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@@ -4,23 +4,26 @@ Welcome to MongoDB 3.4!
COMPONENTS
- mongod - The database process.
- mongos - Sharding controller.
+ mongod - The database server.
+ mongos - Sharding router.
mongo - The database shell (uses interactive javascript).
UTILITIES
- mongodump - MongoDB dump tool - for backups, snapshots, etc.
- mongorestore - MongoDB restore a dump
- mongoexport - Export a single collection to JSON or CSV
- mongoimport - Import from JSON or CSV
- mongofiles - Utility for putting and getting files from MongoDB GridFS
- mongostat - Show performance statistics
- mongoreplay - Workload capture and analysis tool
+ 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.
+ mongooplog - Poll the oplog and apply to a local server.
+ mongoreplay - Traffic capture and replay tool.
+ mongotop - Track time spent reading and writing data.
BUILDING
- See docs/building.md, also www.mongodb.org search for "Building".
+ See docs/building.md.
RUNNING
@@ -30,7 +33,7 @@ RUNNING
To run a single server database:
- $ mkdir /data/db
+ $ sudo mkdir -p /data/db
$ ./mongod
$
$ # The mongo javascript shell connects to localhost and test database by default:
@@ -40,7 +43,12 @@ RUNNING
DRIVERS
Client drivers for most programming languages are available at
- mongodb.org. Use the shell ("mongo") for administrative tasks.
+ 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
@@ -49,26 +57,28 @@ PACKAGING
DOCUMENTATION
- http://www.mongodb.org/
+ https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/
+
+CLOUD HOSTED MONGODB
-CLOUD MANAGED MONGODB
+ https://www.mongodb.com/cloud/atlas
- http://cloud.mongodb.com/
+MAIL LISTS
-MAIL LISTS AND IRC
+ https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/mongodb-user
- http://dochub.mongodb.org/core/community
+ 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
- http://university.mongodb.com/
+ https://university.mongodb.com/
LICENSE
Most MongoDB source files (src/mongo folder and below) are made available
- under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License (AGPL). See
+ under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License (GNU AGPLv3). See
individual files for details.
-
- As an exception, the files in the client/, debian/, rpm/,
- utils/mongoutils, and all subdirectories thereof are made available under
- the terms of the Apache License, version 2.0.