This version of the documentation is archived and no longer supported. To upgrade your 6.0 deployment, see the MongoDB 7.0 upgrade procedures.
Core Processes
The core components in the MongoDB package are:
the core database process | |
the controller and query router for sharded clusters | |
the interactive shell |
Windows Services
The mongod.exe and mongos.exe describe the options available for configuring MongoDB when running as a Windows Service. The mongod.exe and mongos.exe binaries provide a superset of the mongod and mongos options.
Security Tools
mongoldap and mongokerberos provide a method for validating a system's LDAP or Kerberos configuration respectively, and for testing that the authentication process for each succeeds for a given username.
MongoDB Compass
MongoDB is packaged with an install_compass script, which is a platform-specific installer for MongoDB Compass Community Edition.