Mongorestore, from meteor production server to local

Question

I've found plenty of good instructions on how to use mongodump and mongorestore, to back up my meteor production server and restore the backup if need be:

meteor mongo --url myApp.meteor.com

mongodump -u client -h production-db-b2.meteor.io:27017 -d myApp_meteor_com -out dump/2014_10_21 -p [password from meteor mongo --url]

mongorestore -u client -h production-db-b2.meteor.io:27017 -d myApp_meteor_com dump/2014_10_21_v2/myApp_meteor_com -p [password from meteor mongo --url]

What I haven't found is an explanation of is how to restore a backup-dump to my local meteor app. I have a mongodump output in my app folder. I'm not sure if I can use mongorestore or if there's something else I'm supposed to be doing.

Answer 1

The easiest way that I found:

1. cd in your project and execute meteor command
2. in another terminal:

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

change 127.0.0.1 if your localhost has different ip address and 3001 to a port you have mongodb on (it is usually 3001 or 3002, so try both), dump/meteor is the path to a dump you created previously.

Also the easiest way to export local db:

1. cd in your project and execute meteor command
2. In another terminal:

mongodump -h 127.0.0.1 --port 3001 -d meteor

again, change localhost ip and port if needed. . As a result, the dump/meteor folder with db files will be created in the folder you cd before running mongodump.

Good luck.