── event_data.metadata.json
 ├── organisation.bson
 ├── organisation.metadata.json
 ├── organization.bson
 └── organization.metadata.json
</code></pre><h1 id="2-restore">2. Restore</h1>
This will restore everything to your local mongo instance
<pre><code>mongorestore dump/
</code></pre>If you want to dump a specific collection, you can filter like below while restoring
<pre><code>mongorestore --nsInclude=test.cats dump/
</code></pre>

# 1. Dump

**Local database**
```
mongodump --db=test-db 
``` 

**Remote database**

```
mongodump -u=USERNAME -p=PASSWORD --host=HOST_NAME/HOST_IP --port=HOST_PORT  --out {YOUR_DIRECTOTY_PATH} --db=DB_NAME
```


After dumping you will have a dump directory

```
➜ ~ tree dump
dump
└── test
    ├── cats.bson
    ├── cats.metadata.json
    ├── device.bson
    ├── device.metadata.json
    ├── event_data.bson
    ├── event_data.metadata.json
    ├── organisation.bson
    ├── organisation.metadata.json
    ├── organization.bson
    └── organization.metadata.json
```

# 2. Restore

This will restore everything to your local mongo instance

```
mongorestore  dump/
```

If you want to dump a specific collection, you can filter like below while restoring

```
mongorestore --nsInclude=test.cats dump/
```



How to dump and restore in MongoDB

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How to dump and restore in MongoDB

1. Dump

2. Restore