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.TH "MONGODUMP" "1" "October 03, 2013" "2.4" "mongodb-manual"
.SH NAME
mongodump \- MongoDB
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\fI\%Synopsis\fP
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\fI\%Options\fP
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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\fBmongodump\fP is a utility for creating a binary export of the
contents of a database. Consider using this utility as part an
effective \fBbackup strategy\fP\&. Use
\fBmongodump\fP in conjunction with \fBmongorestore\fP to
restore databases.
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\fBmongodump\fP can read data from either \fBmongod\fP or \fBmongos\fP
instances, in addition to reading directly from MongoDB data files
without an active \fBmongod\fP\&.
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\fBIMPORTANT:\fP
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\fBmongodump\fP does \fInot\fP create output for the
\fBlocal\fP database.
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\fBNOTE:\fP
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The format of data created by \fBmongodump\fP tool from the
2.2 distribution or later is different and incompatible with
earlier versions of \fBmongod\fP\&.
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\fBSEE ALSO:\fP
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\fBmongorestore\fP,
http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/tutorial/backup\-sharded\-cluster\-with\-database\-dumps
and http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/core/backups\&.
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.SH OPTIONS
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.B mongodump
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.B mongodump
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.B \-\-help
Returns a basic help and usage text.
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.B \-\-verbose, \-v
Increases the amount of internal reporting returned on the command
line. Increase the verbosity with the \fB\-v\fP form by including the
option multiple times, (e.g. \fB\-vvvvv\fP\&.)
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.B \-\-version
Returns the version of the \fBmongodump\fP utility and exits.
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.B \-\-host <hostname><:port>
Specifies a resolvable hostname for the \fBmongod\fP that you wish to
use to create the database dump. By default \fBmongodump\fP will
attempt to connect to a MongoDB process ruining on the localhost
port number \fB27017\fP\&.
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Optionally, specify a port number to connect a MongoDB instance
running on a port other than \fB27017\fP\&.
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To connect to a replica set, use the \fI\-\-host\fP
argument with a setname, followed by a slash and a comma\-separated
list of host names and port numbers. The \fBmongodump\fP
utility will, given the seed of at least one connected set member,
connect to the primary member of that set. This option would resemble:
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mongodump \-\-host repl0/mongo0.example.net,mongo0.example.net:27018,mongo1.example.net,mongo2.example.net
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You can always connect directly to a single MongoDB instance by
specifying the host and port number directly.
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.B \-\-port <port>
Specifies the port number, if the MongoDB instance is not running
on the standard port. (i.e. \fB27017\fP) You may also specify a port
number using the \fI\-\-host\fP option.
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.B \-\-ipv6
Enables IPv6 support that allows \fBmongodump\fP to connect to
the MongoDB instance using an IPv6 network. All MongoDB programs
and processes, including \fBmongodump\fP, disable IPv6 support
by default.
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.B \-\-ssl
New in version 2.4: MongoDB added support for SSL connections to \fBmongod\fP
instances in mongodump\&.

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\fBNOTE:\fP
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SSL support in mongodump is not compiled into the default
distribution of MongoDB. See
http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/tutorial/configure\-ssl for more information on SSL
and MongoDB.
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Additionally, mongodump does not support connections to
\fBmongod\fP instances that require client certificate
validation.
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Allows \fBmongodump\fP to connect to \fBmongod\fP
instance over an SSL connection.
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.B \-\-username <username>, \-u <username>
Specifies a username to authenticate to the MongoDB instance, if
your database requires authentication. Use in conjunction with the
\fI\-\-password\fP option to supply a
password.
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.B \-\-password <password>, \-p <password>
Specifies a password to authenticate to the MongoDB instance. Use
in conjunction with the \fI\-\-username\fP
option to supply a username.
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If you specify a \fI\-\-username\fP and do
not pass an argument to \fI\%--password\fP, \fBmongodump\fP
will prompt for a password interactively. If you do not specify a
password on the command line, \fI\%--password\fP must be the last
argument specified.
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.B \-\-authenticationDatabase <dbname>
New in version 2.4.

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Specifies the database that holds the user\(aqs (e.g
\fI\-\-username\fP) credentials.
