The minimum recommended hardware required for this chapter are as follows:
- Desktop PC or laptop
- 2 GB free disk space
- 4 GB of RAM
- 500 KBPS or faster internet connection.
The software requirements for this chapter are  as follows:
- OS (Linux or macOS): Docker, Docker Compose, Git (optional)
- OS (Windows): Docker for Windows and Git for Windows
- Python 3.x and the PyMongo driver (already installed in the Docker container used for the book)
The installation of the required software and how to restore the code repository for the book is explained in Chapter 2, Setting Up MongoDB 4.x. To run the code examples in this chapter, open a Terminal window (or Command Prompt) and enter these commands:
cd /path/to/repo
docker-compose build
docker-compose up -d
docker exec -it learn-mongo-server-1 /bin/bash
When you are finished practicing the commands covered in this chapter, be sure to stop Docker as follows:
docker-compose down
The code used in this chapter can be found...