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MongoDB Package Components¶

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Core Processes
Windows Services
Security Tools
MongoDB Compass
MongoDB Database Tools

Core Processes¶

The core components in the MongoDB package are:

`mongod`	the core database process
`mongos`	the controller and query router for sharded clusters
`mongosh`	the interactive shell

Windows Services¶

The mongod.exe and mongos.exe describe the options available for configuring MongoDB when running as a Windows Service. The mongod.exe and mongos.exe binaries provide a superset of the mongod and mongos options.

Security Tools¶

mongoldap and mongokerberos provide a method for validating a system’s LDAP or Kerberos configuration respectively, and for testing that the authentication process for each succeeds for a given username.

MongoDB Compass¶

MongoDB is packaged with an install_compass script, which is a platform-specific installer for MongoDB Compass Community Edition.

MongoDB Database Tools¶

Starting in MongoDB 4.4, the documentation for these tools have been migrated to :dbtools:`mongodb.com/docs/database-tools </>`:

For documentation on previous versions of these tools, use the version selector in the top-left corner of the web page to view the documentation for your desired MongoDB version.

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