Mongo shell snippets

mongo-shell.txt

To be ran against mongo.exe

// Start up - specify db file location
"PathToMongo.exe" --dbpath C:\mongodb\data

// Connect to shell
mongo --port 27017 -u "username" -p "password" --authenticationDatabase "admin"
Option param --nodb

// Select db
use databaseName

// Can then run commands against db - view help
db.help()

// Index stats
db.createRole({'role': 'indexstats', privileges: [{ resource: { "db": "DBNAME", "collection" : "" }, actions: [  "indexStats" ] }], roles: []})
db.grantRolesToUser('DBUSER', ['indexstats'])