[mongodb: mongo command]

[Felipe Gasper]

It doesn’t appear that there’s a mongosh port yet. I’ve requested one: https://trac.macports.org/ticket/67440

In the meantime, it should be pretty easy to install: https://www.mongodb.com/docs/mongodb-shell/install/

-FG


> On May 16, 2023, at 10:38 AM, Maxim Abalenkov <maxim.abalenkov at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Dear all,
> 
> Thank you for your replies so far. Would you please tell me, what Mac port contains the newer MongoDB shell ‘mongosh’? It’s not present in the ‘mongodb’ port. I couldn’t find ‘mongosh’ via the ‘port search’ command either. Thank you very much!
> 
> —
> Best wishes,
> Maxim
> 
> Maxim Abalenkov \\ maxim.abalenkov at gmail.com
> +44 7 486 486 505 \\ www.maxim.abalenkov.uk
> 
>> On 16 May 2023, at 14:28, Felipe Gasper <felipe at felipegasper.com> wrote:
>> 
>> “mongos” is MongoDB’s proxy for sharded clusters.
>> 
>> “mongo” is MongoDB’s legacy shell, which in newer MongoDB releases (6+) is no longer distributed.
>> 
>> “mongosh” is MongoDB’s new shell. Prefer it whenever possible.
>> 
>> -FG
>> 
>> 
>>> On May 16, 2023, at 9:24 AM, David Herron <david at davidherron.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> mongod is the database server
>>> 
>>> mongos is probably the shell - the CLI user interface to the database
>>> 
>>> Look at MongoDB-dot-com for documentation
>>> 
>>> + David Herron
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Tue, May 16, 2023 at 1:11 PM Maxim Abalenkov <maxim.abalenkov at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Dear all,
>>> 
>>> How are you? I hope all is well with you. I need your help please. I would like to access a MongoDB database using a command line similar to:
>>> 
>>>  mongo --host localhost --port 27018 --username ... --password ... --authenticationDatabase …
>>> 
>>> I installed the ‘mongodb’ Mac port. However, I do not see a ‘mongo’ command. There are ‘mongod’ and ‘mongos’, but no ‘mongo’. Would you please tell me, what is the difference between the ‘d’ and ’s’ commands and how do I obtain the ‘mongo’ itself? Thank you and have a good day ahead!
>>> 
>>> —
>>> Best wishes,
>>> Maxim
>>> 
>>> Maxim Abalenkov \\ maxim.abalenkov at gmail.com
>>> +44 7 486 486 505 \\ www.maxim.abalenkov.uk
>> 
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