install-notes.rst

MongoDB Getting Started

Installing MongoDB

Downloading MongoDB

http://mongodb.org

May want to place binaries in path

Starting MongoDB

Create a directory for MongoDB to store data files

mkdir -p /data/db

Start server process

mongod --dbpath /data/db

Start a client to connect to server

mongo

Working with the shell

Show databases

show dbs

Create new database

use mynewdatabase

Insert a sample document into new collection

db.mynewcollection.insert({ "hello" : "world" })

Query for sample document

db.mynewcollection.find()

Other helpful shell commands

Show all available methods for collection

db.mynewcollection.help()

Show collection stats

db.mynewcollection.stats()

Get BSON document size

Object.bsonsize({name:"jason"})

Show all available methods for a database

db.help()

Show all available databases

show dbs