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MongoDB Tools

Component Set Binaries

Server
Router
Client/Shell
MonitoringTools

ImportExportTools

MiscellaneousTools

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MongoDB Tools

mongoimport and mongoexport tools allow you to work with your data in a human-
readable JSON or CSV format.
This is useful for simple ingestion to or from a third-party system, and when you
want to backup or export a small subset of your data.
For more complex data migration tasks, you may want to write your own import
and export scripts using a client driver to interact with the database.
If you want to simply copy a database or collection from one instance to another,
consider using the copydb, clone, or cloneCollection commands, which may be
more suited to this task.
The mongo shell provides the db.copyDatabase() method.

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mongoimport – MongoDB Import Data Tool

mongoimport

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mongoexport – MongoDB Export Data Tool

mongoexport

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MongoDB Tools

The mongorestore and mongodump utilities work with BSON data dumps, and are
useful for creating backups of small deployments.
For resilient and non-disruptive backups, use a file system or block-level disk
snapshot function.
mongodump excludes the content of the local database in its output.
mongodump can create a backup for an entire server, database or collection,
or can use a query to backup just part of a collection.

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mongodump – MongoDB Backup Tool

mongodump

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mongorestore – MongoDB Restore Tool

mongorestore

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mongoimport – MongoDB Import Data Tool

mongoimport

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mongoimport – MongoDB Import Data Tool

The mongoimport tool imports content from an JSON, CSV, or TSV export created
by mongoexport, or potentially, another third-party export tool.
Avoid using mongoimport and mongoexport for full instance production backups.
They do not reliably preserve all rich BSON data types, because JSON can only
represent a subset of the types supported by BSON.
To preserve type information, mongoexport and mongoimport uses the strict mode
representation for certain types.
The user must possess, at a minimum, the readWrite role on the database into
which they are importing data.

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mongoimport – MongoDB Import Data Tool

Command Options
--help
Returns information on the options and use of mongoimport.

--verbose, -v
Increases the amount of internal reporting returned on standard output or in log
files. Increase the verbosity with the -v form by including the option multiple
times, (e.g. -vvvvv.)

--quiet
Runs the mongoimport in a quiet mode that attempts to limit the amount of output.

--version
Returns the mongoimport release number.

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mongoimport – MongoDB Import Data Tool

Command Options
--host <hostname><:port>, -h <hostname><:port>
Default: localhost:27017
Specifies a resolvable hostname for the mongod to which to connect. By default,
the mongoimport attempts to connect to a MongoDB instance running on the
localhost on port number 27017.

--port <port>
Default: 27017
Specifies the TCP port on which the MongoDB instance listens for client connections.

--username <user>, -u <username>

Specifies a username with which to authenticate to a MongoDB.

--password <pass>, -p <pass>

Specifies a password with which to authenticate to a MongoDB.

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mongoimport – MongoDB Import Data Tool

Command Options
--db <database>, -d <database>
Specifies the name of the database on which to run the mongoimport.

--collection <collection>, -c <collection>

Specifies the collection to import.
If you do not specify --collection, mongoimport takes the collection name from the input
filename. MongoDB omits the extension of the file from the collection name, if the input file
has an extension.

--type <json|csv|tsv>
Specifies the file type to import. The default format is JSON, but it’s possible to
import csv and tsv files.

--file <filename>
Specifies the location and name of a file containing the data to import. If you do not
specify a file, mongoimport reads data from standard input (e.g. “stdin”).
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mongoimport – MongoDB Import Data Tool

Command Options
--drop
Modifies the import process so that the target instance drops the collection before
importing the data from the input.

--stopOnError
Forces mongoimport to halt the insert operation at the first error rather than
continuing the operation despite errors.

--maintainInsertionOrder
If specified, mongoimport inserts the documents in the order of their appearance
in the input source, otherwise mongoimport may perform the insertions in an
arbitrary order.

--numInsertionWorkers <int>
Default: 1
Specifies the number of insertion workers to run concurrently.
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mongoimport – MongoDB Import Data Tool

Command Options
--jsonArray
Accepts the import of data expressed with multiple MongoDB documents within a
single JSON array. Limited to imports of 16 MB or smaller.

Use --jsonArray in conjunction with mongoexport --jsonArray.

--bypassDocumentValidation
Enables mongoimport to bypass document validation during the operation. This
lets you insert documents that do not meet the validation requirements.

