Mongodump from remote server

mongodump --host hostip -d dbname --port portnumber --username username --password password --authenticationDatabase admin -o ./path/of/backupfolder


note: "./path/of/backupfolder" path is in your client

**This worked for me:**

Step1: Export remote/local DB.

mongodump --uri "mongodb+srv://USER:PASSWORD........." --out "/Users/Hardik/Desktop/mongo_bkp"


Step2: Import

mongorestore ./mongo_bkp/

Posting this here in case it helps somebody.

It was impossible for me to connect using mongodump. I ended up installing the VS Code Mongo extension and it generated the string for me. The command looks like this:

mongodump -o dump_destination --uri "mongodb://<USERNAME>:<PASSWORD>@<HOST>:<PORT>/<DATABASENAME>?authSource=admin&readPreference=primary&ssl=true"