Is there an easy solution to install the mongoimport tool but not install all the mongo packages?
The mongoimport tool would be used on machine A but the data would be saved to machine B.
Currently, I have two machines. They both have mongo installed. However, machine A uses mongoimport and the connection points to machine B. I'd like to be able to use machine A without needing to install all other packages that comes along with the mongo installation.
On Ubuntu, follow the documentation for installing MongoDB CE on Ubuntu
Add the package signing key
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv 0C49F3730359A14518585931BC711F9BA15703C6
Add a source file to the apt configuration
Ubuntu 12.04
echo "deb [ arch=amd64 ] http://repo.mongodb.org/apt/ubuntu precise/mongodb-org/3.4 multiverse" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mongodb-org-3.4.list
Ubuntu 14.04
echo "deb [ arch=amd64 ] http://repo.mongodb.org/apt/ubuntu trusty/mongodb-org/3.4 multiverse" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mongodb-org-3.4.list
Ubuntu 16.04
echo "deb [ arch=amd64,arm64 ] http://repo.mongodb.org/apt/ubuntu xenial/mongodb-org/3.4 multiverse" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mongodb-org-3.4.list
Reload local package database
sudo apt-get update
Install the mongoldb-org-tools package, which contains mongoimport
sudo apt-get install -y mongodb-org-tools
Install macports, if you have not yet. Then, do
sudo port selfupdate && sudo port install mongo-tools
Personally, I think it is a Very Bad Idea™ to remotely import data. Your connection may easily become the bottleneck and depending on the number of documents you are going to import this may be severely limiting the performance. Furthermore, a remote connection is more likely to break by orders of magnitude, which would leave you with a partially imported file.
I'd rather use GNU screen on the remote machine, start the import, suspend the terminal and wait for the import to complete:
$ screen
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$ mongoimport <your opts here>
<ctrl+a,ctrl+d>
$ screen -r # to reattach the detached terminal session
This way, you can safely terminate your terminal session when the import is detached.