migraine

Bash script to migrate Mongo databases to a new server with no hassle.

Official MongoDB documentation available here and here.

Prerequisites

• Source and destination MongoDB server instances
• Admin rights to both MongoDB servers
• MongoDB with mongodump and mongorestore tools installed

Usage

Step 1: Dump databases on old server

First, edit databases.txt file to reflect the list of databases to be dumped.

nano databases.txt
chmod +x dump.sh && dump.sh

Step 2: Transfer files to new server

Second, download the files from old server using the scp command.

scp -r <server>:<source_folder> <destination_folder>
scp -r x.x.x.x:/home/mongo/dump ./

Step 3: Restore database on new server

Third, make sure the files have been downloaded to the dump folder and launch the restore procedure on the new server.

chmod +x restore.sh && restore.sh

Contributing

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/schopenhauer/migraine.

License

The module is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.