MongoDB Backup and Restore
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Maintaining backups of your workspace data is a very important practice. These data backups can act as a safety measure where data can be recovered or restored in case of an emergency.
Rocket.Chat uses MongoDB as its database. With MongoDB, you have multiple built-in backup options depending on the deployment method.
In this guide, we are going to focus on how to:
mongodumpWe are going to see how to backup our MongoDB database, using . mongodump allows you to create backups from standalone, replica sets or sharded cluster deployments.
The command to backup a simple MongoDB standalone instance is of the format:
Running mongodump alone from the command line without any options will assume the database is located on localhost at port 27017 with no authentication.
When the backup is completed, a /dump directory is created.
Backing up a remote MongoDB instance can be done with the following command:
You should see something like the image below when the command is running:
mongorestoreThe syntax for the mongorestore command is as follows:
You can restore to a remote instance by running the following command:
In a successful command execution, you should see a screen like the one below:
See more options and how to use mongodump on .
After backing up your instance, you may need to restore the data at some time. That can be done using . mongorestore allows you to load data from either a binary database dump created by or the standard input into the MongoDB instance.
The simple command below restores from a dump directory to a local instance running on port 27017:
You have the ability to also restore a specific collection or collections from the dump/ directory.
