How to restore archive mongoDB database

Question

I have to restore the MongoDB archive tar file (when I extract it shows .wt files inside the tar folder)

tar:      restore-63bbdc996664dc2524cce24d.tar

after extract all files like:    collection-0--423807093138670367.wt

I tried

• Create a backup of C:\Program Files\MongoDB\Server\5.0\data

• Place all the .wt files from archive tar in this folder

• Restart the Mongo server with the windows services.

I also tried

mongorestore --host localhost --port 27017 --db restoredTest C:\Users\rustam\restore-634235

Answer 1

After spending a lot of time on it finally I got the solution

1. Extract the tar file
2. Run the below command

mongod --port your_port --dbpath your_extracted_tar_folder

note: port is optional, it will run 27027 default port

3. Go and connect on the same port that you pass