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  • Core Processes
  • Windows Services
  • Binary Import and Export Tools
  • Data Import and Export Tools
  • Diagnostic Tools
  • Security Tools
  • GridFS
  • MongoDB Compass

The core components in the MongoDB package are:

mongod
the core database process
the controller and query router for sharded clusters
the interactive shell

The mongod.exe and mongos.exe describe the options available for configuring MongoDB when running as a Windows Service. The mongod.exe and mongos.exe binaries provide a superset of the mongod and mongos options.

  • mongod.exe

  • mongos.exe

mongodump provides a method for creating BSON dump files from the mongod instances, while mongorestore makes it possible to restore these dumps. bsondump converts BSON dump files into JSON.

Note

Tools documentation migrated to MongoDB Database Tools

Starting in MongoDB 4.4, the documentation for these tools have been migrated to docs.mongodb.com/database-tools:

For documentation on previous versions of these tools, use the version selector in the top-left corner of the web page to view the documentation for your desired MongoDB version.

Quick Links to older documentation

mongoimport provides a method for taking data in JSON, CSV, or TSV and importing it into a mongod instance. mongoexport provides a method to export data from a mongod instance into JSON, CSV, or TSV.

Note

The conversion between BSON and other formats lacks full type fidelity. Therefore you cannot use mongoimport and mongoexport for round-trip import and export operations.

Note

Tools documentation migrated to MongoDB Database Tools

Starting in MongoDB 4.4, the documentation for these tools have been migrated to docs.mongodb.com/database-tools:

For documentation on previous versions of these tools, use the version selector in the top-left corner of the web page to view the documentation for your desired MongoDB version.

Quick Links to older documentation

Note

Starting in version 4.0, MongoDB offers free Cloud monitoring for standalones and replica sets. For more information, see Free Monitoring.

mongostat and mongotop provide diagnostic information related to the current operation of a mongod instance.

Note

Tools documentation migrated to MongoDB Database Tools

Starting in MongoDB 4.4, the documentation for these tools have been migrated to docs.mongodb.com/database-tools:

For documentation on previous versions of these tools, use the version selector in the top-left corner of the web page to view the documentation for your desired MongoDB version.

Quick Links to older documentation

mongoldap and mongokerberos provide a method for validating a system's LDAP or Kerberos configuration respectively, and for testing that the authentication process for each succeeds for a given username.

mongofiles provides a command-line interact to a MongoDB GridFS storage system.

Note

Tools documentation migrated to MongoDB Database Tools

Starting in MongoDB 4.4, the documentation for this tool has been migrated to docs.mongodb.com/database-tools:

For documentation on previous versions of this tool, use the version selector in the top-left corner of the web page to view the documentation for your desired MongoDB version.

Quick Links to older documentation

New in version 3.6: MongoDB is packaged with an install_compass script, which is a platform-specific installer for MongoDB Compass Community Edition.

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