MongoDB Management Tool: Rockmongo

RockMongo is a MongoDB management tool that you can use to manage servers, databases, collections, documents, indexes, and more. It provides a very user-friendly way to read, write, and create documents. It is similar to the PHPMyAdmin tool for PHP and MySQL.

Download RockMongo

You can download the latest version of RockMongo from here:http://github.com/iwind/rockmongo

Install RockMongo

After downloading, you can unzip the software package to the root folder of the server and rename the extracted folder torockmongo. Open any web browser, thenindex.phpAccess the page from the folder rockmongo. Enter admin / admin as the username/Password.

In collaboration with RockMongo

Now, we will explore some basic operations that can be performed with RockMongo.

Create New Database

To create a new database, clickDatabasestab. ClickCreate New DatabaseOn the next screen, enter the name of the new database and then clickCreate. You will see a new database on the left panel.

Create New Collection

To create a new collection within the database, click the database on the left panel. ClickNew CollectionLinks on the top. Provide the required collection name. Do not worry about the other fields such as 'limit', 'size', and 'maximum'. ClickCreate. A new collection will be created, and you will see it in the left panel.

Create New File

To create a new document, click the collection under which you want to add the document. When you click a collection, you will see all documents listed in it. To create a new document, clickInsertLinks on the top. You can enter document data in JSON or array format, then clickSave.

Export/Import Data

To import/To export data from any collection, click the collection, then clickExport/ImportLinks on the top panel. Please follow the instructions to export data in zip format, then import the same zip file to restore the data.