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.TH "MONGORESTORE" "1" "Jun 21, 2018" "4.0" "mongodb-manual"
.SH NAME
mongorestore \- MongoDB Data Restoration Tool
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.SS On this page
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\fI\%Behavior\fP
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Users running on Mac OSX Sierra require the 3.2.10 or newer version
of  mongorestore\&.
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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The \fI\%mongorestore\fP program loads data from either a binary
database dump created by \fBmongodump\fP or the standard input
(starting in version 3.0.0) into a \fBmongod\fP or
\fBmongos\fP instance.
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Run \fI\%mongorestore\fP from the system command line, not the \fBmongo\fP shell.
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For an overview of \fI\%mongorestore\fP usage, see
/tutorial/backup\-and\-restore\-tools\&.
.SH BEHAVIOR
.SS Insert Only
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\fI\%mongorestore\fP can create a new database or add data to an
existing database. However, \fI\%mongorestore\fP performs inserts
only and does not perform updates. That is, if restoring documents to
an existing database and collection and existing documents have the
same value \fB_id\fP field as the to\-be\-restored documents,
\fI\%mongorestore\fP will \fInot\fP overwrite those documents.
.SS Rebuild Indexes
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\fI\%mongorestore\fP recreates indexes recorded by
\fBmongodump\fP\&.
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\fBNOTE:\fP
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Starting in MongoDB 2.6, creating indexes will error if an
index key in an existing document exceeds the limit\&. See
2.6\-index\-key\-length\-incompatibility for more information and
solution.
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If you have an existing data set that violates this limit but want
to resolve the index issue after restoring the data, you can disable
the default index key length validation on the target database by
setting the \fBmongod\fP instance’s
\fBfailIndexKeyTooLong\fP parameter to false.
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.SS Version Compatibility
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The data format used by \fBmongodump\fP from version 2.2 or
later is \fIincompatible\fP with earlier versions of \fBmongod\fP\&.
Do not use recent versions of \fBmongodump\fP to back up older
data stores.
.SS Exclude \fBsystem.profile\fP Collection
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\fI\%mongorestore\fP does not restore the \fBsystem.profile\fP collection data.
.SH REQUIRED ACCESS
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To restore data to a MongoDB deployment that has access control enabled, the \fBrestore\fP role provides
access to restore any database if the backup data does not include
\fBsystem.profile\fP collection data.
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If the backup data includes \fBsystem.profile\fP collection data and the target database
does not contain the \fBsystem.profile\fP
collection, \fI\%mongorestore\fP attempts to create the collection
even though the program does not actually restore \fBsystem.profile\fP
documents. As such, the user requires additional privileges to perform
\fBcreateCollection\fP and \fBconvertToCapped\fP
actions on the \fBsystem.profile\fP
collection for a database.
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As of MongoDB 3.2.11, you can run \fI\%mongorestore\fP with
\fI\%\-\-oplogReplay\fP if you have the
\fBrestore\fP role. To replay the oplog on versions of MongoDB
3.2.10 and earlier, you must create a
user\-defined role that has
\fBanyAction\fP on resource\-anyresource and grant only
to users who must run \fI\%mongorestore\fP with
\fI\%\-\-oplogReplay\fP\&.
.SH OPTIONS
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Changed in version 3.0.0: \fI\%mongorestore\fP removed the \fB\-\-filter\fP, \fB\-\-dbpath\fP, and the
\fB\-\-noobjcheck\fP options.

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.B mongorestore
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.B \-\-help
Returns information on the options and use of \fBmongorestore\fP\&.
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.B \-\-verbose, \-v
Increases the amount of internal reporting returned on standard output
or in log files. 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 \-\-quiet
Runs \fBmongorestore\fP in a quiet mode that attempts to limit the amount
of output.
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This option suppresses:
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output from database commands
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replication activity
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connection accepted events
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connection closed events
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.B \-\-version
Returns the \fBmongorestore\fP release number.
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.B \-\-uri <connectionString>
New in version 3.4.6.

