1MongoDB README
2
3Welcome to MongoDB 3.6!
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5COMPONENTS
6
7  mongod - The database server.
8  mongos - Sharding router.
9  mongo  - The database shell (uses interactive javascript).
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11UTILITIES
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13  mongodump         - Create a binary dump of the contents of a database.
14  mongorestore      - Restore data from the output created by mongodump.
15  mongoexport       - Export the contents of a collection to JSON or CSV.
16  mongoimport       - Import data from JSON, CSV or TSV.
17  mongofiles        - Put, get and delete files from GridFS.
18  mongostat         - Show the status of a running mongod/mongos.
19  bsondump          - Convert BSON files into human-readable formats.
20  mongoreplay       - Traffic capture and replay tool.
21  mongotop          - Track time spent reading and writing data.
22  install_compass   - Installs MongoDB Compass for your platform.
23
24BUILDING
25
26  See docs/building.md.
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28RUNNING
29
30  For command line options invoke:
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32    $ ./mongod --help
33
34  To run a single server database:
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36    $ sudo mkdir -p /data/db
37    $ ./mongod
38    $
39    $ # The mongo javascript shell connects to localhost and test database by default:
40    $ ./mongo
41    > help
42
43INSTALLING COMPASS
44
45  You can install compass using the install_compass script packaged with MongoDB:
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47    $ ./install_compass
48
49  This will download the appropriate MongoDB Compass package for your platform
50  and install it.
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52DRIVERS
53
54  Client drivers for most programming languages are available at
55  https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/applications/drivers/. Use the shell
56  ("mongo") for administrative tasks.
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58BUG REPORTS
59
60  See https://github.com/mongodb/mongo/wiki/Submit-Bug-Reports.
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62PACKAGING
63
64  Packages are created dynamically by the package.py script located in the
65  buildscripts directory. This will generate RPM and Debian packages.
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67DOCUMENTATION
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69  https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/
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71CLOUD HOSTED MONGODB
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73  https://www.mongodb.com/cloud/atlas
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75MAIL LISTS
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77  https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/mongodb-user
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79    A forum for technical questions about using MongoDB.
80
81  https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/mongodb-dev
82
83    A forum for technical questions about building and developing MongoDB.
84
85LEARN MONGODB
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87  https://university.mongodb.com/
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89LICENSE
90
91  MongoDB is free and open-source. Versions released prior to October 16,
92  2018 are published under the AGPL. All versions released after October
93  16, 2018, including patch fixes for prior versions, are published under
94  the Server Side Public License (SSPL) v1. See individual files for
95  details.
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