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mongodb-backup
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Backup for mongodb
Look at mongodb-backup-cli for command line usage, similar to mongodump
Look at mongodb-restore for restore data
Install through NPM
npm install mongodb-backup
or
git clone git://github.com/hex7c0/mongodb-backup.git
Bson@0.4.11 has been pulled out, so versions >= 1.3.0 and <= 1.4.1 are deprecated
inside nodejs project
var backup = require('mongodb-backup');
backup({
uri: 'uri', // mongodb://<dbuser>:<dbpassword>@<dbdomain>.mongolab.com:<dbport>/<dbdatabase>
root: __dirname
});
uri - String URI for MongoDb connection (default "required")root- String Path where save data (default "required")[parser] - String | Function Data parser (bson, json) or custom (default "bson")[collections] - Array Select which collections save (default "disabled")[callback] - Function Callback when done (default "disabled")[stream]- Object Send .tar file to Node stream (default "disabled")[tar] - String Pack files into a .tar file (default "disabled")[query] - Object Query that optionally limits the documents included (default "{}")[numCursors] - Number Set number of cursor for parallelCollectionScan without query (default "disabled")[logger] - String Path where save a .log file (default "disabled")[metadata] - Boolean Save metadata of collections as Index, ecc (default "false")[options] - Object MongoDb options (default)Take a look at my examples
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backup for mongodb
The npm package mongodb-backup receives a total of 378 weekly downloads. As such, mongodb-backup popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that mongodb-backup demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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