Summary

From a development perspective, most of the interaction you have with MongoDB is from a library such as the native MongoDB driver for Node.js. However, before you can begin implementing MongoDB in your applications, you need to install the MongoDB server and configure it to run. You should also create administrative and databases accounts and then turn on authentication to ensure security, even in your development environment.

This chapter discusses the process of installing MongoDB and accessing the MongoDB shell. You’ve learned how to interact with the shell to create user accounts, databases, collections, and documents.