Collection stats

Document count, index sizes, storage for a collection

mongosh --eval 'db.myCollection.stats()' mongodb://mongo:27017/mydb
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More mongodb commands

  • Current operations
    mongosh --eval 'db.currentOp({active:true,secs_running:{$gt:5}})' mongodb://mongo:27017

    Show operations running longer than 5 seconds

  • Create dump
    mongodump --uri='mongodb://user:pass@mongo:27017' --db=mydb --out=/backups/

    Export database to BSON files

  • Restore dump
    mongorestore --uri='mongodb://user:pass@mongo:27017' --db=mydb /backups/mydb/

    Import BSON backup into MongoDB

  • List indexes
    mongosh --eval 'db.myCollection.getIndexes()' mongodb://mongo:27017/mydb

    Show all indexes on a collection

  • Connect with URI
    mongosh 'mongodb+srv://user:pass@cluster.example.com/mydb'

    Connect to Atlas or any MongoDB URI with mongosh

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