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MongoDB Cookbook - Second Edition - Second Edition

By : Amol Nayak
Book Image

MongoDB Cookbook - Second Edition - Second Edition

By: Amol Nayak

Overview of this book

MongoDB is a high-performance and feature-rich NoSQL database that forms the backbone of the systems that power many different organizations – it’s easy to see why it’s the most popular NoSQL database on the market. Packed with many features that have become essential for many different types of software professionals and incredibly easy to use, this cookbook contains many solutions to the everyday challenges of MongoDB, as well as guidance on effective techniques to extend your skills and capabilities. This book starts with how to initialize the server in three different modes with various configurations. You will then be introduced to programming language drivers in both Java and Python. A new feature in MongoDB 3 is that you can connect to a single node using Python, set to make MongoDB even more popular with anyone working with Python. You will then learn a range of further topics including advanced query operations, monitoring and backup using MMS, as well as some very useful administration recipes including SCRAM-SHA-1 Authentication. Beyond that, you will also find recipes on cloud deployment, including guidance on how to work with Docker containers alongside MongoDB, integrating the database with Hadoop, and tips for improving developer productivity. Created as both an accessible tutorial and an easy to use resource, on hand whenever you need to solve a problem, MongoDB Cookbook will help you handle everything from administration to automation with MongoDB more effectively than ever before.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
MongoDB Cookbook Second Edition
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Setting up and managing the MongoLab account


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

In all the recipes in the book so far, we have covered setting up, administering, monitoring, and developing the instances of MongoDB in the organizational/personal premises. This not only needs manpower with the appropriate skill set to manage the deployments, but also appropriate hardware to install and run Mongo servers. This needs large investments up front that might not be a viable solution for start-ups or even organizations who are not clear on adopting or migrating to this technology. 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 who takes care of hosting the MongoDB deployments...