Introducing MongoDB Compass

This post introduces the GUI for MongoDB®, known as the MongoDB Compass.

Overview

Compass allows you to analyze and understand your MongoDB data without any formal knowledge of MongoDB query syntax. You can use Compass to optimize query performance, manage indexes, and implement document validation in addition to exploring the data in a visual environment.

Compass editions

Compass has three main editions:

Compass: The full version with all the features and capabilities.
Compass Readonly: Limited strictly to read operations, with all write and delete capabilities removed.
Compass Isolated: Designed for highly secure environments and does not initiate any network requests except to the MongoDB server to which Compass connects.

Note: The Compass Community edition is now deprecated.

Set up Compass

Software requirements for a Linux® platform include the following components:

64-bit version of RHEL 7+ or later.
MongoDB Version 3.6 or later.

Use the following instructions to download and install Compass:

Download the .rpm package for the latest version of Compass for Red Hat® Enterprise Linux from MongoDB as shown in the following image:
Run the following command to install Compass by using yum:
```
 sudo yum install mongodb-compass-1.20.4.x86_64.rpm
```
Run the following command to start Compass:
```
 mongodb-compass
```

Connect to MongoDB from Compass

Use the following instructions to begin administering MongoDB from Compass:

To open the MongoDB Compass GUI and connect to MongoDB, either use a connection string or fill in the connection details, as shown in the following image:
Connect to MongoDB from localhost on the default MongoDB port, 27017, as shown in the following image:

Create a new database

Note: The default MongoDB databases include Admin, config, and local.

Use the following instructions to create a new database in Compass:

Click CREATE DATABASE as shown in the following image:
Provide the database name, test, and collection name, mongo_docs, as shown in the following image:

The preceding steps create a new database, test.

Conclusion

Compass is a great, user-friendly tool with different editions that enable you to choose the best option for your needs. In fact, leading IT firms like Google®, Cisco&reg, , SAP®, Facebook®, Adobe®, and others rely on Compass. The MongoDB community delivers timely releases providing new versions of the editions with improved features to help you easily manage MongoDB databases by using the Compass GUI.

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