mongodb-docker-server

MongoDB server boilerplate using Docker compose, with Mongo Express as management server

How to start

Run docker-compose up.

Server operations

Get into the MongoDB server

• Run docker exec -it mongo mongo

Create user

• Run use admin to select the admin DB.
• Run db.auth('root', 'example') to log on using the admin credential (root:example)
• Run create user command: db.createUser( {user: "avinshum", pwd: "pwd", roles: [ { role: "readWrite", db: "db"}]}). Note that the command restricts the new user to access the DB db only.

Troubleshoot

Volume management

Clean up container volume to start over

• It is useful if you have set a wrong admin password and want to start over. It usually happens at the early stage.

  Run docker-compose rm -fv [SERVICE...]

List volumes

• Run docker volume ls

Clean unused volumes

• Run docker volume prune

Dockerhub Pages

• MongoDB
• Mongo Express