meteor: how can I backup my mongo database

How can I make a backup of my meteor mongo database?

If I run:

meteor mongo

the mongodump command does not work inside the meteor mongoshell

First you need to spin up meteor.

Then if you run

meteor mongo

you will get an output something like this:

>MongoDB shell version: 2.2.1 > >connecting to: 127.0.0.1:3001/meteor

Meteor db host is at 127.0.0.1 with a port of 3001. Exit the mongo shell and use mongodump from your terminal.

mongodump -h 127.0.0.1 --port 3001 -d meteor

Dumps will be located under the dumps folder in the folder you executed the above command.

You can import your db back to meteor with

mongorestore -h 127.0.0.1 --port 3001 -d meteor dump/meteor

###If you need to backup a meteor application DB deployed to meteor.com follow these steps:###

1. Be sure you are log in into your meteor dev account and generate a temporary connection link:

    $ cd yourapp 
    $ meteor login
    $ meteor mongo yourapp.meteor.com --url```

You'll get something like:

    mongodb://client-ID:[email protected]:27017/yourapp_meteor_com

This link expires in 1 minute, so hurry up! :)

2. <b>Create a backup</b> using mongodump command (http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/tutorial/backup-with-mongodump/#backup-from-non-local):

 `$ mongodump -h production-db-b1.meteor.io --port 27017 --username client-ID  --password password-3be8-f6c5-50a9-password -d yourapp_meteor_com`

This backup the entire remote database into a default dump/ folder.
Voila!


3. If ever you need to <b>import the db into local meteor mongo DB</b>, start a mongo shell:

$ meteor mongo
MongoDB shell version: 2.4.9
connecting to: 127.0.0.1:3001/meteor

and in another terminal use `mongorestore` command

`$ mongorestore --port 3001`