- How do I fix the "Connection Refused" error when connecting to my database?
- How do I fix the "Connection Timed Out" error when connecting to my database?
- How to Connect to MongoDB Database Clusters
- How do I fix the "Invalid Parameters and Values" error when connecting to my database?
- How to Manage MongoDB Users and Databases in a Database Cluster
- MongoDB Limits
- How to Resize MongoDB Database Clusters
- How to Add Standby Nodes to MongoDB Database Clusters
- How do I fix the "Cannot create property _id on string" type error?
- How to Manually Restore MongoDB Database Clusters from Backups
MongoDB
Generated on 17 Sep 2025
MongoDB is a source-available cross-platform document-oriented database program for high-volume storage. Classified as a NoSQL database program, MongoDB uses JSON-like documents with optional schemas.
Getting Started
Quickstarts and intermediate tutorials to get started.
How-Tos
Get started with MongoDB managed database clusters by learning how to modify users and databases, how to improve performance and high availability, and how to migrate data.
Reference
Native and third-party tools, troubleshooting, and answers to frequently asked questions.
Concepts
Explanations and definitions of core concepts in MongoDB.
Details
Features, plans and pricing, availability, limits, known issues, and more.
Support
Get help with technical support and answers to frequently asked questions.
Latest Updates
17 September 2025
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Now in public preview, you can now enable storage autoscaling on all Managed Database engines. To enable autoscaling, see our resizing guides for MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, OpenSearch, and Kafka.
27 August 2025
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Now in public preview, you can now enable storage autoscaling on your Managed MongoDB cluster. To enable autoscaling, see How to Resize MongoDB Database Clusters.
7 May 2025
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You can now set three new, more granular predefined roles (
Admin,Read/Write, andRead-Only) to Managed MongoDB users with the DigitalOcean API on create/delete endpoints. The previous user roles (DOAdminandDOReadOnly) remain available for backwards compatibility. For more details on the MongoDB-specific permissions for each of the new roles, see our API reference.
For more information, see all MongoDB release notes.