After installing MongoDB, set up and configure thedatabase. The steps below show how to set up a database user and configureauthentication. Create MongoDB Admin User To create a MongoDB admin user, do the following: 1. Open the Mongo shell for use. Enter the following command in the ter...
To start with Windows MongoDB Shell installation you need to have MongoDB installed in the first place. If you don’t already have MongoDB installed on your computer, the first section will put you through just before moving on to the installation of theMongoDBshell. You can skip this sect...
Why would you want to read files in the Mongo shell? Well, it’s a good way to provide input data, whether it’s commands or raw text which needs to be massaged into a JSON document so it can be inserted into a collection. In the older mongo shell, there was a command called “c...
The MongoDB shell allows you to access a database as long as you already have access to the server on which MongoDB is running. However, a command line interface isn’t always ideal for working with a database, as it may not be clear how one can find or analyze their data. Some ma...
On starting with MongoDB, I found that setting up and connecting to a local MongoDB database wasn’t very straightforward. In this post, I will talk about how to setup a local instance of MongoDB, run it, insert data into it via the Mongo shell, view it using a GUI like MongoDB ...
To get a list of your current databases, open a new terminal, and start themongoshell using the following command: mongo Copy A prompt will be opened, you can check your databases using the following command: show dbs Copy The output, if this is a new installation of MongoDB, will list...
Method 2: Create a Database in MongoDB Using MongoDB Shell The MongoDB Shell uses commands to create and manage a database. To create a database usingmongosh(MongoDB Shell): 1. Start the MongoDB Shell in the terminal: mongosh
In this MongoDB article, you will learn how to authenticate a user, how to list all users in the Mongo shell and how to use the db.getUser() and db.getUsers() methods.
MongoDb admin user, it is recommended to restart the MongoDB server to properly apply the authentication settings. To do this, exit the MongoDB shell and open your system’s Command prompt. Navigate to the “bin” folder located in the MognoDB shell folder and open it using the “cmd” ...
Note You will need the connection string to set up your environment variables later (MONGODB_URI).Cloning the Github RepositoryNow it's time to clone the demo app source code from GitHub to your local machine:Open your terminal or command prompt. Navigate to your preferred directory where you...