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mongoimport – MongoDB Import Data Tool

Command Options
--ignoreBlanks
Ignores empty fields in csv and tsv exports. If not specified mongoimport creates fields
without values in imported documents.

--headerline
If using --type csv or --type tsv, uses the first line as field names. Otherwise,
mongoimport will import the first line as a distinct document.

--fields <field1[,field2]>, -f <field1[,field2]>

Specify a comma separated list of field names when importing csv or tsv files that do not
have field names in the first (i.e. header) line of the file.

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mongoimport – MongoDB Import Data Tool

Command Options
--fieldFile <filename>
As an alternative to --fields, the --fieldFile option allows you to specify a file that holds a
list of field names if your csv or tsv file does not include field names in the first line of the
file (i.e. header). Place one field per line.

--upsert
Modifies the import process to update existing objects in the database if they match an
imported object, while inserting all other objects. If you do not specify a field or fields
using the –upsertFields, mongoimport will upsert on the basis of the _id field.

--upsertFields <field1[,field2]>
Specifies a list of fields for the query portion of the upsert.

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mongoimport – MongoDB Import Data Tool

Examples: Simple usage

> mongoimport --db users --collection contacts --file contacts.json

In the following example, mongoimport imports the data in the JSON data from the
contacts.json file into the collection contacts in the users database.
Normally, mongoimport restores a collection data from a backup taken with
mongoexport. Most of the arguments to mongoexport also exist for mongoimport.

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mongoimport – MongoDB Import Data Tool

Examples: Import JSON to Remote Host Running with Authentication
> mongoimport --host mongodb1.example.net --port 37017
--username user --password pass
--db marketing --collection contacts
--file /opt/backups/mdb1-examplenet.json

In the following example, mongoimport imports data from the file mdb1-
examplenet.json into the contacts collection within the database marketing on a
remote MongoDB database with authentication enabled.
mongoimport connects to the mongod instance running on the host
mongodb1.example.net over port 37017. It authenticates with the username user
and the password pass.

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mongoimport – MongoDB Import Data Tool

Examples: CSV Import

> mongoimport --db users --collection contacts

--type csv --headerline
--file /opt/backups/contacts.csv

In the following example, mongoimport imports the csv formatted data in the
contacts.csv file into the collection contacts in the users database on the
MongoDB instance running on the localhost port numbered 27017.
Specifying --headerline instructs mongoimport to determine the name of the fields
using the first line in the CSV file.

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mongoimport – MongoDB Import Data Tool

Examples: CSV Import

> mongoimport --db users --type csv --headerline

--file /opt/backups/contacts.csv

mongoimport uses the input file name, without the extension, as the collection name
if -c or --collection is unspecified.
Use the “--ignoreBlanks” option to ignore blank fields. For CSV and TSV imports, this
option provides the desired functionality in most cases because it avoids inserting
fields with null values into your collection.

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mongoexport – MongoDB Export Data Tool

mongoexport

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mongoexport – MongoDB Export Data Tool

mongoexport is a utility that produces a JSON or CSV export of data stored

in a MongoDB instance.
Avoid using mongoimport and mongoexport for full instance production
backups. They do not reliably preserve all rich BSON data types, because
JSON can only represent a subset of the types supported by BSON.
To preserve type information, mongoexport and mongoimport uses the strict
mode representation for certain types.
mongoexport requires read access on the target database.
Ensure that the connecting user posseses, at a minimum, the read role on
the target database.

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mongoexport – MongoDB Export Data Tool

Command Options
--help
Returns information on the options and use of mongoexport.

--verbose, -v
Increases the amount of internal reporting returned on standard output or in log
files. Increase the verbosity with the -v form by including the option multiple
times, (e.g. -vvvvv.)

--quiet
Runs the mongoexport in a quiet mode that attempts to limit the amount of output.

--version
Returns the mongoexport release number.

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mongoexport – MongoDB Export Data Tool

Command Options
--host <hostname><:port>, -h <hostname><:port>
Default: localhost:27017
Specifies a resolvable hostname for the mongod to which to connect. By default,
the mongoexport attempts to connect to a MongoDB instance running on the
localhost on port number 27017.

--port <port>
Default: 27017
Specifies the TCP port on which the MongoDB instance listens for client connections.

--username <user>, -u <username>

Specifies a username with which to authenticate to a MongoDB.