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Specify a resolvable URI
connection string for the \fBmongod\fP to which to
connect.
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The following is the standard
URI connection scheme:
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mongodb://[username:password@]host1[:port1][,host2[:port2],...[,hostN[:portN]]][/[database][?options]]
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.fi
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For detailed explanations of the components of this string, refer to
the
Connection String URI Format
documentation.
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\fBIMPORTANT:\fP
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The following \fI\%mongorestore\fP options are incompatible with the
\fB\-\-uri\fP option. Instead, specify these options as part of your
\fB\-\-uri\fP connection string when applicable:
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\fB\-\-host\fP
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\fB\-\-port\fP
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\fB\-\-db\fP
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\fB\-\-username\fP
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\fB\-\-password\fP (when specifying the password as part of the
URI connection string)
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\fB\-\-authenticationDatabase\fP
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\fB\-\-authenticationMechanism\fP
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.B \-\-host <hostname><:port>, \-h <hostname><:port>
\fIDefault\fP: localhost:27017
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Specifies a resolvable hostname for the \fBmongod\fP to which to
connect. By default, the \fBmongorestore\fP attempts to connect to a MongoDB
instance running on the localhost on port number \fB27017\fP\&.
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To connect to a replica set, specify the
\fBreplSetName\fP and a seed list of set members, as in
the following:
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<replSetName>/<hostname1><:port>,<hostname2><:port>,<...>
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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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Changed in version 3.0.0: If you use IPv6 and use the \fB<address>:<port>\fP format, you must
enclose the portion of an address and port combination in
brackets (e.g. \fB[<address>]\fP).

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.B \-\-port <port>
\fIDefault\fP: 27017
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Specifies the TCP port on which the MongoDB instance listens for
client connections.
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.B \-\-ssl
New in version 2.6.

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Enables connection to a \fBmongod\fP or \fBmongos\fP that has
TLS/SSL support enabled.
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For more information about TLS/SSL and MongoDB, see
/tutorial/configure\-ssl and
/tutorial/configure\-ssl\-clients .
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.B \-\-sslCAFile <filename>
New in version 2.6.

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Specifies the \fB\&.pem\fP file that contains the root certificate chain
from the Certificate Authority. Specify the file name of the
\fB\&.pem\fP file using relative or absolute paths.
.sp
Starting in version 3.4, if \fB\-\-sslCAFile\fP or \fBssl.CAFile\fP is not
specified and you are not using x.509 authentication, the
system\-wide CA certificate store will be used when connecting to an
TLS/SSL\-enabled server.
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If using x.509 authentication, \fB\-\-sslCAFile\fP or \fBssl.CAFile\fP
must be specified.
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\fBWARNING:\fP
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\fBVersion 3.2 and earlier:\fP For TLS/SSL connections (\fB\-\-ssl\fP) to
\fBmongod\fP and \fBmongos\fP, if the \fBmongorestore\fP runs without the
\fI\%\-\-sslCAFile\fP, \fBmongorestore\fP will not attempt
to validate the server certificates. This creates a vulnerability
to expired \fBmongod\fP and \fBmongos\fP certificates as
well as to foreign processes posing as valid \fBmongod\fP or
\fBmongos\fP instances. Ensure that you \fIalways\fP specify the
CA file to validate the server certificates in cases where
intrusion is a possibility.
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For more information about TLS/SSL and MongoDB, see
/tutorial/configure\-ssl and
/tutorial/configure\-ssl\-clients .
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.B \-\-sslPEMKeyFile <filename>
New in version 2.6.

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Specifies the \fB\&.pem\fP file that contains both the TLS/SSL certificate
and key. Specify the file name of the \fB\&.pem\fP file using relative
or absolute paths.
.sp
This option is required when using the \fI\%\-\-ssl\fP option to connect
to a \fBmongod\fP or \fBmongos\fP that has
\fBCAFile\fP enabled \fIwithout\fP
\fBallowConnectionsWithoutCertificates\fP\&.
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For more information about TLS/SSL and MongoDB, see
/tutorial/configure\-ssl and
/tutorial/configure\-ssl\-clients .
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.B \-\-sslPEMKeyPassword <value>
New in version 2.6.

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Specifies the password to de\-crypt the certificate\-key file (i.e.
\fI\%\-\-sslPEMKeyFile\fP). Use the \fI\%\-\-sslPEMKeyPassword\fP option only if the
certificate\-key file is encrypted. In all cases, the \fBmongorestore\fP will
redact the password from all logging and reporting output.
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If the private key in the PEM file is encrypted and you do not specify
the \fI\%\-\-sslPEMKeyPassword\fP option, the \fBmongorestore\fP will prompt for a passphrase. See
ssl\-certificate\-password\&.
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For more information about TLS/SSL and MongoDB, see
/tutorial/configure\-ssl and
/tutorial/configure\-ssl\-clients .
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.B \-\-sslCRLFile <filename>
New in version 2.6.

