Introduction to MongoDB tools
MongoDB tools fall into two categories: on-premises and cloud-based services. Over time, software-as-a-service (SaaS) tooling has prevailed over on-premises tooling. While a few tools are still available as a standalone download, MongoDB has shifted efforts toward cloud-based tools around their online platform, MongoDB Atlas.
Readers of previous editions of this book will identify the shift in focus throughout the chapters. New readers should be aware that while tools can be available on-premises, there is a possibility that this won’t be the case in the future.
The MongoDB tool we will cover first is the MongoDB Atlas platform.
MongoDB Atlas
MongoDB Atlas is MongoDB’s cross-cloud platform offering. It offers the latest stable version of MongoDB, along with an ecosystem of tooling from the creators, MongoDB Inc. In the next section, we will learn how to initiate a replica set MongoDB cluster in any of the major cloud providers...