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By default, \fBmongodump\fP assumes that the database specified to the
\fI\%--db\fP argument holds the user\(aqs credentials, unless you
specify \fI\%--authenticationDatabase\fP\&.
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See \fBuserSource\fP,
http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/reference/privilege\-documents and
http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/reference/user\-privileges for more information about
delegated authentication in MongoDB.
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.B \-\-authenticationMechanism <name>
New in version 2.4.

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Specifies the authentication mechanism. By default, the
authentication mechanism is \fBMONGODB\-CR\fP, which is the MongoDB
challenge/response authentication mechanism. In MongoDB Enterprise,
\fBmongodump\fP also includes support for \fBGSSAPI\fP to handle
Kerberos authentication.
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See http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/tutorial/control\-access\-to\-mongodb\-with\-kerberos\-authentication
for more information about Kerberos authentication.
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.B \-\-dbpath <path>
Specifies the directory of the MongoDB data files. If used, the
\fI\%--dbpath\fP option enables \fBmongodump\fP to attach
directly to local data files and copy the data without the
\fBmongod\fP\&. To run with \fI\%--dbpath\fP,
\fBmongodump\fP needs to restrict access to the data
directory: as a result, no \fBmongod\fP can access the same
path while the process runs.
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.B \-\-directoryperdb
Use the \fI\%--directoryperdb\fP in conjunction with the
corresponding option to \fBmongod\fP\&. This option allows
\fBmongodump\fP to read data files organized with each
database located in a distinct directory. This option is only
relevant when specifying the \fI\%--dbpath\fP option.
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.B \-\-journal
Allows \fBmongodump\fP operations to use the durability
\fIjournal\fP to ensure that the export is in a
consistent state. This option is only relevant when specifying the
\fI\%--dbpath\fP option.
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.B \-\-db <db>, \-d <db>
Use the \fI\%--db\fP option to specify a database for
\fBmongodump\fP to backup. If you do not specify a DB,
\fBmongodump\fP copies all databases in this instance into the
dump files. Use this option to backup or copy a smaller subset of
your data.
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.B \-\-collection <collection>, \-c <collection>
Use the \fI\%--collection\fP option to specify a collection for
\fBmongodump\fP to backup. If you do not specify a collection,
this option copies all collections in the specified database or
instance to the dump files. Use this option to backup or copy a
smaller subset of your data.
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.B \-\-out <path>, \-o <path>
Specifies a directory where \fBmongodump\fP saves the output of
the database dump. By default, \fBmongodump\fP saves output
files in a directory named \fBdump\fP in the current working directory.
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To send the database dump to standard output, specify "\fB\-\fP"
instead of a path. Write to standard output if you want process the
output before saving it, such as to use \fBgzip\fP to compress the
dump. When writing standard output, \fBmongodump\fP does not
write the metadata that writes in a \fB<dbname>.metadata.json\fP file
when writing to files directly.
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.B \-\-query <json>, \-q <json>
Provides a query to limit (optionally) the documents included in
the output of \fBmongodump\fP\&.
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.B \-\-oplog
Use this option to ensure that \fBmongodump\fP creates a dump
of the database that includes an \fIoplog\fP, to create a
point\-in\-time snapshot of the state of a \fBmongod\fP instance. To
restore to a specific point\-in\-time backup, use the output created
with this option in conjunction with \fImongorestore \-\-oplogReplay\fP\&.
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Without \fI\%--oplog\fP, if there are write operations during the
dump operation, the dump will not reflect a single moment in
time. Changes made to the database during the update process can
affect the output of the backup.
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\fI\%--oplog\fP has no effect when running \fBmongodump\fP
against a \fBmongos\fP instance to dump the entire contents of
a sharded cluster. However, you can use \fI\%--oplog\fP to dump
individual shards.
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\fBNOTE:\fP
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\fI\%--oplog\fP only works against nodes that maintain an
\fIoplog\fP\&. This includes all members of a replica set, as
well as \fImaster\fP nodes in master/slave replication
deployments.
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.B \-\-repair
Use this option to run a repair option in addition to dumping the
database. The repair option attempts to repair a database that may
be in an inconsistent state as a result of an improper shutdown or
\fBmongod\fP crash.
