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 MongoDB is free and the source is available. Versions released prior to October 16, 2018 are published under the AGPL. All versions released after October 16, 2018, including patch fixes for prior versions, are published under the Server Side Public License (SSPL) v1. See individual files for details.