--password <pass>, -p <pass>

Specifies a password with which to authenticate to a MongoDB.

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mongoexport – MongoDB Export Data Tool

Command Options
--db <database>, -d <database>
Specifies the name of the database on which to run the mongoexport.

--collection <collection>, -c <collection>

Specifies the collection to export.

--type <json|csv>
Specifies the file type to export. Specify csv for CSV format or json for JSON format.
If you specify csv, then you must also use either the --fields or the --fieldFile option to
declare the fields to export from the collection.

--out <file>, -o <file>

Specifies a file to write the export to. If you do not specify a file name
the mongoexport writes data to standard output (e.g. stdout).

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mongoexport – MongoDB Export Data Tool

Command Options
--pretty
Outputs documents in a pretty-printed format JSON.

--query <json>, -q <json>

Provides a JSON document as a query that optionally limits the documents returned in
the export. Specify JSON in strict format.

--skip <number>
Use to control where mongoexport begins exporting documents.

--limit <number>
Specifies a maximum number of documents to include in the export.

--sort <json>
Specifies an ordering for exported results. If an index does not exist that can support the
sort operation, the results must be less than 32 megabytes.
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Command Options

> mongoexport -d test -c records -q '{ a: { $gte: 3 } }' --out exportdir/myRecords.json

> mongoexport -d test -c records --sort '{a: 1}' --limit 100 --out export.0.json
> mongoexport -d test -c records --sort '{a: 1}' --limit 100 --skip 100 --out export.1.json
> mongoexport -d test -c records --sort '{a: 1}' --limit 100 --skip 200 --out export.2.json

--jsonArray
Modifies the output oto write the entire contents of the export as a single JSON array.
By default mongoexport writes data using one JSON document for every MongoDB
document.

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mongoexport – MongoDB Export Data Tool

Command Options
--fields <field1[,field2]>, -f <field1[,field2]>,
Specifies a field or fields to include in the export. Use a comma separated list of fields to
specify multiple fields.

For --csv output formats, mongoexport includes only the specified field(s), and the
specified field(s) can be a field within a sub-document.

--fieldFile <filename>
Allows you to specify in a file the field or fields to include in the export and is only valid
with the --type option with value csv. The file must have only one field per line

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mongoexport – MongoDB Export Data Tool

Examples: Export in JSON Format

> mongoexport --db sales --collection contacts --out contacts.json

This example creates an export of the contacts collection in sales database from
the MongoDB instance running on the localhost port number 27017. This writes the
export to the contacts.json file in JSON format.

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mongoexport – MongoDB Export Data Tool

Examples: Export from Remote Host Running with Authentication

> mongoexport --host mongodb1.example.net --port 37017

--username user --password pass
--db marketing --collection contacts
--out mdb1-examplenet.json

The following example exports the contacts collection from the marketing
database, which requires authentication.
This data resides on the MongoDB instance located on mongodb1.example.net
running on port 37017, which requires the username user and the password pass.

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mongoexport – MongoDB Export Data Tool

Examples: Export Query Results

> mongoexport --db sales --collection contacts

--query '{"field": 1}'

You can export only the results of a query by supplying a query filter with the --query
option, and limit the results to a single database using the --limit option.
For instance, this command returns all documents in the sales database’s contacts
collection that contain a field named field with a value of 1.
You must enclose the query in single quotes (e.g. ') to ensure that it does not interact
with your shell environment.

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mongoexport – MongoDB Export Data Tool

Examples: Export in CSV Format

> mongoexport --db users --collection contacts

--type=csv --fields name,address
--out /opt/backups/contacts.csv

In the following example, mongoexport exports data from the contacts collection in
the users database in CSV format to the file contacts.csv.
The mongod instance that mongoexport connects to is running on the localhost port
number 27017.
When you export in CSV format, you must specify the fields in the documents to
export. The operation specifies the name and address fields to export.

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mongoexport – MongoDB Export Data Tool

Examples: Export in CSV Format

> mongoexport --db users --collection contacts

--type=csv --fieldFile fields.txt
--out /opt/backups/contacts.csv

For CSV exports only, you can also specify the fields in a file containing the line-
separated list of fields to export. The file must have only one field per line.
For example, you can specify the name and address fields in a file fields.txt:
name
address

Then, using the --fieldFile option, specify the fields to export with the file.

