How to restore a single MongoDB database from a Snapshot Backup

Get the MongoDB snapshot archival download link You will need to obtain this link from the MongoDB Operations Manager. (There is an alternative option to scp the .tar.gz file ).From the Continuous Backup section section obtain the download link Log onto the server and download the file using using curl. ----curl is a useful tool to download the tar file curl download_url --output myfile.tar.gz ----unpack the tar file tar -xvf myfile.tar.gz ----the temp-database-path should be accessible by mongod ----e.g of creating the the temp-database-path mkdir temp-database-path chown mongod:mongod temp-database-path mv Start a new, temporary MongoDB process on a... Read more →