.\" Documentation for the MongoDB dump tool
.TH MONGOS "1" "June 2009" "10gen" "Mongo Database"
.SH "NAME"
mongos \- the Mongo sharding server
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
\fBmongos [\fIOPTIONS\fR]\fR
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
\fBmongos\fR
is used to setup, configure, and get information about sharded databases.
.SH "EXAMPLES"
.PP
.B ./mongod --port 9999 --dbpath /data/db/a # first server
.PP
.B ./mongod --port 9998 --dbpath /data/db/b # second server
.PP
.B ./mongos --configdb localhost:9999 # mongos
.PP
starts three servers to set up sharding
.SH "OPTIONS"
.TP
.B \-\-help
show usage information
.TP
.B \-\-port N
port on which to listen
.TP
.B \-\-configdb DATABASE+
one or more databases to use as the configuration databases
.TP
.B \-v+
verbosity
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
.PP
Copyright 2007\-2009 10gen
.SH "SEE ALSO"
For more information, please refer to the MongoDB wiki, available at http://www.mongodb.org.
.SH "AUTHOR"
Kristina Chodorow