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mongodump – MongoDB Backup Tool

mongodump

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mongodump – MongoDB Backup Tool

mongodump is a utility for creating a binary export of the contents of a database.

mongodump can be a part of a backup strategy with mongorestore for partial
backups based on a query, syncing from production to staging or development
environments, or changing the storage engine of a standalone.
mongodump excludes the content of the local database in its output.
mongodump only captures the documents in the database in its backup data and
does not include index data. mongorestore or mongod must then rebuild the indexes
after restoring data.
mongodump overwrites output files if they exist in the backup data folder. Before
running the mongodump command multiple times, either ensure that you no longer
need the files in the output folder (the default is the dump/ folder) or rename the
folders or files.
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mongodump – MongoDB Backup Tool

Command Options
--help
Returns information on the options and use of mongodump.

--verbose, -v
Increases the amount of internal reporting returned on standard output or in log
files. Increase the verbosity with the -v form by including the option multiple
times, (e.g. -vvvvv.)

--quiet
Runs the mongodump in a quiet mode that attempts to limit the amount of output.

--version
Returns the mongodump release number.

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mongodump – MongoDB Backup Tool

Command Options
--host <hostname><:port>, -h <hostname><:port>
Default: localhost:27017
Specifies a resolvable hostname for the mongod to which to connect. By default,
the mongodump attempts to connect to a MongoDB instance running on the
localhost on port number 27017.

--port <port>
Default: 27017
Specifies the TCP port on which the MongoDB instance listens for client connections.

--username <user>, -u <username>

Specifies a username with which to authenticate to a MongoDB.

--password <pass>, -p <pass>

Specifies a password with which to authenticate to a MongoDB.

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mongodump – MongoDB Backup Tool

Command Options
--db <database>, -d <database>
Specifies a database to backup. If you do not specify a database, mongodump copies all
databases in this instance into the dump files.

--collection <collection>, -c <collection>

Specifies a collection to backup. If you do not specify a collection, this option copies all
collections in the specified database or instance to the dump files.

--excludeCollection <col>
Excludes the specified collection from the mongodump output. To exclude multiple
collections, specify the --excludeCollection multiple times.

--excludeCollectionsWithPrefix <col>
Excludes all collections with a specified prefix from the mongodump outputs. To specify
multiple prefixes, specify the --excludeCollectionsWithPrefix multiple times.

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mongodump – MongoDB Backup Tool

Command Options
--numParallelCollections <num>
Default: 4
Number of collections mongodump should export in parallel.

--out <path>, -o <path>

Specifies the directory where mongodump will write BSON files for the dumped
databases. By default, mongodump saves ouput files in a directory named dump in the
current working directory.

--archive <file or null>

Writes the output to a single arcive file or to the standar output (stdout). To output the
dump to an archive file, run mongodump with the new --archive option and the filename.

--gzip
Compresses the output. If mongodump outputs to the dump directory, the new feature
compresses the individual files. The files have the suffiz .gz
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mongodump – MongoDB Backup Tool

Command Options
--query <json>, -q <json>
Provides a JSON document as a query that optionally limits the documents included in
the output of mongodump.

--queryFile <path>
Specifies the path to a file containing a JSON document as a query filter that limits the
documents included in the output of mongodump.

--dumpDbUsersAndRoles
Includes user and role definitions in the database’s dump directory when performing
mongodump on a specific database. This option apllies only when you specify a
database in the --db option.

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mongodump – MongoDB Backup Tool

Examples: Dump a Collection

> mongodump --db test --collection collection

The following operation creates a dump file that contains only the collection named
collection in the database named test. In this case the database is running on the
local interface on port 27017

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mongodump – MongoDB Backup Tool

Examples: Dump a Database Excluding Specified Collections

> mongodump --db test --excludeCollection=users

--excludeCollection=salaries

The following operation dumps all collections in the test database except for users
and salaries

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mongodump – MongoDB Backup Tool

Examples: Dump with Access Control
> mongodump --host mongodb1.example.net --port 37017
--username user --password pass
--out /opt/backup/mongodump-2011-10-24

In the next example, mongodump creates a database dump located at

/opt/backup/mongodump-2011-10-24, from a database running on port 37017 on the
host mongodb1.example.net and authenticating using the username user and the
password pass.

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mongodump – MongoDB Backup Tool

Examples: Output to an archive file

> mongodump --archive=test.20150715.archive --db test

To output the dump to an archive file, run mongodump with the --archive option and
the archive filename. For example, the following operation creates a file
test.20150715.archive that contains the dump of the test database.

