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Mongo Express: Update docs of mongo-express #2401

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Update docs of mongo-express
berviantoleo Dec 20, 2023
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Expand Up @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ mongo-express is a web-based MongoDB admin interface written in Node.js, Express
# How to use this image

```console
$ docker run --network some-network -e ME_CONFIG_MONGODB_SERVER=some-mongo -p 8081:8081 %%IMAGE%%
$ docker run -p 8081:8081 -e ME_CONFIG_MONGODB_URL="mongodb://mongo:27017" %%IMAGE%%
```

Then you can hit `http://localhost:8081` or `http://host-ip:8081` in your browser.
Expand All @@ -26,13 +26,10 @@ Environment vairables are passed to the `run` command for configuring a mongo-ex

Name | Default | Description
--------------------------------|-----------------|------------
ME_CONFIG_MONGODB_URL | 'mongodb://mongo:27017' | MongoDB connection string
ME_CONFIG_BASICAUTH_USERNAME | '' | mongo-express web username
ME_CONFIG_BASICAUTH_PASSWORD | '' | mongo-express web password
ME_CONFIG_MONGODB_ENABLE_ADMIN | 'true' | Enable admin access to all databases. Send strings: `"true"` or `"false"`
ME_CONFIG_MONGODB_ADMINUSERNAME | '' | MongoDB admin username
ME_CONFIG_MONGODB_ADMINPASSWORD | '' | MongoDB admin password
ME_CONFIG_MONGODB_PORT | 27017 | MongoDB port
ME_CONFIG_MONGODB_SERVER | 'mongo' | MongoDB container name. Use comma delimited list of host names for replica sets.
ME_CONFIG_OPTIONS_EDITORTHEME | 'default' | mongo-express editor color theme, [more here](http://codemirror.net/demo/theme.html)
ME_CONFIG_REQUEST_SIZE | '100kb' | Maximum payload size. CRUD operations above this size will fail in [body-parser](https://www.npmjs.com/package/body-parser).
ME_CONFIG_SITE_BASEURL | '/' | Set the baseUrl to ease mounting at a subdirectory. Remember to include a leading and trailing slash.
Expand All @@ -54,14 +51,13 @@ The following are only needed if `ME_CONFIG_MONGODB_ENABLE_ADMIN` is **"false"**

```console
$ docker run -it --rm \
--network web_default \
--name mongo-express \
-p 8081:8081 \
-e ME_CONFIG_OPTIONS_EDITORTHEME="ambiance" \
-e ME_CONFIG_MONGODB_SERVER="web_db_1" \
-e ME_CONFIG_BASICAUTH_USERNAME="user" \
-e ME_CONFIG_BASICAUTH_PASSWORD="fairly long password" \
%%IMAGE%%
--name mongo-express \
-p 8081:8081 \
-e ME_CONFIG_MONGODB_URL="mongodb://mongo:27017" \
-e ME_CONFIG_OPTIONS_EDITORTHEME="ambiance" \
-e ME_CONFIG_BASICAUTH_USERNAME="user" \
-e ME_CONFIG_BASICAUTH_PASSWORD="fairly long password" \
%%IMAGE%%
```

This example links to a container name typical of `docker-compose`, changes the editor's color theme, and enables basic authentication.