Create a MongoDB database cluster from the DigitalOcean Control Panel.
MongoDB How-Tos
Generated on 7 May 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
Connect to MongoDB database clusters from the command line or other applications.
Import or export data with the MongoDB command line tool.
Add additional security to a MongoDB managed database cluster by restricting incoming connections.
Customize the maintenance window for automatic software updates to your database cluster.
Organize MongoDB databases clusters with tags to group and filter databases or create monitoring alert policies for multiple databases at once.
Cluster Infrastructure
Access and understand performance metrics for nodes in a database cluster.
Add standby nodes to new or existing MongoDB database clusters for high availability.
Access and understand performance metrics for nodes in a database cluster.
Forward database logs to OpenSearch or Elasticsearch.
Configure alert policies based on database cluster performance metrics.
MongoDB Management
Create and delete a database cluster’s database users from the DigitalOcean Control Panel.
Upgrade your database to the latest version.
Edit your database engine’s configuration and parameters via the API.
Cluster Management
Fork a database cluster to create a new cluster from an existing cluster based on a specific point in time.
Recover from accidental data loss by manually restoring a MongoDB database cluster from backups.
Destroy a database cluster to permanently and irreversibly destroy the cluster, its contents, and its automated backups.