| # MongoDB README | |
| Welcome to MongoDB! | |
| ## Components | |
| - `mongod` - The database server. | |
| - `mongos` - Sharding router. | |
| - `mongo` - The database shell (uses interactive javascript). | |
| ## Download MongoDB | |
| - https://www.mongodb.com/try/download/community | |
| - Using homebrew `brew tap mongodb/brew` | |
| - Using docker image `docker pull mongo` | |
| ## Building | |
| See Building MongoDB. | |
| ## Running | |
| For command line options invoke: | |
| ```bash | |
| $ ./mongod --help | |
| ``` | |
| To run a single server database: | |
| ```bash | |
| $ 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: | |
| ```bash | |
| $ ./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 buildscripts/packager.py script. | |
| This will generate RPM and Debian packages. | |
| ## Learn MongoDB | |
| - Documentation - https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/ | |
| - Developer Center - https://www.mongodb.com/developer/ | |
| - MongoDB University - https://learn.mongodb.com | |
| ## Cloud Hosted MongoDB | |
| https://www.mongodb.com/cloud/atlas | |
| ## Forums | |
| - https://mongodb.com/community/forums/ | |
| Technical questions about using MongoDB. | |
| - https://mongodb.com/community/forums/c/server-dev | |
| Technical questions about building and developing MongoDB. | |
| ## 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. | |