Restore a mongo DB from a compose.io backup?

Question

If you download a compose.io backup of a mongodb instance and uncompress the .tar file you end up with .ns and extensions that are single digits. How do you restore the db from these?

Shwaydogg · Accepted Answer · 2016-01-03T00:42:17.500

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The .ns .0 .1 etc. files are the data files themselves.

This the raw db you can mongodump those files and then mongorestore as always:

This solution would work pre mongo 3.0, but --dbpath is no longer supported by mongodump.

Mongo 3.0 Solution:

Run mongod --dbpath ./ from the directory with the extracted download with the .ns files.
Run mongodump -d [DBNAME] -o [DIR TO DUMP TO] ...options are not required.
Proceed with a mongorestore as normal

edited Jan 03 '16 at 00:42

answered Jan 03 '16 at 00:07

Shwaydogg

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I've got a post here explaining how to do this in detail: https://dhariri.com/posts/570275fed1befa596a80bba2 – David Hariri Apr 06 '16 at 19:51
So what would be the solution for MongoDB 3.x? – user3072843 Aug 28 '17 at 08:43
@user3072843 The above solution worked for Mongo 3.4. – Sean Oct 03 '19 at 20:44

Restore a mongo DB from a compose.io backup?

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Mongo 3.0 Solution: