🍃 MongoDB README

Welcome to MongoDB — the document database built for modern applications!

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🧩 Components

• mongod – The database server
• mongos – The sharding router
• mongo – The database shell (interactive JavaScript)

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🛠️ Utilities

• mongodump – Create a binary dump of the database
• mongorestore – Restore data from a mongodump
• mongoexport – Export a collection to JSON or CSV
• mongoimport – Import JSON, CSV, or TSV data
• mongofiles – Put/get/delete files from GridFS
• mongostat – View real-time server stats
• bsondump – Convert BSON files to human-readable output
• mongoreplay – Traffic capture & replay tool
• mongotop – Track read/write time per collection
• install_compass – Installs MongoDB Compass

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🏗️ Building from Source

See docs/building.md

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🚀 Running MongoDB

Start the server:

$ sudo mkdir -p /data/db
$ ./mongod
Launch the shell:

$ ./mongo
> help
For more options:

$ ./mongod --help

🔌 Drivers Find drivers for most languages: 👉 MongoDB Drivers https://www.mongodb.com/docs/drivers/ Use the mongo shell for administrative tasks.

🐞 Bug Reports Submit bugs here: 👉 Submit Bug Reports -> https://github.com/mongodb/mongo/wiki/Submit-Bug-Reports

📦 Packaging Use the package.py script in buildscripts/ to generate RPM or Debian packages.

📚 Documentation User Manual: https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/

Cloud Hosted (Atlas): https://www.mongodb.com/cloud/atlas

📬 Community & Support MongoDB Users Google Group https://groups.google.com/g/mongodb-user?pli=1

MongoDB Dev Google Group https://groups.google.com/g/mongodb-dev

🎓 Learn MongoDB Free courses at: 👉 MongoDB University https://learn.mongodb.com/

📄 License MongoDB is free and open-source. (USE ATLAS!) Releases before Oct 16, 2018: AGPL Releases after Oct 16, 2018: SSPL v1 See individual source files for license details.