The minimum recommended hardware is as follows:
- A desktop PC or laptop
- 2 GB free disk space
- 4 GB of RAM
- 500 Kbps or faster internet connection.
The software requirements are as follows:
- OS (Linux or macOS): Docker, Docker Compose, and Git (optional)
- OS (Windows): Docker for Windows and Git for Windows
- Python 3.x, a PyMongo driver, and Apache (already installed in the Docker container used for this book)
The installation of the required software and how to restore the code repository for this book is explained in Chapter 2, Setting Up MongoDB 4.x. To run the code examples in this chapter, open a Terminal window (Command Prompt) and enter these commands:
cd /path/to/repo/chapters/13
docker-compose build
docker-compose up -d
This brings up three Docker containers that are used as part of the demonstration replica set configuration. Further instructions on the replica set setup are given in this chapter. When you are finished working with the examples covered in this...
