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Diagnostic Commands

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For details on a specific command, including syntax and examples, click on the link to the command’s reference page.

Name Description
availableQueryOptions Internal command that reports on the capabilities of the current MongoDB instance.
buildInfo Displays statistics about the MongoDB build.
collStats Reports storage utilization statics for a specified collection.
connPoolStats Reports statistics on the outgoing connections from this MongoDB instance to other MongoDB instances in the deployment.
connectionStatus Reports the authentication state for the current connection.
dataSize Returns the data size for a range of data. For internal use.
dbHash Returns hash value a database and its collections.
dbStats Reports storage utilization statistics for the specified database.
diagLogging Removed in MongoDB 3.6. To capture, replay, and profile commands sent to your MongoDB deployment, use mongoreplay.
driverOIDTest Internal command that converts an ObjectId to a string to support tests.
explain Returns information on the execution of various operations.
features Reports on features available in the current MongoDB instance.
getCmdLineOpts Returns a document with the run-time arguments to the MongoDB instance and their parsed options.
getLog Returns recent log messages.
hostInfo Returns data that reflects the underlying host system.
isSelf Internal command to support testing.
listCommands Lists all database commands provided by the current mongod instance.
lockInfo Internal command that returns information on locks that are currently being held or pending. Only available for mongod instances.
netstat Internal command that reports on intra-deployment connectivity. Only available for mongos instances.
ping Internal command that tests intra-deployment connectivity.
profile Interface for the database profiler.
serverStatus Returns a collection metrics on instance-wide resource utilization and status.
shardConnPoolStats Reports statistics on a mongos’s connection pool for client operations against shards.
top Returns raw usage statistics for each database in the mongod instance.
validate Internal command that scans for a collection’s data and indexes for correctness.
whatsmyuri Internal command that returns information on the current client.