Mongodb Cheatsheet

This page presents a list of commonly used commands in mongodb.

Install

ubuntu 20.04 (Focal)

wget -qO - https://www.mongodb.org/static/pgp/server-6.0.asc | sudo apt-key add - echo "deb [ arch=amd64,arm64 ] https://repo.mongodb.org/apt/ubuntu focal/mongodb-org/6.0 multiverse" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mongodb-org-6.0.list sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y mongodb-org

ubuntu 18.04 (Bionic)

wget -qO - https://www.mongodb.org/static/pgp/server-6.0.asc | sudo apt-key add - echo "deb [ arch=amd64,arm64 ] https://repo.mongodb.org/apt/ubuntu bionic/mongodb-org/6.0 multiverse" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mongodb-org-6.0.list sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y mongodb-org

ubuntu 16.04 (Xenial)

wget -qO - https://www.mongodb.org/static/pgp/server-6.0.asc | sudo apt-key add - echo "deb [ arch=amd64,arm64 ] https://repo.mongodb.org/apt/ubuntu xenial/mongodb-org/6.0 multiverse" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mongodb-org-6.0.list sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y mongodb-org

debian 11 (Bullseye)

wget -qO - https://www.mongodb.org/static/pgp/server-6.0.asc | sudo apt-key add - echo "deb http://repo.mongodb.org/apt/debian bullseye/mongodb-org/6.0 main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mongodb-org-6.0.list sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y mongodb-org

debian 10 (Buster)

wget -qO - https://www.mongodb.org/static/pgp/server-6.0.asc | sudo apt-key add - echo "deb http://repo.mongodb.org/apt/debian buster/mongodb-org/6.0 main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mongodb-org-6.0.list sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y mongodb-org

debian 9 (Stretch)

wget -qO - https://www.mongodb.org/static/pgp/server-6.0.asc | sudo apt-key add - echo "deb http://repo.mongodb.org/apt/debian stretch/mongodb-org/6.0 main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mongodb-org-6.0.list sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y mongodb-org

Uninstall

# Stop mongodb. sudo service mongod stop
# Remove mongodb. sudo apt-get purge mongodb-org*
# Remove data directory. sudo rm -r /var/log/mongodb sudo rm -r /var/lib/mongodb

Mongodb Service Managament

# Start mongodb. sudo systemctl start mongod
# If you see error like this "Failed to start mongod.service: Unit mongod.service not found.", run sudo systemctl daemon-reload
# Enable mongodb as a service which starts after reboot. sudo systemctl enable mongod
# Stop monogdb service. sudo systemctl stop mongod
# Check mongodb service status. sudo systemctl status mongod
# Restart mongodb. sudo systemctl restart mongod
# Ping mongodb. mongo --eval 'db.runCommand({ connectionStatus: 1 })'
# Connect to mongodb service from mongodb shell. mongosh

DB Shell Commands

DB Commands

// Show all databases. show dbs
// Show the current database. db
// Create or switch database. (Replace db_name with yours) use db_name
// Drop the current database. db.dropDatabase()

Collection Commands

// Create collection. (Replace col_name with yours) db.createCollection(col_name)
// Show collections. show collections
// Insert one row. (Replace json with yours) db.col_name.insert({ key1: "value1", key2: "value2" })
// Insert many rows. (Replace json with yours) db.col_name.insertMany([ { key1: "value1_1", key2: "value1_2" }, { key1: "value2_1", key2: "value2_2" } ])
// Get all rows. db.col_name.find()
// Get all rows formated. db.col_name.find().pretty()
// Find one row. db.col_name.findOne({ key1: "value1" })
// Find rows with specific fields. db.col_name.find({ key1: "value1" }, { key1: 1, key2: 1 })
// Find rows. db.col_name.find({ key1: "value1" })
// Update one row. db.col_name.updateOne( { key1: "value1" }, { "$set": { key1: "value1", key2: "value3" } }, { upsert: true } )
// Update many rows. db.col_name.updateMany( { key1: "value1" }, { "$set": { key1: "value1", key2: "value3" } }, { upsert: true } )
// Delete row. db.col_name.remove({ key1: "value1" })
// Sort rows. db.col_name.find().sort({ key1: 1 })
// Count rows. db.col_name.find().count()
// Limit rows. db.col_name.find().limit(2)
// For each. db.col_name.find().forEach(function(obj) { print("Object: " + obj.key1) })
// Create index. db.col_name.createIndex({ key1: 1 })

Files

File PathFile Use
/etc/mongod.confdefault config file path
/var/log/mongodb/mongod.logdefault log file path