Start the MongoDB daemon with the --replSet flag.
mongod --replSet rs0After first start, initialize the replica set with the following:
mongo <mongo_host>/<database> --eval "rs.initiate({_id: 'rs0', members: [ { _id: 0, host: '<mongo_host>:27017' } ]})"
# Create the database dump on your server
docker exec <my_mongodb_container> mongodump --archive=/backups/mongodb-`date +%Y%m%d`.gz --gzip --db <database_name>
# Copy it to your local machine, if needed
scp -r <server_user>@<server_ip>:<remote_backup_path> <local_backup_path>
# Restore it directly into a running Docker container
zcat <backup_path> | docker exec -i <my_mongodb_container> mongorestore --archive --drop