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Specifies the \fB\&.pem\fP file that contains the Certificate Revocation
List. Specify the file name of the \fB\&.pem\fP file using relative or
absolute paths.
.sp
For more information about TLS/SSL and MongoDB, see
/tutorial/configure\-ssl and
/tutorial/configure\-ssl\-clients .
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.B \-\-sslAllowInvalidCertificates
New in version 2.6.

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Bypasses the validation checks for server certificates and allows
the use of invalid certificates. When using the
\fBallowInvalidCertificates\fP setting, MongoDB logs as a
warning the use of the invalid certificate.
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Starting in MongoDB 4.0, if you specify
\fB\-\-sslAllowInvalidCertificates\fP or \fBssl.allowInvalidCertificates:
true\fP when using x.509 authentication, an invalid certificate is
only sufficient to establish a TLS/SSL connection but is
\fIinsufficient\fP for authentication.
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\fBWARNING:\fP
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For TLS/SSL connections to \fBmongod\fP and
\fBmongos\fP, avoid using
\fB\-\-sslAllowInvalidCertificates\fP if possible and only use
\fB\-\-sslAllowInvalidCertificates\fP on systems where intrusion is
not possible.
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If the \fBmongo\fP shell (and other
mongodb\-tools\-support\-ssl) runs with the
\fB\-\-sslAllowInvalidCertificates\fP option, the
\fBmongo\fP shell (and other
mongodb\-tools\-support\-ssl) will not attempt to validate
the server certificates. This creates a vulnerability to expired
\fBmongod\fP and \fBmongos\fP certificates as
well as to foreign processes posing as valid
\fBmongod\fP or \fBmongos\fP instances.
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For more information about TLS/SSL and MongoDB, see
/tutorial/configure\-ssl and
/tutorial/configure\-ssl\-clients .
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.B \-\-sslAllowInvalidHostnames
New in version 3.0.

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Disables the validation of the hostnames in TLS/SSL certificates. Allows
\fBmongorestore\fP to connect to MongoDB instances even if the hostname in their
certificates do not match the specified hostname.
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For more information about TLS/SSL and MongoDB, see
/tutorial/configure\-ssl and
/tutorial/configure\-ssl\-clients .
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.B \-\-sslFIPSMode
New in version 2.6.

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Directs the \fBmongorestore\fP to use the FIPS mode of the installed OpenSSL
library. Your system must have a FIPS compliant OpenSSL library to use
the \fI\%\-\-sslFIPSMode\fP option.
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\fBNOTE:\fP
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FIPS\-compatible TLS/SSL is
available only in \fI\%MongoDB Enterprise\fP\&. See
/tutorial/configure\-fips for more information.
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.B \-\-username <username>, \-u <username>
Specifies a username with which to authenticate to a MongoDB database
that uses authentication. Use in conjunction with the \fB\-\-password\fP and
\fB\-\-authenticationDatabase\fP options.
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.B \-\-password <password>, \-p <password>
Specifies a password with which to authenticate to a MongoDB database
that uses authentication. Use in conjunction with the \fB\-\-username\fP and
\fB\-\-authenticationDatabase\fP options.
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Changed in version 3.0.0: If you do not specify an argument for \fI\%\-\-password\fP, \fBmongorestore\fP returns
an error.

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Changed in version 3.0.2: If you wish \fBmongorestore\fP to prompt the user
for the password, pass the \fI\%\-\-username\fP option without
\fI\%\-\-password\fP or specify an empty string as the \fI\%\-\-password\fP value,
as in \fB\-\-password ""\fP .

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.B \-\-authenticationDatabase <dbname>
Specifies the database in which the user is created.
See user\-authentication\-database\&.
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.B \-\-authenticationMechanism <name>
\fIDefault\fP: SCRAM\-SHA\-1
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Specifies the authentication mechanism the \fBmongorestore\fP instance uses to
authenticate to the \fBmongod\fP or \fBmongos\fP\&.
.sp
Changed in version 4.0: MongoDB removes support for the deprecated MongoDB
Challenge\-Response (\fBMONGODB\-CR\fP) authentication mechanism.
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MongoDB adds support for SCRAM mechanism using the SHA\-256 hash
function (\fBSCRAM\-SHA\-256\fP).

