This version of the documentation is archived and no longer supported. To upgrade your 8.2 deployment, see the MongoDB 8.3 upgrade procedures.
Core Processes
The core components in the MongoDB package are:
the core database process | |
the controller and query router for sharded clusters | |
the interactive shell |
Windows Services
The mongod.exe and mongos.exe binaries configure
MongoDB as a Windows Service. They provide a superset of the
mongod and mongos options.
Security Tools
mongoldap validates a system's LDAP configuration, and
mongokerberos validates a system's Kerberos
configuration. Both tools test that authentication succeeds for a
specified username.
MongoDB Compass
MongoDB is packaged with an install_compass script, which
is a platform-specific installer for
MongoDB Compass Community Edition.