Usage:
> mongodump <options> <connection-string>
Export the content of a running server into .bson files.
Specify a database with -d and a collection with -c to only dump that database or collection.
Connection strings must begin with mongodb:// or mongodb+srv://.
See http://docs.mongodb.com/database-tools/mongodump/ for more information.
general options:
--help print usage
--version print the tool version and exit
--config= path to a configuration file
verbosity options:
-v, --verbose=<level> more detailed log output (include multiple times for more verbosity, e.g. -vvvvv, or specify a numeric value, e.g. --verbose=N)
--quiet hide all log output
connection options:
-h, --host=<hostname> mongodb host to connect to (setname/host1,host2 for replica sets)
--port=<port> server port (can also use --host hostname:port)
ssl options:
--ssl connect to a mongod or mongos that has ssl enabled
--sslCAFile=<filename> the .pem file containing the root certificate chain from the certificate authority
--sslPEMKeyFile=<filename> the .pem file containing the certificate and key
--sslPEMKeyPassword=<password> the password to decrypt the sslPEMKeyFile, if necessary
--sslCRLFile=<filename> the .pem file containing the certificate revocation list
--sslFIPSMode use FIPS mode of the installed openssl library
--tlsInsecure bypass the validation for server's certificate chain and host name
authentication options:
-u, --username=<username> username for authentication
-p, --password=<password> password for authentication
--authenticationDatabase=<database-name> database that holds the user's credentials
--authenticationMechanism=<mechanism> authentication mechanism to use
--awsSessionToken=<aws-session-token> session token to authenticate via AWS IAM
kerberos options:
--gssapiServiceName=<service-name> service name to use when authenticating using GSSAPI/Kerberos (default: mongodb)
--gssapiHostName=<host-name> hostname to use when authenticating using GSSAPI/Kerberos (default: <remote server's address>)
namespace options:
-d, --db=<database-name> database to use
-c, --collection=<collection-name> collection to use
uri options:
--uri=mongodb-uri mongodb uri connection string
query options:
-q, --query= query filter, as a v2 Extended JSON string, e.g., '{"x":{"$gt":1}}'
--queryFile= path to a file containing a query filter (v2 Extended JSON)
--readPreference=<string>|<json> specify either a preference mode (e.g. 'nearest') or a preference json object (e.g. '{mode: "nearest", tagSets: [{a: "b"}], maxStalenessSeconds: 123}')
--forceTableScan force a table scan (do not use $snapshot or hint _id). Deprecated since this is default behavior on WiredTiger
output options:
-o, --out=<directory-path> output directory, or '-' for stdout (default: 'dump')
--gzip compress archive or collection output with Gzip
--oplog use oplog for taking a point-in-time snapshot
--archive=<file-path> dump as an archive to the specified path. If flag is specified without a value, archive is written to stdout
--dumpDbUsersAndRoles dump user and role definitions for the specified database
--excludeCollection=<collection-name> collection to exclude from the dump (may be specified multiple times to exclude additional collections)
--excludeCollectionsWithPrefix=<collection-prefix> exclude all collections from the dump that have the given prefix (may be specified multiple times to exclude additional prefixes)
-j, --numParallelCollections= number of collections to dump in parallel
--viewsAsCollections dump views as normal collections with their produced data, omitting standard collections