.TS
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T{
Value
T}	T{
Description
T}
_
T{
SCRAM\-SHA\-1
T}	T{
\fI\%RFC 5802\fP standard
Salted Challenge Response Authentication Mechanism using the SHA\-1
hash function.
T}
_
T{
SCRAM\-SHA\-256
T}	T{
\fI\%RFC 7677\fP standard
Salted Challenge Response Authentication Mechanism using the SHA\-256
hash function.
.sp
Requires featureCompatibilityVersion set to \fB4.0\fP\&.
.sp
New in version 4.0.
T}
_
T{
MONGODB\-X509
T}	T{
MongoDB TLS/SSL certificate authentication.
T}
_
T{
GSSAPI (Kerberos)
T}	T{
External authentication using Kerberos. This mechanism is
available only in \fI\%MongoDB Enterprise\fP\&.
T}
_
T{
PLAIN (LDAP SASL)
T}	T{
External authentication using LDAP. You can also use \fBPLAIN\fP
for authenticating in\-database users. \fBPLAIN\fP transmits
passwords in plain text. This mechanism is available only in
\fI\%MongoDB Enterprise\fP\&.
T}
_
.TE
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.B \-\-gssapiServiceName
New in version 2.6.

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Specify the name of the service using GSSAPI/Kerberos\&. Only required if the service does not use the
default name of \fBmongodb\fP\&.
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This option is available only in MongoDB Enterprise.
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.B \-\-gssapiHostName
New in version 2.6.

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Specify the hostname of a service using GSSAPI/Kerberos\&. \fIOnly\fP required if the hostname of a machine does
not match the hostname resolved by DNS.
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This option is available only in MongoDB Enterprise.
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.B \-\-db <database>, \-d <database>
Specifies a database for \fBmongorestore\fP to restore data \fIinto\fP\&.
If the database does not exist, \fBmongorestore\fP creates the
database. If you do not specify a \fB<db>\fP, \fBmongorestore\fP
creates new databases that correspond to the databases where data
originated and data may be overwritten. Use this option to restore data
into a MongoDB instance that already has data.
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\fI\%\-\-db\fP does \fInot\fP control which BSON files
\fBmongorestore\fP restores. You must use the
\fBmongorestore\fP \fI\%path option\fP to
limit that restored data.
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.B \-\-collection <collection>, \-c <collection>
Specifies a single collection for \fBmongorestore\fP to restore. If
you do not specify \fI\%\-\-collection\fP, \fBmongorestore\fP 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.
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.B \-\-nsExclude <namespace pattern>
New in version 3.4.

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Excludes the specified namespaces from the
restore operation.
.sp
\fI\%\-\-nsExclude\fP accepts a \fInamespace pattern\fP as its argument. The namespace
pattern permits \fI\%\-\-nsExclude\fP to refer to any namespace that matches the
specified pattern. \fI\%mongorestore\fP matches the smallest valid occurence
of the namespace pattern.
.sp
Use asterisks (\fB*\fP) as wild cards. Escape all literal asterisks
and backslashes with a backslash. \fI\%Restore Collections Using Wild Cards\fP
provides an example of using asterisks as wild cards.
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.B \-\-nsInclude <namespace pattern>
New in version 3.4.

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Includes only the specified namespaces in the
restore operation.
By enabling you to specify multiple collections to restore,
\fI\%\-\-nsInclude\fP offers a superset of the functionality of the
\fI\%\-\-collection\fP option.
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\fI\%\-\-nsInclude\fP accepts a \fInamespace pattern\fP as its argument. The namespace
pattern permits \fI\%\-\-nsInclude\fP to refer to any namespace that matches the
specified pattern. \fI\%mongorestore\fP matches the smallest valid occurence
of the namespace pattern.
.sp
Use asterisks (\fB*\fP) as wild cards. Escape all literal asterisks
and backslashes with a backslash. \fI\%Restore Collections Using Wild Cards\fP
provides an example of using asterisks as wild cards.
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.B \-\-nsFrom <namespace pattern>
New in version 3.4.

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Use with \fI\%\-\-nsTo\fP to rename a namespace during the
restore operation. \fI\%\-\-nsFrom\fP specifies the collection in the
dump file, while \fI\%\-\-nsTo\fP specifies the name that should be
used in the restored database.
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\fI\%\-\-nsFrom\fP accepts a \fInamespace pattern\fP as its argument. The namespace
pattern permits \fI\%\-\-nsFrom\fP to refer to any namespace that matches the
specified pattern. \fI\%mongorestore\fP matches the smallest valid occurence
of the namespace pattern.
.sp
For simple replacements, use asterisks (\fB*\fP) as wild cards.
Escape all literal asterisks and backslashes with a backslash.
Replacements correspond linearly to matches: each asterisk in
\fB\-\-nsFrom\fP must correspond to an asterisk in \fB\-\-nsTo\fP, and the
first asterisk in \fB\-\-nsFrom\fP matches the first asterisk in \fBnsTo\fP\&.
.sp
For more complex replacements, use dollar signs to delimit a “wild
card” variable to use in the replacement.
\fI\%Change Collections’ Namespaces during Restore\fP provides an example of complex
replacements with dollar sign\-delimited wild cards.
.sp
Unlike replacements with asterisks, replacements with dollar
sign\-delimited wild cards do \fBnot\fP need to be linear.
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.B \-\-nsTo <namespace pattern>
New in version 3.4.

