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    MongoDB Cookbook - Second Edition
    MongoDB Cookbook - Second Edition
    MongoDB Cookbook - Second Edition
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    MongoDB Cookbook - Second Edition

    By Dasadia Cyrus and Nayak Amol

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    About this ebook

    Harness the latest features of MongoDB 3 with this collection of 80 recipes – from managing cloud platforms to app development, this book is a vital resource

    About This Book

    - Get to grips with the latest features of MongoDB 3
    - Interact with the MongoDB server and perform a wide range of query operations from the shell
    - From administration to automation, this cookbook keeps you up to date with the world’s leading NoSQL database

    Who This Book Is For

    This book is engineered for anyone who is interested in managing data in an easy and efficient way using MongoDB. You do not need any prior knowledge of MongoDB, but it would be helpful if you have some programming experience in either Java or Python.

    What You Will Learn

    - Install, configure, and administer MongoDB sharded clusters and replica sets
    - Begin writing applications using MongoDB in Java and Python languages
    - Initialize the server in three different modes with various configurations
    - Perform cloud deployment and introduce PaaS for Mongo
    - Discover frameworks and products built to improve developer productivity using Mongo
    - Take an in-depth look at the Mongo programming driver APIs in Java and Python
    - Set up enterprise class monitoring and backups of MongoDB

    In Detail

    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.

    Style and approach

    Every recipe is explained in a very simple set-by-step manner yet is extremely comprehensive.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPackt Publishing
    Release dateJan 13, 2016
    ISBN9781785286827
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      Chapter 1. Installing and Starting the Server

      In this chapter, we will cover the following recipes:

      Installing single node MongoDB

      Starting a single node instance using the command-line options

      Installing single node MongoDB with options from the config file

      Connecting to a single node in the Mongo shell with JavaScript

      Connecting to a single node from a Java client

      Connecting to a single node from a Python client

      Starting multiple instances as part of a replica set

      Connecting to the replica set in the shell to query and insert data

      Connecting to the replica set to query and insert data from a Java client

      Connecting to the replica set to query and insert data using a Python client

      Starting a simple sharded environment of two shards

      Connecting to a shard in the shell and performing operations

      Introduction

      In this chapter, we will look at starting up the MongoDB server. Though it is a cakewalk to start the server with default settings for development purposes, there are numerous options available to fine-tune the start up behavior. We will start the server as a single node and then introduce various configuration options. We will conclude this chapter by setting up a simple replica set and running a sharded cluster. So, let's get started with installing and setting up the MongoDB server in the easiest way possible for simple development purposes.

      Installing single node MongoDB

      In this recipe, we will look at installing MongoDB in the standalone mode. This is the simplest and quickest way to start a MongoDB server, but it is seldom used for production use cases. However, this is the most common way to start the server for development purposes. In this recipe, we will start the server without looking at a lot of other startup options.

      Getting ready

      Well, assuming that we have downloaded the MongoDB binaries from the download site, extracted it, and have the resulting bin directory in the operating system's path variable. (This is not mandatory, but it really becomes convenient after doing so.) The binaries can be downloaded from http://www.mongodb.org/downloads after selecting your host operating system.

      How to do it…

      Create the directory, /data/mongo/db (or any of your choice). This will be our database directory, and it needs to have permission to write to it by the mongod (the mongo server process) process.

      We will start the server from the console with the data directory, /data/mongo/db, as follows:

      > mongod --dbpath  /data/mongo/db

      How it works…

      If you see the following line on the console, you have successfully started the server:

      [initandlisten] waiting for connections on port 27017

      Starting a server can't get easier than this. Despite the simplicity in starting the server, there are a lot of configuration options that can be used to tune the behavior of the server on startup. Most of the default options are sensible and need not be changed. With the default values, the server should be listening to port 27017 for new connections, and the logs will be printed out to the standard output.

      See also

      There are times where we would like to configure some options on server startup. In the Installing single node MongoDB recipe, we will use some more start up options.

      Starting a single node instance using command-line options

      In this recipe, we will see how to start a standalone single node server with some command-line options. We will see an example where we want to do the following:

      Start the server listening to port 27000

      Logs should be written to /logs/mongo.log

      The database directory is /data/mongo/db

      As the server has been started for development purposes, we don't want to preallocate full-size database files. (We will soon see what this means.)

      Getting ready

      If you have already seen and executed the Installing single node MongoDB recipe, you need not do anything different. If all these prerequisites are met, we are good for this recipe.

      How to do it…

      The /data/mongo/db directory for the database and /logs/ for the logs should be created and present on your filesystem with appropriate permissions to write to it.

      Execute the following command:

      > mongod --port 27000 --dbpath /data/mongo/db –logpath /logs/mongo.log --smallfiles

      How it works…

      Ok, this wasn't too difficult and is similar to the previous recipe, but we have some additional command-line options this time around. MongoDB actually supports quite a few options at startup, and we will see a list of the most common and important ones in my opinion:

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