MongoDB Administrator's Guide

How to do it...

1. Connect to the MongoDB server via mongo shell, and insert about 1,000 random documents:

for(var x=0; x<1000; x++){ db.mycol.insert({age:(Math.round(Math.random()*100)%20) }) }

2. Immediately switch to a different Terminal, and take the backup:

mongodump --out /backups/dump/

3. You should see output similar to this:

2017-10-06T08:02:38.082+0000 writing admin.system.version2017-10-06T08:02:38.083+0000 done dumping admin.system.version (1 document)2017-10-06T08:02:38.083+0000 writing mydb.mockdata to2017-10-06T08:02:38.084+0000 writing mydb.mycol to2017-10-06T08:02:38.095+0000 done dumping mydb.mycol (1000 documents)2017-10-06T08:02:38.279+0000 done dumping mydb.mockdata (100000 documents

4. Switch back to the operating system's ...