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Use with \fI\%\-\-nsFrom\fP to rename a namespace during the
restore operation. \fI\%\-\-nsTo\fP specifies the new collection
name to use in the restored database, while
\fI\%\-\-nsFrom\fP specifies the name in the dump file.
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\fI\%\-\-nsTo\fP accepts a \fInamespace pattern\fP as its argument. The namespace
pattern permits \fI\%\-\-nsTo\fP to refer to any namespace that matches the
specified pattern. \fI\%mongorestore\fP matches the smallest valid occurence
of the namespace pattern.
.sp
For simple replacements, use asterisks (\fB*\fP) as wild cards.
Escape all literal asterisks and backslashes with a backslash.
Replacements correspond linearly to matches: each asterisk in
\fB\-\-nsFrom\fP must correspond to an asterisk in \fB\-\-nsTo\fP, and the
first asterisk in \fB\-\-nsFrom\fP matches the first asterisk in \fBnsTo\fP\&.
.sp
For more complex replacements, use dollar signs to delimit a “wild
card” variable to use in the replacement.
\fI\%Change Collections’ Namespaces during Restore\fP provides an example of complex
replacements with dollar sign\-delimited wild cards.
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Unlike replacements with asterisks, replacements with dollar
sign\-delimited wild cards do \fBnot\fP need to be linear.
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.B \-\-objcheck
Forces \fBmongorestore\fP to validate all requests from clients
upon receipt to ensure that clients never insert invalid documents into
the database. For objects with a high degree of sub\-document nesting,
\fI\%\-\-objcheck\fP can have a small impact on performance.
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.B \-\-drop
Before restoring the collections from the dumped backup, drops the
collections from the target database. \fI\%\-\-drop\fP does not drop
collections that are not in the backup.
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When the restore includes the \fBadmin\fP database, \fBmongorestore\fP with
\fI\%\-\-drop\fP removes all user credentials and replaces them with the
users defined in the dump file. Therefore, in systems with
\fBauthorization\fP enabled, \fBmongorestore\fP must be able
to authenticate to an existing user \fIand\fP to a user defined in the
dump file. If \fBmongorestore\fP can’t authenticate to a user defined in the
dump file, the restoration process will fail, leaving an empty
database.
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.B \-\-dryRun
New in version 3.4.

.sp
Runs \fBmongorestore\fP without actually importing any data, returning the
\fBmongorestore\fP summary information. Use with \fB\-\-verbose\fP to produce
more detailed summary information.
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.TP
.B \-\-oplogReplay
After restoring the database dump, replays the oplog entries
from a bson file.
When used in conjunction with \fBmongodump \-\-oplog\fP,
\fB~bin.mongorestore \-\-oplogReplay\fP
restores the database to the point\-in\-time backup captured with the
\fBmongodump \-\-oplog\fP command.
.sp
\fBmongorestore\fP searches for any valid source  for the bson file
in the following locations:
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.IP \(bu 2
The top level of the dump directory, as in the case of a dump created
with \fBmongodump \-\-oplog\fP\&.
.IP \(bu 2
The path specified by \fI\%\-\-oplogFile\fP\&.
.IP \(bu 2
\fB<dump\-directory>/local/oplog.rs.bson\fP, as in the case of a dump
of the \fBoplog.rs\fP collection in the \fBlocal\fP database
on a \fBmongod\fP that is a member of a replica set.
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.sp
If there is an \fBoplog.bson\fP file at the top level of the dump
directory \fBand\fP a path specified by \fI\%\-\-oplogFile\fP,
\fBmongorestore\fP returns an error.
.sp
If there is an \fBoplog.bson\fP file at the top level of the dump directory,
\fBmongorestore\fP restores that file as the oplog. If there are also bson
files in the \fBdump/local\fP directory, \fBmongorestore\fP restores them like
normal collections.
.sp
If you specify an oplog file using \fI\%\-\-oplogFile\fP,
\fBmongorestore\fP restores that file as the oplog. If there are also bson
files in the \fBdump/local\fP directory, \fBmongorestore\fP restores them like
normal collections.
.sp
For an example of \fI\%\-\-oplogReplay\fP, see backup\-restore\-oplogreplay\&.
.sp
\fBNOTE:\fP
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.INDENT 3.5
When using \fI\%mongorestore\fP with \fI\%\-\-oplogReplay\fP to restore
a replica set, you must
restore a full dump of a replica set member created
using \fB~bin.mongodump \-\-oplog\fP\&.
\fI\%mongorestore\fP with \fI\%\-\-oplogReplay\fP fails if you use any of
the following options to limit the data be restored:
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.IP \(bu 2
\fI\%\-\-db\fP
.IP \(bu 2
\fI\%\-\-collection\fP
.IP \(bu 2
\fI\%\-\-nsInclude\fP
.IP \(bu 2
\fI\%\-\-nsExclude\fP
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.sp
\fBSEE ALSO:\fP
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.INDENT 3.5
\fI\%mongorestore Required Access\fP
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.sp
\fBSEE ALSO:\fP
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.INDENT 3.5
\fBmongodump \-\-oplog\fP
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.TP
.B \-\-oplogLimit <timestamp>
Prevents \fBmongorestore\fP from applying oplog entries
with timestamp newer than or equal to \fB<timestamp>\fP\&. Specify
\fB<timestamp>\fP values in the form of \fB<time_t>:<ordinal>\fP, where
\fB<time_t>\fP is the seconds since the UNIX epoch, and \fB<ordinal>\fP
represents a counter of operations in the oplog that occurred in the
specified second.
.sp
You must use \fI\%\-\-oplogLimit\fP in conjunction with the
\fI\%\-\-oplogReplay\fP option.
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.B \-\-oplogFile <path>
New in version 3.4.

