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. install_compass - Installs MongoDB Compass for your platform. 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 INSTALLING COMPASS You can install compass using the install_compass script packaged with MongoDB: $ ./install_compass This will download the appropriate MongoDB Compass package for your platform and install it. 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.