It works on LINUX/UNIX, Bash based systems (MacOSx)
Bash command line script(s) to EASILY dump&restore a couchdb database
- Needs bash
- Dumped database is outputted into stdout (screen)
##Quickstart (& quickend)
Dump: bash couchdb-dump.sh mycouch.com my-db > dumped-db.txt
Restore: bash couchdb-restore.sh mycouch.com my-db dumped-db.txt
##Quickstart (& quickend) with user & pass
Dump: bash couchdb-dump.sh user:pass@mycouch.com my-db > dumped-db.txt
Restore: bash couchdb-restore.sh user:pass@mycouch.com my-db dumped-db.txt
Surprisingly there is not a straightforward way to dump a couchdb database. Often you are suggested to replicate it or to dump it with the couchdb _all_docs directive.
But using _all_docs directive you have as output a JSON object which cannot be used to directly re-upload the database to couchdb.
Hence, the goal of this script(s) is to give you a simple way to download & upload your couchdb database.
When launched it takes as arguments:
- url of database (without http://)
- database name
Just write in the command line:
bash couchdb-dump DB_URL... DB_NAME...
DB_URL: the url of the couchdb instance without 'http://', e.g. mycouch.com
DB_NAME: name of the database, e.g. 'my-db'
bash couchdb-dump.sh mycouch.com my-db
Saving output to file
bash couchdb-dump.sh mycouch.com my-db > dumped-db.txt
When launched it takes as arguments:
- url of database (without http://) NB: if log-in is enabled the url is like user:pass@my-url.com
- database name
- file containing dumped database
Just write in the command line:
bash couchdb-restore.sh URL... DB_NAME... DUMPED_DB_FILENAME...
DB_URL: the url of the couchdb instance without 'http://', e.g. mycouch.com
DB_NAME: name of the database, e.g. 'my-db'
DUMPED_DB_FILENAME... : file containing the JSON object with all the docs
bash couchdb-restore.sh user:pass@mycouch.com my-db dumpedDB.txt
Add -p option to use an arbitrary port (5984 is the default one)