Percona Server for MongoDB 5.0 Documentation

Percona Server for MongoDB is a free, enhanced, fully compatible, source available, drop-in replacement for MongoDB 5.0 Community Edition with enterprise-grade features. It requires no changes to MongoDB applications or code.

Hint

To see which version of Percona Server for MongoDB you are using check the value of the psmdbVersion key in the output of the buildInfo database command. If this key does not exist, Percona Server for MongoDB is not installed on the server.

Percona Server for MongoDB provides the following features:

• MongoDB’s default WiredTiger engine

• Percona Memory Engine storage engine

• Data at Rest Encryption

• External SASL authentication using OpenLDAP or Active Directory

• Audit logging to track and query database interactions of users or applications

• Hot Backup for the default WiredTiger

• Profiling Rate Limit to decrease the impact of the profiler on performance

To learn more about the features, available in Percona Server for MongoDB, see Percona Server for MongoDB Feature Comparison

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About Percona Server for MongoDB

• Feature Comparison

Installation

• Installing Percona Server for MongoDB
  • Install on Debian or Ubuntu
  • Install on RHEL or CentOS
  • Install from Binary Tarball
  • Run in a Docker Container

Features

• Percona Memory Engine
• Hot Backup
• Profiling Rate Limit
• Authentication
• LDAP authorization
• Auditing
• Log Redaction
• Data at Rest Encryption
  • HashiCorp Vault Integration
  • Local key management using a keyfile
  • Migrating from Key File Encryption to HashiCorp Vault Encryption
• Additional text search algorithm - ngram

How to

• Enable authentication
• Set up LDAP authentication using SASL
• Set up LDAP authentication and authorization using NativeLDAP
• Switch storage engines
• Tune parameters
• Upgrade Percona Server for MongoDB
• Perform a major upgrade of Percona Server for MongoDB from 4.4 to 5.0
• Uninstall Percona Server for MongoDB

Release Notes

• Percona Server for MongoDB 5.0 Release Notes

Reference

• Contacting, Contributing, Reporting Bugs
• Glossary
• Copyright and Licensing Information
• Trademark Policy