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Managed MongoDB® - Quickstart
Reviewed on 17 March 2025 • Published on 12 September 2024
Managed MongoDB® provides fully-managed document Database Instances, with MongoDB® as a database engine.
MongoDB® databases enable users to store and retrieve data in a document format, such as json. Compared to traditional relational databases where data is stored in a table-like format, document-type storage supports storing multiple nested keys and values in each document key.
Click MongoDB® under Databases on the side menu, if you do not have a Database Instance already created, the creation page displays.
Click Create a Database Instance. The creation wizard displays.
Complete the following steps in the wizard:
Select MongoDB® as a database engine.
Choose a region. This is the geographical location where your database will be deployed.
Select a replica set configuration. You can choose between:
Replica-set 1-node - an instance of MongoDB® that runs as a single server and does not provide redundancy or high availability.
Replica-set 3-nodes - a group of 3 MongoDB® servers (1 primary and 2 standby nodes) that maintain the same data set. Replica sets provide redundancy and high availability and are the basis for all production deployments. If the main node fails for any reason, one of the remaining standby nodes is assigned and can take over requests, reducing downtime.
Select a node type.
Define the size of your Block Storage volume. You can increase your storage space without changing your node type, with no downtime. You can increase your volume to up to 10 TB.
Add a name and set a password for your user.
Important
Your username must adhere to specific criteria. It must:
Start with a letter.
Contain only alphanumeric characters (letters, numbers, hyphens, dollars, and underscores).
Have a minimum of 12 and up to 63 characters. With at least:
one uppercase character, and
one lowercase character, and
one special character, and
one number
Enter a name for your Database Instance.
Click Create a Database Instance to confirm your choices and launch creation.
You are taken to the Overview tab for your Database Instance.
For multiple nodes, replace {db-instance-id} with the Database Instance UUID of each respective Instance, and {privateNetworkName} with the names of your Private Network: