Category: MongoDB Administration

  • MongoDB Collection-Level Access Control

    MongoDB Collection-Level Access Control

    MongoDB has RBAC (Role Based Access Control) enabled that we all know. Different teams having integration with their separate collection, we might have to create collection specific access control by defining userDefine Role. How to create user define role and how to assign user, you can check it from the mongodb documentations. Here in this… Read More »

  • MongoDB export (mongoexport) using aggregation

    MongoDB export (mongoexport) using aggregation

    When we are thinking for exporting data in csv, tsv or json format from MongoDB then probably one tool we are using that is mongoexport. This is pretty straight forward and setting up all parameters will get back your desired data in desired format, but in this article we are talking about some situation which… Read More »

  • MongoDB 4.4 new features

    MongoDB 4.4 new features

    This version of MongoDB has some path breaking features, few are badly required and most of them has given for enhancement of its features. There are many features, but I am talking about in this article which is more important for performance aspect as well as scalability concern. I am highlighting few new features are… Read More »

  • MongoDB encryption at rest

    Encryption at Rest – means, we need to encrypt our data that we want to store on disk. It can be achieved by following two forms. Application level encryption For application level encryption, it is not a feature offered by MongoDB, rather it can be achieved at Application layer. Application developer should use any encryption/decryption… Read More »

  • Linux directory structure, user, group, permission, ownership etc.

    Before starting any mongodb administration job, we need to know very well about the system, where MongoDB is going to deploy. For this article I choose very common linux OS Ubuntu. Target readers should not be only for mongodb dba, but also for newcomers in linux, this article may be very basic for linux/Ubuntu SME’s.… Read More »

  • MongoDB installation and upgradation in Ubuntu

    Installation of MongoDB is not my goal, while installation mongodb on ubuntu we need to remember that, It should be easily upgraded to its latest version. In this article, 1. How do you easily install mongodb in your ubuntu and how do you upgrade it. 2. Later part of the article includes best practice to… Read More »

  • MongoDB Log Rotation Automation

    When you are using mongodb for large applications (heavy write and read intensive), then you probable noticed that mongod.log/mongos.log file is growing big in size with in a few time span. I saw 20GB mongos.log file size in a single day. So, your logfile should be in a limited size for diagnostics and debugging purpose.… Read More »

  • MongoDB Enterprise Edition

    Does it free? MongoDB Enterprise is free of charge for an unlimited period of time for evaluation and development. By downloading it, you agree to the Subscription Agreement. Comparison between MongoDB Community and Enterprise Edition Features MongoDB Community MongoDB Enterprise LDAP Authentication Not Available Available LDAP Authorization Not Available Available Kerberos Authentication Not Available Available Database… Read More »