Google Cloud Nightscout » Import data from other servers
Regardless of where your Nightscout server is, it uses MongoDB. MongoDB can create a mongodump, which is a binary export of a database’s contents.
Before transferring a database, make sure you have already completed the Nightscout installation.
You need to transfer the output of mongodump to the virtual machine. By default, the output is a folder named dump. Compress this folder into a single file, then Upload the compressed file to your virtual machine.
Unzip the file you uploaded to the virtual machine. From your home directory, where the dump.zip file should be located, run:
unzip dump.zip
If you see the following message, it means the unzip command is not installed:
To install it, run:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install unzip
Then re-run the unzip command. A folder named dump should now appear in your home directory.
Restore the data with mongorestore. Replace UserName with the actual user name from the original database:
mongorestore -d Nightscout ./dump/UserName
If the restore succeeds, you’ll see output similar to this:
Wait about a minute, then reload Nightscout in your browser. Your imported data should now be available.
