Database

MongoDB's document model is the fastest way to innovate, bringing flexibility and ease of use to the database. (free)

You can set up a local MongoDB connection if you prefer to have a database on your computer to speed up dev and test-related work or the cloud-based solution Atlas a remote database service that allows you to deploy your database on a cloud server.

Local environment

First of all, download the community version from:

MongoDB Community DownloadMongoDB

When the database is installed, you will have two options to interact with it:

Mongo Shell or MongoDB Compass

MongoDB Atlas

First, go to MongoDB Atlas website and start a cluster.

After that, register yourself as a new admin.

Then, go to the network access section and set up the whitelist.

Take note of your database credentials & the connection string to access the Atlas cluster with either shell or Compass.