.sp
Specifies the path to the oplog file containing oplog data for the
restore. Use with \fI\%\-\-oplogReplay\fP\&.
.sp
If you specify \fI\%\-\-oplogFile\fP and there is an \fBoplog.bson\fP
file at the top level of the dump directory, \fBmongorestore\fP returns an
error.
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.TP
.B \-\-keepIndexVersion
Prevents \fBmongorestore\fP from upgrading the index to the latest
version during the restoration process.
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.TP
.B \-\-noIndexRestore
Prevents \fBmongorestore\fP from restoring and building indexes as
specified in the corresponding \fBmongodump\fP output.
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.TP
.B \-\-noOptionsRestore
Prevents \fBmongorestore\fP from setting the collection options,
such as those specified by the \fBcollMod\fP database
command, on restored collections.
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.TP
.B \-\-restoreDbUsersAndRoles
Restore user and role definitions for the given database. See
/reference/system\-roles\-collection and
/reference/system\-users\-collection for more information.
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.TP
.B \-\-writeConcern <document>
\fIDefault\fP: majority
.sp
Specifies the write concern for each write operation that \fBmongorestore\fP
writes to the target database.
.sp
Specify the write concern as a document with w options\&.
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.TP
.B \-\-maintainInsertionOrder
\fIDefault\fP: False
.sp
If specified, \fBmongorestore\fP inserts the documents in the order of
their appearance in the input source, otherwise \fBmongorestore\fP may
perform the insertions in an arbitrary order.
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.TP
.B \-\-numParallelCollections int, \-j int
\fIDefault\fP: 4
.sp
Number of collections \fBmongorestore\fP should restore
in parallel.
.sp
If you specify \fB\-j\fP when restoring a \fIsingle\fP collection, \fB\-j\fP
maps to the \fI\%\-\-numInsertionWorkersPerCollection\fP option rather than
\fI\%\-\-numParallelCollections\fP\&.
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.INDENT 0.0
.TP
.B \-\-numInsertionWorkersPerCollection int
\fIDefault\fP: 1
.sp
New in version 3.0.0.

.sp
Specifies the number of insertion workers to run concurrently per collection.
.sp
For large imports, increasing the number of insertion workers
may increase the speed of the import.
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.TP
.B \-\-stopOnError
New in version 3.0.

.sp
Forces \fBmongorestore\fP to halt the restore when it encounters an
error.
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.TP
.B \-\-bypassDocumentValidation
Enables \fBmongorestore\fP to bypass document validation
during the operation. This lets you insert documents that do not
meet the validation requirements.
.sp
New in version 3.2.1.

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.TP
.B \-\-gzip
New in version 3.2.

.sp
Restores from compressed files or data stream created by
\fB~bin.mongodump \-\-archive\fP
.sp
To restore from a dump directory that contains compressed files, run
\fI\%mongorestore\fP with the new \fB\-\-gzip\fP option.
.sp
To restore from a compressed archive file, run \fI\%mongorestore\fP with
the \fB\-\-gzip\fP option in conjunction with the \fB\-\-archive\fP option.
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.TP
.B <path>
The final argument of the \fBmongorestore\fP command is a
directory path. This argument specifies the location of the
database dump from which to restore.
.sp
You cannot specify both the \fB<path>\fP argument and the \fB\-\-dir\fP
option, which also specifies the dump directory, to \fBmongorestore\fP\&.
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.TP
.B \-\-archive <=file|null>
New in version 3.2.

.sp
Restores from an archive file or from the standard input (\fBstdin\fP).
.sp
To restore from an archive file, run \fBmongorestore\fP with the \fB\-\-archive\fP
option and the archive filename.
.sp
To restore from the standard input, run \fBmongorestore\fP with the
\fB\-\-archive\fP option but \fIomit\fP the filename.
.sp
\fBNOTE:\fP
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.INDENT 3.5
.INDENT 0.0
.IP \(bu 2
You cannot use the \fB\-\-archive\fP option with the \fB\-\-dir\fP option.
.IP \(bu 2
\fBmongorestore\fP still supports the positional \fB\-\fP parameter to
restore a \fIsingle\fP collection from the standard input.
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.TP
.B \-\-dir string
Specifies the dump directory.
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.IP \(bu 2
You cannot specify both the \fB\-\-dir\fP option and the \fB<path>\fP
argument, which also specifies the dump directory, to \fBmongorestore\fP\&.
.IP \(bu 2
You cannot use the \fB\-\-archive\fP option with the \fB\-\-dir\fP option.
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.UNINDENT
.SH EXAMPLES
.SS Restore a Collection
.sp
Consider the following example:
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.INDENT 3.5
.sp
.nf
.ft C
mongorestore \-\-collection people \-\-db accounts dump/
.ft P
.fi
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.sp
Here, \fI\%mongorestore\fP reads the database dump in the \fBdump/\fP
sub\-directory of the current directory, and restores \fIonly\fP the
documents in the collection named \fBpeople\fP from the database named
\fBaccounts\fP\&. \fI\%mongorestore\fP restores data to the instance
running on the localhost interface on port \fB27017\fP\&.
.sp
New in version 3.4.

.sp
You may alternatively use \fI\%\-\-nsInclude\fP to specify the canonical name of the collection that you
wish to restore rather than \fI\%\-\-collection\fP\&. \fI\%\-\-nsInclude\fP
enables you to specify the namespace of one or more collections
that you wish to include in the restore operation. The following
example restores the \fBpeople\fP collection from the \fBaccounts\fP
database in the \fBdump/\fP sub\-directory of the current directory:
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.INDENT 3.5
.sp
.nf
.ft C
mongorestore \-\-nsInclude accounts.people dump/
.ft P
.fi
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.SS Restore Collections Using Wild Cards
.sp
New in version 3.4.

.sp
\fI\%\-\-nsInclude\fP and
\fI\%\-\-nsExclude\fP support specifying the
namespaces you wish to include or exclude from a
restore operation using asterisks as \fIwild cards\fP\&.
.sp
The following example restores the documents in the \fBdump/\fP
sub\-directory of the current directory that match the specified
namespace pattern. The \fI\%\-\-nsInclude\fP
statement specifies to only restore documents in the \fBtransactions\fP
database while \fI\%\-\-nsExclude\fP
instructs \fI\%mongorestore\fP to exclude collections whose
names end with \fB_dev\fP\&. \fI\%mongorestore\fP restores data to
the \fBmongod\fP instance running on the localhost interface
on port \fB27017\fP\&.
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.INDENT 3.5
.sp
.nf
.ft C
mongorestore \-\-nsInclude \(aqtransactions.*\(aq \-\-nsExclude \(aqtransactions.*_dev\(aq dump/
.ft P
.fi
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.UNINDENT
.SS Change Collections’ Namespaces during Restore
.sp
New in version 3.4.

