Table Of Contents

• What Is MongoDB?
• MongoDB With Docker Environment Setup
• Mongo Express

What Is MongoDB?

"MongoDB is a document database with the scalability and flexibility that you want with the querying and indexing that you need" [1] .

MongoDB With Docker Environment Setup

version: "3.9"
services:
  mongo:
    image: mongo
    container_name: mongodb
    restart: always
    environment:
      MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_USERNAME: ${MONGO_USER}
      MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_PASSWORD: ${MONGO_PASSWORD}
      MONGO_INITDB_DATABASE: ${MONGODB}
    ports:
      - ${MONGDB_PORT}:${MONGDB_PORT}
    volumes:
      - ./db/init:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d

  mongo-express:
    image: mongo-express
    container_name: mongo-express
    restart: always
    ports:
      - ${MONGO_EXPRESS_PORT}:${MONGO_EXPRESS_PORT}
    environment:
      ME_CONFIG_MONGODB_ADMINUSERNAME: ${MONGO_USER}
      ME_CONFIG_MONGODB_ADMINPASSWORD: ${MONGO_PASSWORD}
      ME_CONFIG_MONGODB_URL: ${MONGODB_URL}

Docker Compose .env File

MONGO_USER=root
MONGO_PASSWORD=example
MONGODB=cooker
MONGODB_URL=mongodb://${MONGO_USER}:${MONGO_PASSWORD}@mongo:27017/
MONGDB_PORT=27017
MONGO_EXPRESS_PORT=8081

Import Data with Mongo Import

• recipes.json
• users.json

mongoimport --db cooker --collection recipes --drop --file /docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/recipes.json --jsonArray
mongoimport --db cooker --collection users --drop --file /docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/users.json --jsonArray

Docker Compose up

lyes-s ( ◥◣_◢◤ ) ~/Documents/learning-mongo $ docker-compose -f mongodb.yml --env-file .env up -d

Creating network "learning-mongo_default" with the default driver
Creating mongodb ...
Creating mongo-express ...
Creating mongo-express ... done
Creating mongodb       ... done

Mongo Express

URL : http://localhost:8081/

Mongo Express UI

Cooker DB

Collection Recipes

Collection Users