MongoDB README

Welcome to MongoDB!

COMPONENTS

mongod - The database server. mongos - Sharding router. mongo - The database shell (uses interactive javascript).

UTILITIES

mongodump - Create a binary dump of the contents of a database. mongorestore - Restore data from the output created by mongodump. mongoexport - Export the contents of a collection to JSON or CSV. mongoimport - Import data from JSON, CSV or TSV. mongofiles - Put, get and delete files from GridFS. mongostat - Show the status of a running mongod/mongos. bsondump - Convert BSON files into human-readable formats. mongoreplay - Traffic capture and replay tool. mongotop - Track time spent reading and writing data.

BUILDING

See docs/building.md.

RUNNING

For command line options invoke:

$ ./mongod --help

To run a single server database:

$ sudo mkdir -p /data/db
$ ./mongod
$
$ # The mongo javascript shell connects to localhost and test database by default:
$ ./mongo
> help

DRIVERS

Client drivers for most programming languages are available at https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/applications/drivers/. Use the shell ("mongo") for administrative tasks.

BUG REPORTS

See https://github.com/mongodb/mongo/wiki/Submit-Bug-Reports.

PACKAGING

Packages are created dynamically by the package.py script located in the buildscripts directory. This will generate RPM and Debian packages.

DOCUMENTATION

https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/

CLOUD HOSTED MONGODB

https://www.mongodb.com/cloud/atlas

MAIL LISTS

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/mongodb-user

A forum for technical questions about using MongoDB.

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/mongodb-dev

A forum for technical questions about building and developing MongoDB.

LEARN MONGODB

https://university.mongodb.com/

LICENSE

Most MongoDB source files (src/mongo folder and below) are made available under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License (GNU AGPLv3). See individual files for details.