.sp
MongoDB 3.4 added the \fI\%\-\-nsFrom\fP and
\fI\%\-\-nsTo\fP options, which enable you to
change the namespace of a collection that you are restoring.
\fI\%\-\-nsFrom\fP and \fI\%\-\-nsTo\fP support using asterisks as wild cards \fIand\fP
support using dollar signs to delimit “wild card” variables to use in
the replacement.
.sp
Consider a database \fBdata\fP that you have exported to a \fBdump/\fP
directory using \fBmongodump\fP\&. The \fBdata\fP database
contains the following collections:
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.IP \(bu 2
\fBsales_customer1\fP
.IP \(bu 2
\fBsales_customer2\fP
.IP \(bu 2
\fBsales_customer3\fP
.IP \(bu 2
\fBusers_customer1\fP
.IP \(bu 2
\fBusers_customer2\fP
.IP \(bu 2
\fBusers_customer3\fP
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.sp
Using \fI\%\-\-nsFrom\fP and \fI\%\-\-nsTo\fP, you can restore the data into different
namespaces. The following operation
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.IP \(bu 2
restores the \fBsales_<customerName>\fP collections in the \fBdata\fP
database to \fBsales\fP collections in the \fB<customerName>\fP database,
and
.IP \(bu 2
restores the \fBusers_<customerName>\fP collections to \fBusers\fP
collections in the \fB<customerName>\fP database.
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.INDENT 0.0
.INDENT 3.5
.sp
.nf
.ft C
mongorestore \-\-nsInclude \(aqdata.*\(aq \-\-nsFrom \(aqdata.$prefix$_$customer$\(aq \-\-nsTo \(aq$customer$.$prefix$\(aq
.ft P
.fi
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.UNINDENT
.SS Restore with Access Control
.sp
In the following example, \fI\%mongorestore\fP restores a
database dump located at \fB/opt/backup/mongodump\-2011\-10\-24\fP, to a
database running on port \fB37017\fP on the host
\fBmongodb1.example.net\fP\&. The \fI\%mongorestore\fP command
authenticates to the MongoDB instance using the username \fBuser\fP and
the password \fBpass\fP, as follows:
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.INDENT 3.5
.sp
.nf
.ft C
mongorestore \-\-host mongodb1.example.net \-\-port 37017 \-\-username user \-\-password "pass" /opt/backup/mongodump\-2011\-10\-24
.ft P
.fi
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.UNINDENT
.SS Restore a Collection from Standard Input
.sp
You can also \fIpipe\fP data directly into to \fI\%mongorestore\fP
through standard input, as in the following example:
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.INDENT 3.5
.sp
.nf
.ft C
zcat /opt/backup/mongodump\-2014\-12\-03/accounts.people.bson.gz | mongorestore \-\-collection people \-\-db accounts \-
.ft P
.fi
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.UNINDENT
.SS Restore a Database from an Archive File
.sp
New in version 3.2.

.sp
To restore from an archive file, run \fBrestore\fP with the new
\fB\-\-archive\fP option and the archive filename. For example, the
following operation restores the \fBtest\fP database from the file
\fBtest.20150715.archive\fP\&.
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.INDENT 3.5
.sp
.nf
.ft C
mongorestore \-\-archive=test.20150715.archive \-\-db test
.ft P
.fi
.UNINDENT
.UNINDENT
.SS Restore a Database from Standard Input
.sp
New in version 3.2.

.sp
To restore from the standard input, run \fI\%mongorestore\fP
with the \fBarchive\fP option but \fIomit\fP the filename. For example:
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.INDENT 3.5
.sp
.nf
.ft C
mongodump \-\-archive \-\-db test \-\-port 27017 | mongorestore \-\-archive \-\-port 27018
.ft P
.fi
.UNINDENT
.UNINDENT
.SS Restore from Compressed Data
.sp
New in version 3.2: With the \fB\-\-gzip\fP option, \fI\%mongorestore\fP can restore from
compressed files or data stream created by \fBmongodump\fP\&.

.sp
To restore from a dump directory that contains compressed files, run
\fI\%mongorestore\fP with the new \fB\-\-gzip\fP option. For
example, the following operation restores the \fBtest\fP database from
the compressed files located in the default \fBdump\fP directory:
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.INDENT 3.5
.sp
.nf
.ft C
mongorestore \-\-gzip \-\-db test
.ft P
.fi
.UNINDENT
.UNINDENT
.sp
To restore from a compressed archive file, run \fI\%mongorestore\fP
with the \fB\-\-gzip\fP option in conjunction with the new \fB\-\-archive\fP
option. For example, the following operation restores the \fBtest\fP
database from the archive file \fBtest.20150715.gz\fP\&.
.INDENT 0.0
.INDENT 3.5
.sp
.nf
.ft C
mongorestore \-\-gzip \-\-archive=test.20150715.gz \-\-db test
.ft P
.fi
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.UNINDENT
.SH AUTHOR
MongoDB Documentation Project
.SH COPYRIGHT
2008-2018
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