MongoSetup.md

Mongo Local Setup

Typical Mongo Service (photo-share database)

mongodb://localhost:27017/photo-share

Installing mongo

brew install mongodb

Checking your services

brew services list

Starting the mongo service

brew services start mongodb

Connecting to the shell

mongo

Basic Shell Commands

• Clear the shell: cls
• Exit the shell: exit
• List databases: show dbs
• Use a Database (photo-share): use photo-share
• show collections: show collections
• list data in a collection (photos): db.photos.find().pretty()
• drop a collection (photos): db.photos.drop()
• drop a database : db.dropDatabase()

IDE Plugins

• chrome: Meteor MiniMongo
• vscode: Azure Cosmos DB
• sublime: Mongo Exec

mLab

1. Goto mLab
2. Create an account
3. Create a sandbox database.
4. Create user for the database: test with password1
5. Copy the database connection:

mongodb://test:[email protected]:15089/photo-share