The Joyent MongoDB SmartMachine is a dynamically scalable virtual machine that is optimized for MongoDB. Based on a standard SmartMachine with a bare minimum software configuration, this machine is provisioned with MongoDB pre-installed and pre-configured for maximum performance and scalability.
In this section:
- Connecting to MongoDB
- Starting and Stopping MongoDB
- Joyent Quickbackup for MongoDB
- Replica Sets through Service Management Facility
- Using MongoDB Monitoring Service (MMS)
Release notes for this image:
MongoDB SmartMachine Release Notes
Directory Layout
The directory and file layout is as follows:
| Directory/File | Description |
|---|---|
| /opt/local/bin | Holds MongoDB server binaries |
| /var/mongodb | The data directory for MongoDB |
| /opt/local/etc/mongodb.conf | The configuration file for MongoDB |
| /var/log/mongodb | Where all MongoDB logs are kept |
| /backups | Backups files are stored here from Joyent QuickBackup |