Step-by-Step Tutorial: How to Backup and Restore MongoDB Databases 2023

Step-by-Step Tutorial: How to Backup and Restore MongoDB Databases

Check MongoDB Command Line Database Tools downloaded or not.
Go to "C:\Program Files\MongoDB" and theck wheather Tools folder is present or only Server folder is there.

If present then go to step 3 otherwise go to step 2 for download and install MongoDB Command Line Database Tools.

Go to this link : " https://www.mongodb.com/try/download/database-tools " and scroll below on this page to find MongoDB Command Line Database Tools Download or ctrl+f then paste there MongoDB Command Line Database Tools Download ,this will take you to Download option.
The change and set the package,platform and version options as I have set in below screenshot then CLICK ON Download Button. After download install the same.

After install open Edit the system environment variable by searching on Windows search "env".
Then go to "Environment variables" and after that go to path under "System variables".
Then go to inside "C:\Program Files\MongoDB\Tools\100\bin" and copy this bin path and paste inside path of System variables by adding New path.
After adding rhis path now open Command Prompt again and run this command : mongodump --version .
If the version details comes then Congrats you have set up all things successfully.

Then go to that folder or create a new one where you want to Save the backup files.
From this location open Command Prompt by just typing CMD like below and hit enter.
After CMD opens run command "mongosh DB_URI" to coonect with your database then do the further steps.
Then run this command on command prompt : mongodump --uri="connection URI" --db=database name , with your own database url .
After this step a dump folder will be created having the database named folder inside and that database folder contains all the collections data.
Now final step i.e, Restore the saved data to target database.

Now run the below command by providing your own details and data will be restore successfully to targetted database.
Command : mongorestore --uri=<connection-uri> --db=<database-name> <dumpped path>
Eg : mongorestore --uri="mongodb://localhost:27017" --db=test "C:\Demo Project\Mongo\dump\test"
Here on above example I am restoring the dumpped data to my local database where "test" is my database name and "C:\Demo Project\Mongo\dump\test" is the path where all collection's data lies.
Finally you will get result like below screenshot.