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MongoDB Administrator???s Guide

By : Cyrus Dasadia
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MongoDB Administrator???s Guide

By: Cyrus Dasadia

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. Packed with many features that have become essential for many different types of software professional and incredibly easy to use, this cookbook contains more than 100 recipes to address the everyday challenges of working with MongoDB. Starting with database configuration, you will understand the indexing aspects of MongoDB. The book also includes practical recipes on how you can optimize your database query performance, perform diagnostics, and query debugging. You will also learn how to implement the core administration tasks required for high-availability and scalability, achieved through replica sets and sharding, respectively. You will also implement server security concepts such as authentication, user management, role-based access models, and TLS configuration. You will also learn how to back up and recover your database efficiently and monitor server performance. By the end of this book, you will have all the information you need—along with tips, tricks, and best practices—to implement a high-performance MongoDB solution.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
Title Page
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Customer Feedback
Preface

Introduction


Like all user-friendly applications, MongoDB is extremely easy to set up and run out of the box. The default settings provided by MongoDB may not be optimal for all workloads and this can prove expensive post deployment. Hence, it becomes extremely important to consider the nuances that are involved in setting up a robust MongoDB infrastructure from the get-go.

The aim of this chapter is to highlight the key points that one must consider when deploying and running MongoDB systems in a production environment. We will look at the aspects of configuring MongoDB, operating system settings, and selecting upgrade strategies. Furthermore, we will look at how to encrypt server-to-server communication using TLS certificates. We will also learn how to ensure that selective firewall rules are implemented to restrict access to MongoDB.