Technical requirements

Minimum recommended hardware:

• Desktop PC or laptop
• 2 gigabytes (GB) free disk space
• 4 GB of random-access memory (RAM)
• 500 kilobits per second (Kbps) or faster internet connection

Software requirements:

• OS (Linux or Mac): Docker, Docker Compose, Git (optional)
• OS (Windows): Docker for Windows and Git for Windows

Installation of the required software and how to restore the code repository for the book are explained in Chapter 2, Setting up MongoDB 4.x. To run the code examples in this chapter, open a Terminal window (Command Prompt) and enter these commands:

cd /path/to/repo
docker-compose build
docker-compose up -d
docker exec -it learn-mongo-server-1 /bin/bash

When you are finished practicing the commands covered in this chapter, be sure to stop Docker as follows:

docker-compose down

The code used in this chapter can be found in the book's GitHub repository at https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Learn-MongoDB-4.x/tree/master/chapters/03.