This repository contains Dockerfile for MongoDB 4.0 container, based on the Alpine edge image.
As a prerequisite, you need Docker to be installed.
To download this image from the public docker hub:
$ docker pull mvertes/alpine-mongo
To re-build this image from the dockerfile:
$ docker build -t mvertes/alpine-mongo .
To run mongod:
$ docker run -d --name mongo -p 27017:27017 mvertes/alpine-mongo
You can also specify the database repository where to store the data with the volume -v option:
$ docker run -d --name mongo -p 27017:27017 \
-v /somewhere/onmyhost/mydatabase:/data/db \
mvertes/alpine-mongo
To run a shell session:
$ docker exec -ti mongo sh
To dump data runing in mongo shell:
$ docker exec -ti mongo sh
$ mongodump -o /data/dump
To use the mongo shell client:
$ docker exec -ti mongo mongo
The mongo shell client can also be run its own container:
$ docker run -ti --rm --name mongoshell mongo host:port/db
version: "3"
services:
mgdb:
image: mvertes/alpine-mongo
volumes:
- "./data:/data/db"
- "./dump:/data/dump"
restart: always
# If you want auth start, you can add that arg.
# command: [ "mongod", "--bind_ip", "0.0.0.0", "--auth" ]
command: [ "mongod", "--bind_ip", "0.0.0.0" ]
ports:
- 27017:27017
- On MacOSX, volumes located in a virtualbox shared folder are not supported, due to a limitation of virtualbox (default docker-machine driver) not supporting fsync().