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Examples: Compress the Output

> mongodump --gzip --db test

> mongodump --archive=test.20150715.gz --gzip --db test

To compress the files in the output dump directory, run mongodump with the --gzip
option. For example, the following operation outputs compressed files into the default
dump directory.
To compress the archive file output by mongodump, use the --gzip option in
conjunction with the --archive option, specifying the name of the compressed file.

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mongorestore – MongoDB Restore Tool

mongorestore

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mongorestore – MongoDB Restore Tool

The mongorestore program writes data from a binary database dump created by
mongodump to a MongoDB instance.
mongorestore can create a new database or add data to an existing database.
However, mongorestore performs inserts only and does not perform updates.
If restoring documents to an existing database and collection and existing
documents have the same value _id field as the to-be-restored documents,
mongorestore will not overwrite those documents.
mongorestore recreates indexes recorded by mongodump.

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mongorestore – MongoDB Restore Tool

Command Options
--help
Returns information on the options and use of mongorestore.

--verbose, -v
Increases the amount of internal reporting returned on standard output or in log
files. Increase the verbosity with the -v form by including the option multiple
times, (e.g. -vvvvv.)

--quiet
Runs the mongorestore in a quiet mode that attempts to limit the amount of output.

--version
Returns the mongorestore release number.

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mongorestore – MongoDB Restore Tool

Command Options
--host <hostname><:port>, -h <hostname><:port>
Default: localhost:27017
Specifies a resolvable hostname for the mongod to which to connect. By default,
the mongorestore attempts to connect to a MongoDB instance running on the
localhost on port number 27017.

--port <port>
Default: 27017
Specifies the TCP port on which the MongoDB instance listens for client connections.

--username <user>, -u <username>

Specifies a username with which to authenticate to a MongoDB.

--password <pass>, -p <pass>

Specifies a password with which to authenticate to a MongoDB.

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mongorestore – MongoDB Restore Tool

Command Options
--db <database>, -d <database>
Specifies a database for mongorestore to restore data into. If the database does not exist,
mongorestore creates the database. If not specified, it creates new databases that
correspond to the databases where data originated and data may be overwritten.

--collection <collection>, -c <collection>

Specifies a single collection for mongorestore to restore. If you do not specify, it takes
the collection name from the input filename. If the input file has an extension, MongoDB
omits the extension of the file from the collection name.

--drop
Before restoring the collections from the dumped backup, drops the collections from the
target database. It does not drop collections that are not in the backup.

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mongorestore – MongoDB Restore Tool

Command Options
<path>
The final argument of the mongorestore command is a directory path. This argument
specifies the location of the database dump which to restore

--dir <directory>
Specify the dump directory. You cannot specify both the --dir option and the <path>
argument. Also, you cannot use the --archive option with the --dir option.

--archive <file or null>

Restores from an archive file or from the standard input (stdin). To restore from an
archive file, run mongorestore with the –archive option and the filename.

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mongorestore – MongoDB Restore Tool

Command Options
--stopOnError
Forces mongorestore to halt the restore when it encounters an error.

--maintainInsertionOrder
If specified, mongorestore inserts the documents in the order of their appearance in the
input source. Otherwise, mongorestore may perform the insertions in arbitrary order.

--bypassDocumentValidation
Enables mongorestore to bypass document validation during the operation. This lets
you insert documents that do not meet the validation requirements

--gzip
Restores from compressed files or data stream created by mongodump --archive

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mongorestore – MongoDB Restore Tool

Command Options
--noIndexRestored
Prevents from restoring and building indexes specified in the dumps.

--restoreDbUsersAndRoles
Restore user and role definitions for the given databases.

--numParallelCollections <num>
Number of collections mongorestore should restore in parallel.

--numInsertionWorkersPerCollection <num>
Specifies the number of insertion workers to run concurrently per collection. For large
imports, increasing the number of insertion workers may increase the speed of the
import

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mongorestore – MongoDB Restore Tool

Examples: Restore a Collection

> mongorestore --collection people --db accounts

dump/accounts/people.bson

Here, mongorestore reads the database dump in the dump/ sub-directory of the
current directory, and restores only the documents in the collection named people
from the database named accounts.
mongorestore restores data to the instance running on the localhost interface on
port 27017.

