Backup a mongodb using a ssh

Question

Guys I am trying to backup a database.

First I connect to the server using a ssh tunel, then I execute the following command:

mongodump -d mydatabase -o ~/myfolder

and I get this message:

connected to: 127.0.0.1 Thu Feb 6 18:00:56 DATABASE: mydatabase to /home/backups/myfolder/myfolder

As you can see, the mongodump is creating a folder inside a folder, but inside this folder I don't have any files, no json, no bson file.

Could someone, explain me how to make a backup on my server using ssh and the move the files to my local machine.

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

this is the command you are looking for. this command will access your server database locally 4321 is a port number which can be any port number in which you run your mongodb server root@144.154.22.11 and this is your server ip.

ssh -L 4321:localhost:27017 root@144.154.22.11 -f -N

and after this

mongodump --port 4321

this command will make your mongodb dump.