In this recipe, we will be evaluating one of the vendors, MongoLab, providing MongoDB as a service. This introductory recipe will introduce to you what MongoDB as a service is, and then it will demonstrate how to set up and manage an account in MongoLab (https://mongolab.com/).

In all the recipes in this book, we have covered setting up, administering, monitoring, and developing the instances of MongoDB in the organizations/personal premises so far. This not only needs man power with the appropriate skill set to manage the deployments, but also appropriate hardware to install and run Mongo servers. This needs large investments upfront that might not be a viable solution for start-ups or even organizations that are not clear about adopting this technology or migrating to it. They might want to evaluate it and see how it goes before moving full fledged to this solution. What would be ideal is to have a service provider that takes care of hosting...