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clayton groth
clayton groth

Reputation: 308

Get data from a mongodbdump.tar GZ file onto a localhost db

I am looking to make a new db on my localhost from a mongodbdump file. the file looks like this:

C:\Users\ME\FILEPATH\database\somedata-mongodbdump.tar.gz

How can I use mongo shell commands to "restore" this data to a new db on my local host? I know how to set up a new DB and insert records no problem, but I am not sure how to unload this data into one.

I am not finding anything in my searches or the documentation as to how to straightforwardly do this.

I'd like to get this file into a DB that I can host locally and use as the back end for testing an app.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 3213

Answers (2)

clayton groth
clayton groth

Reputation: 308

I was misguided here and the previous answers is incorrect. While it may be pretty beginner stuff for some people, I will answer my own question in case anyone else runs into this:

A .tar.gz file is effectively a double zipped file. For Mongo, we need a .bson file. Unzip the file with 7zip or through CMD.

Once you have the BSON in a directory, in CMD (not mongo shell) type:

mongorestore --db 'yourdbname' --collection 'yourcollectionname' C\filepath\filepath\filename.bson

Upvotes: 1

Tom Slabbaert
Tom Slabbaert

Reputation: 22316

use mongo restore 

mongorestore -u 'user' -p 'password -d 'database' -c 'collection' 'path to file'

if you are using a different database for auth then add --authenticationDatabase='db for auth'

Upvotes: 0

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