Indexing Reference

Builds an index on a collection.

Removes a specified index on a collection.

Removes all indexes on a collection.

Returns an array of documents that describe the existing indexes on a collection.

Rebuilds all existing indexes on a collection.

Reports the total size used by the indexes on a collection. Provides a wrapper around the totalIndexSize field of the collStats output.

Reports on the query execution plan for a cursor.

Forces MongoDB to use a specific index for a query.

Specifies an exclusive upper index bound for a cursor. For use with cursor.hint()

Specifies an inclusive lower index bound for a cursor. For use with cursor.hint()

Builds one or more indexes for a collection.

Removes indexes from a collection.

Defragments a collection and rebuilds the indexes.

Rebuilds all indexes on a collection.

Internal command that scans for a collection's data and indexes for correctness.

Removed in MongoDB 5.0. Performs a geospatial query that uses MongoDB's haystack index functionality.

Internal command that validates index on shard key.

Changes the minimum number of data-bearing members (i.e commit quorum), including the primary, that must vote to commit an in-progress index build before the primary marks those indexes as ready.