MongoDB Data Backup deployed with Mup

These commands run well if meteor app deployed with mup tool. Mup creates docker for mongodb hence taking backup becomes easy with these commands.

Backup

Take backup of running app data from docker then copy to local folder out of docker.

docker exec -it mongodb mongodump --archive=/root/mongodump.gz --gzip

docker cp mongodb:/root/mongodump.gz mongodump_$(date +%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S).gz

Copy backup to server

Move data to another server/local machine or a backup location

scp /path/to/dumpfile root@serverip:/path/to/backup

Delete old data from meteor deployment

Get into mongo console running in docker then drop current database before getting new data.

docker exec -it mongodb mongo appName

db.runCommand( { dropDatabase: 1 } )

Restore data to meteor docker

docker cp /path/to/dumpfile mongodb:/root/mongodump.gz

docker exec -it mongodb mongorestore --archive=/root/mongodump.gz --gzip

Drop target database and restore in one line

docker exec -it mongodb mongorestore --drop --archive=/root/mongodump.gz --gzip

Drops only collections present in dump.

script.sh to make it simpler.

Thanks to yanickrochon

Go to script.sh