How to export all collections in MongoDB?

Question

I want to export all collections in MongoDB by the command:

mongoexport -d dbname -o Mongo.json

The result is:
No collection specifie

Answer 1

Follow the steps below to create a mongodump from the server and import it another server/local machine which has a username and a password

1. mongodump -d dbname -o dumpname -u username -p password
2. scp -r user@remote:~/location/of/dumpname ./
3. mongorestore -d dbname dumpname/dbname/ -u username -p password

Answer 2

In case you want to connect a remote mongoDB server like mongolab.com, you should pass connection credentials eg.

mongoexport -h id.mongolab.com:60599 -u username -p password -d mydb -c mycollection -o mybackup.json

Answer 3

Previous answers explained it well, I am adding my answer to help in case you are dealing with a remote password protected database

mongodump --host xx.xxx.xx.xx --port 27017 --db your_db_name --username your_user_name --password your_password --out /target/folder/path

Answer 4

#mongodump using sh script 
#!/bin/bash
TIMESTAMP=`date +%F-%H%M`
APP_NAME="folder_name"
BACKUPS_DIR="/xxxx/tst_file_bcup/$APP_NAME"
BACKUP_NAME="$APP_NAME-$TIMESTAMP"
/usr/bin/mongodump -h 127.0.0.1 -d <dbname> -o $BACKUPS_DIR/$APP_NAME/$BACKUP_NAME
tar -zcvf $BACKUPS_DIR/$BACKUP_NAME.tgz $BACKUPS_DIR/$APP_NAME/$BACKUP_NAME
rm -rf /home/wowza_analytics_bcup/wowza_analytics/wowza_analytics
### 7 days old backup delete automaticaly using given command

find /home/wowza_analytics_bcup/wowza_analytics/ -mindepth 1 -mtime +7 -delete