mongoz

Zero Config MongoDB Server for Node.js

Why?

MongoDB is fantastic but setup for small projects can be lots of trouble.

This little package does everything necessary to download and start a fresh MongoDB server!

Usage

Note: You need to have Node.js and npm already installed!

Note: Make sure there is not already a local mongodb server listening on default port (2701). If you do, either stop it or use MONGO_PORT environment variable to change the port.

Standalone Server

Let's start a fresh db shall we?

npx mongoz

It will take few seconds on first time of usage to install and extract mongo server.

Programmatic usage

Do you need a MongoDB server programmatically? No problems!

// CommonJS
const { startMongo } = require('mongoz')

// ESM
import { startMongo } from 'mongoz'

// Install and start listening MongoDB on 127.0.0.1:27017 in background
await startMongo()

// Or with options
await startMongo({ port: 27018 })

When closing server, mongo will also gracefully shutdown with node-graceful-shutdown.

Options

• name: Unique instance name. Default is default (env var: MONGO_NAME)
• dir: Data directory to store logs and data. Default is ${os.tmpDir}/mongo. (env var: MONGO_DIR)
• port: Listening port. Default is 27017 (env var: MONGO_PORT or PORT)
• args Additional arguments passed to mongod (should be Array)
• platform: OS to download binraries for.

In parallel with script

You can also use concurrently to start mongo alongside with server:.

Via package.json:

{
  "scripts": {
    "start": "concurrently 'npx mongoz' 'node ./server.mjs'"
  }
}

Or directly with npx:

npx concurrently 'npx mongoz' 'node ./server.mjs'

Supported platforms

Windows, Linux and Darwin (Mac) are supported. Check formula for details.

Changing data dir

By default, we use a temporary directory to store data and logs. You can customize it with MONGO_DIR environment variable.

License

MIT.

See MongoDB Licensing for underlying server license.