NoSQL For Dummies

Chapter 18

MongoDB

In This Chapter

Working with open-source software

Supporting MongoDB

MongoDB is the poster child for the NoSQL database movement. If asked to name a NoSQL database, most people will say MongoDB, and many people start with MongoDB when looking at NoSQL technology. This popularity is both a blessing and a curse. It’s obviously good for MongoDB, Inc. (formerly 10gen). On the flip side, though, people try to use MongoDB for purposes it was not designed for, or try to apply relational database approaches to this fundamentally different database model.

MongoDB is a good NoSQL document database with a range of features that, in the open-source NoSQL world, are hard to beat. Starting your NoSQL career with MongoDB is a good approach to take.

In this chapter, I describe how MongoDB can be used, and where support can be found for your own implementation.

Using an Open-Source Document Database

Some companies can’t afford to purchase commercial software, support, or consulting, at least at the outset. If this describes your company, you may want to start with the free open-source version of MongoDB, which you can find at https://www.mongodb.org/downloads.

MongoDB’s use of the GNU Affero General Public License (AGPL) v3.0 means that anyone can download the software source code, ...