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MongoDB Documentation

Find what you need to set up MongoDB, build applications, work with database features, manage Atlas, and look up API details.

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Start Here

Begin with the essentials and choose the quickest path for your current stage of development.

Get Started

Get Started

Deploy Atlas locally or in the cloud, connect with mongosh, and run your first application.

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What Is MongoDB?

What Is MongoDB?

Understand the document data model, core architecture, transactions, replication, and sharding.

Learn MongoDB Fundamentals
Development Overview

Development Overview

Move from fundamentals to production patterns including CRUD, indexing, data modeling, and release notes.

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Management Overview

Management Overview

Administer Atlas or self-managed deployments with guidance on scaling, security, and operational controls.

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Build And Query

Go straight to query syntax, data modeling, and feature references used in day-to-day application development.

MongoDB Query Language Reference

Find practical patterns for predicates, projections, updates, and aggregation expressions.

Manual Core Capabilities

Review CRUD, indexes, data modeling, aggregation, transactions, replication, and sharding.

Search, Vector Search, And AI

Build lexical and semantic retrieval flows, then connect them to AI integrations and release guidance.

Documents

Understand BSON document structure, dot notation, field constraints, and common document limitations.

Databases And Collections

Learn naming guidance, collection boundaries, and workflows for creating and organizing data.

Views

Use read-only views and materialized view patterns to simplify query logic and data access workflows.

Deploy And Operate

Jump to Atlas provisioning, security controls, and operating guidance for production workloads.

Atlas Build And Deploy

Provision cluster types, choose regions, and standardize connection setup for application services.

Atlas Security And Operations

Configure network access, database users, alerts, performance analysis, and operational governance.

MongoDB Atlas Overview

Explore Atlas workflows for deployment, securing clusters, connecting clients, and optimization.

Connect To A Cluster Via VS Code

Connect MongoDB for VS Code to Atlas quickly for schema browsing and query development.

Atlas Release Changelog

Track Atlas release changes and behavior updates before rollout and upgrade planning.

Manage Organizations

Create, view, rename, and delete Atlas organizations with the access guidance your team needs.