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\fBNOTE:\fP
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The \fI\%--repair\fP option uses aggressive
data\-recovery algorithms that may produce a large amount of
duplication.
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.B \-\-forceTableScan
Forces \fBmongodump\fP to scan the data store directly:
typically, \fBmongodump\fP saves entries as they appear in the
index of the \fB_id\fP field. Use \fI\%--forceTableScan\fP to skip
the index and scan the data directly. Typically there are two cases
where this behavior is preferable to the default:
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If you have key sizes over 800 bytes that would not be present
in the \fB_id\fP index.
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Your database uses a custom \fB_id\fP field.
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When you run with \fI\%--forceTableScan\fP, \fBmongodump\fP
does not use \fB$snapshot\fP\&. As a result, the dump produced
by \fBmongodump\fP can reflect the state of the database at
many different points in time.
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\fBIMPORTANT:\fP
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Use \fI\%--forceTableScan\fP with extreme caution
and consideration.
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.SH BEHAVIOR
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When running \fBmongodump\fP against a \fBmongos\fP instance
where the \fIsharded cluster\fP consists of \fIreplica sets\fP, the \fIread preference\fP of the operation will prefer reads
from \fIsecondary\fP members of the set.
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\fBWARNING:\fP
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Changed in version 2.2: When used in combination with \fBfsync\fP or
\fBdb.fsyncLock()\fP, \fBmongod\fP may block some
reads, including those from \fBmongodump\fP, when
queued write operation waits behind the \fBfsync\fP
lock.

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.SH REQUIRED USER PRIVILEGES
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\fBNOTE:\fP
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User privileges changed in MongoDB 2.4.
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The user must have appropriate privileges to read data from database
holding collections in order to use \fBmongodump\fP\&. Consider the
following \fBrequired privileges\fP for
the following \fBmongodump\fP operations:
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center;
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T{
Task
T}	T{
Required Privileges
T}
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T{
All collections in a database except \fBsystem.users\fP\&.
T}	T{
\fBread\fP\&. [1]
T}
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T{
All collections in a database, including \fBsystem.users\fP\&.
T}	T{
\fBread\fP [1] and \fBuserAdmin\fP\&.
T}
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T{
All databases. [3]
T}	T{
\fBreadAnyDatabase\fP, \fBuserAdminAnyDatabase\fP,
and \fBclusterAdmin\fP\&. [2]
T}
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.TE
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See http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/reference/user\-privileges and
http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/reference/privilege\-documents for more information on user
roles.
.IP [1] 5
You may provision \fBreadWrite\fP
instead of \fBread\fP\&.
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\fBclusterAdmin\fP provides the ability to
run the \fBlistDatabases\fP command, to list all existing
databases.
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If any database runs with profiling enabled,
\fBmongodump\fP may need the
\fBdbAdminAnyDatabase\fP privilege to dump the
\fBsystem.profile\fP collection.
.SH USAGE
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See the http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/tutorial/backup\-databases\-with\-binary\-database\-dumps
for a larger overview of \fBmongodump\fP usage. Also see the
\fBmongorestore\fP document for an overview of the
\fBmongorestore\fP, which provides the related inverse
functionality.
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The following command creates a dump file that contains only the
collection named \fBcollection\fP in the database named \fBtest\fP\&. In
this case the database is running on the local interface on port
\fB27017\fP:
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mongodump \-\-collection collection \-\-db test
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In the next example, \fBmongodump\fP creates a backup of the
database instance stored in the \fB/srv/mongodb\fP directory on the
local machine. This requires that no \fBmongod\fP instance is
using the \fB/srv/mongodb\fP directory.
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mongodump \-\-dbpath /srv/mongodb
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In the final example, \fBmongodump\fP creates a database dump
located at \fB/opt/backup/mongodump\-2011\-10\-24\fP, from a database
running on port \fB37017\fP on the host \fBmongodb1.example.net\fP and
authenticating using the username \fBuser\fP and the password
\fBpass\fP, as follows:
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mongodump \-\-host mongodb1.example.net \-\-port 37017 \-\-username user \-\-password pass \-\-out /opt/backup/mongodump\-2011\-10\-24
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.SH AUTHOR
MongoDB Documentation Project
.SH COPYRIGHT
2011-2013, MongoDB, Inc.
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