Installing MongoDB & mongosh Setup

🍁 MongoDBLesson 2Beginner

To use MongoDB locally, you must install the community server and use the MongoDB Shell (mongosh) command line utility.

1 Running mongosh Commands

Shell — Terminal Access

# Login to local database server
mongosh

# List all existing databases
show dbs

# Create/Select a database
use library

# Show current active database
db

2 Code Challenge

Challenge: Install MongoDB locally or create a free MongoDB Atlas cloud cluster. Connect to the server using mongosh, and create a database named shop_db.