Import a Mongo Database into a Docker Container

Question

I have a docker container generated from a docker image which has mongoDB installed. I want to export a database from my local machine and import it into that docker container .

What're the steps for that?

I tried to export the whole db by mongodump and then copy the dump file into the container with docker cp . But feels like that's not the correct way.

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

You don't need to copy the file. As long as you can access mongo on a port that's open, just use mongorestore from the comfort of your local machine, eg

mongodump --uri 'mongodb://localhost:27017/yourdatabase' --archive=<your file> --gzip
mongorestore --uri 'mongodb://remotehost:27017/yourdatabase' --archive=<your file> --gzip