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mongorestore – MongoDB Restore Tool

Examples: Restore with Access Control
> mongorestore --host mongodb1.example.net --port 37017
--username user --password pass
/opt/backup/mongodump-2011-10-24

In the following example, mongorestore restores a database dump located at

/opt/backup/mongodump-2011-10-24, to a database running on port 37017 on the
host mongodb1.example.net.
The mongorestore command authenticates to the MongoDB instance using the
username user and the password pass.

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mongorestore – MongoDB Restore Tool

Examples: Restore a Database from an Archive File
> mongorestore --archive=test.20150715.archive --db test

To restore from an archive file, run restore with the new --archive option and the
archive filename.
For example, the following operation restores the test database from the file
test.20150715.archive.

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Examples: Restore from Compressed Data
> mongorestore --gzip --db test

To restore from a dump directory that contains compressed files, run mongorestore
with the new --gzip option. For example, the following operation restores the test
database from the compressed files located in the default dump directory.

> mongorestore --gzip --archive=test.20150715.gz --db test

To restore from a compressed archive file, run mongorestore with the --gzip option in
conjunction with the new --archive option. For example, the following operation
restores the test database from the archive file test.20150715.gz.

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Database: foursquare

mongoimport

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Database: foursquare
Mongo Shell:
> show dbs
local 0.000GB

> use foursquare

switched to db foursquare

> db
foursquare

> db.createCollection(“restaurants”)
{“ok”: 1}

> show collections

restaurants

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Database: foursquare
Command Prompt:
> mongoimport --help

> mongoimport --host 127.0.0.1 --port 27017

--db foursquare --collection restaurants
--type json --file restaurants.json
--drop --stopOnError
--maintainInsertionOrder

xxxx-xx-xxTHH:mm:ss+0200 connected to: 127.0.0.1:27017

xxxx-xx-xxTHH:mm:ss+0200 dropping: foursquare.restaurants
xxxx-xx-xxTHH:mm:ss+0200 imported 25359 documents

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Database: foursquare
Mongo Shell:
> show dbs
foursquare 0.005GB
local 0.000GB

> show collections

restaurants

> db.restaurants.count()
25359
> db.restaurants.findOne()

> db.restaurants.remove({})
WriteResult({ "nRemoved" : 25359 })
> db.restaurants.drop()
true

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Database: twitter

mongoimport

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Database: twitter
Mongo Shell:
> show dbs
foursquare 0.005GB
local 0.000GB

> use twitter

switched to db twitter

> db
twitter

> db.createCollection(“tweets”)
{“ok”: 1}

> show collections

tweets

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Database: twitter
Command Prompt:
> mongoimport --host 127.0.0.1 --port 27017
--db twitter --collection tweets
--type json --file tweets.json
--drop --stopOnError
--maintainInsertionOrder

xxxx-xx-xxTHH:mm:ss+0200 connected to: 127.0.0.1:27017

xxxx-xx-xxTHH:mm:ss+0200 dropping: twitter.tweets
xxxx-xx-xxTHH:mm:ss+0200 [##############..........] twitter.tweets 54.5 MB/88.0 MB (61.9%)
xxxx-xx-xxTHH:mm:ss+0200 [########################] twitter.tweets 88.0 MB/88.0 MB (100.0%)
xxxx-xx-xxTHH:mm:ss+0200 imported 51428 documents

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Database: twitter
Mongo Shell:
> show dbs
foursquare 0.005GB
local 0.000GB
twitter 0.036GB

> db
twitter

> show collections

tweets

> db.tweets.count()
51428
> db.tweets.findOne()

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Database: digg

mongoimport

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Database: imdb

mongoimport

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Database: imdb
Mongo Shell:
> use imdb
switched to db imdb

> db
imdb

> db.createCollection(“movies”)
{“ok”: 1}

> db.createCollection(“oscars”)
{“ok”: 1}

> db.createCollection(“people”)
{“ok”: 1}

> show collections

movies oscars people
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Database: imdb
Mongo Shell:
> db.movies.remove({})
WriteResult({ "nRemoved" : 614 })
> db.movies.drop()
true

> db.people.remove({})
WriteResult({ "nRemoved" : 2299 })
> db.people.drop()
true

> db.oscars.remove({})
WriteResult({ "nRemoved" : 492 })
> db.oscars.drop()
true

> db.dropDatabase()
{“ok”: 1}

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Database: geo

mongoimport

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Database: edx

mongoimport

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