MongoDB: The Definitive Guide Mongo DB

• Copyright
• Table of Contents
• Foreword
• Preface
  • How This Book Is Organized
    • Getting Up to Speed with MongoDB
    • Developing with MongoDB
    • Advanced Usage
    • Administration
    • Developing Applications with MongoDB
    • Appendixes
  • Conventions Used in This Book
  • Using Code Examples
  • Safari® Books Online
  • How to Contact Us
  • Acknowledgments
    • Acknowledgments from Kristina
    • Acknowledgments from Michael
• Chapter 1. Introduction
  • A Rich Data Model
  • Easy Scaling
  • Tons of Features…
  • …Without Sacrificing Speed
  • Simple Administration
  • But Wait, That’s Not All…
• Chapter 2. Getting Started
  • Documents
  • Collections
    • Schema-Free
    • Naming
      • Subcollections
  • Databases
  • Getting and Starting MongoDB
  • MongoDB Shell
    • Running the Shell
    • A MongoDB Client
    • Basic Operations with the Shell
      • Create
      • Read
      • Update
      • Delete
    • Tips for Using the Shell
      • Inconvenient collection names
  • Data Types
    • Basic Data Types
    • Numbers
    • Dates
    • Arrays
    • Embedded Documents
    • _id and ObjectIds
      • ObjectIds
      • Autogeneration of _id
• Chapter 3. Creating, Updating, and Deleting Documents
  • Inserting and Saving Documents
    • Batch Insert
    • Inserts: Internals and Implications
  • Removing Documents
    • Remove Speed
  • Updating Documents
    • Document Replacement
    • Using Modifiers
      • Getting started with the "$set" modifier
      • Incrementing and decrementing
      • Array modifiers
      • Positional array modifications
      • Modifier speed
    • Upserts
      • The save Shell Helper
    • Updating Multiple Documents
    • Returning Updated Documents
  • The Fastest Write This Side of Mississippi
    • Safe Operations
    • Catching “Normal” Errors
  • Requests and Connections
• Chapter 4. Querying
  • Introduction to find
    • Specifying Which Keys to Return
    • Limitations
  • Query Criteria
    • Query Conditionals
    • OR Queries
    • $not
    • Rules for Conditionals
  • Type-Specific Queries
    • null
    • Regular Expressions
    • Querying Arrays
      • $all
      • $size
      • The $slice operator
    • Querying on Embedded Documents
  • $where Queries
  • Cursors
    • Limits, Skips, and Sorts
      • Comparison order
    • Avoiding Large Skips
      • Paginating results without skip
      • Finding a random document
    • Advanced Query Options
    • Getting Consistent Results
  • Cursor Internals
• Chapter 5. Indexing
  • Introduction to Indexing
    • Scaling Indexes
    • Indexing Keys in Embedded Documents
    • Indexing for Sorts
    • Uniquely Identifying Indexes
  • Unique Indexes
    • Dropping Duplicates
    • Compound Unique Indexes
  • Using explain and hint
  • Index Administration
    • Changing Indexes
  • Geospatial Indexing
    • Compound Geospatial Indexes
    • The Earth Is Not a 2D Plane
• Chapter 6. Aggregation
  • count
  • distinct
  • group
    • Using a Finalizer
    • Using a Function as a Key
  • MapReduce
    • Example 1: Finding All Keys in a Collection
    • Example 2: Categorizing Web Pages
    • MongoDB and MapReduce
      • The finalize function
      • Keeping output collections
      • MapReduce on a subset of documents
      • Using a scope
      • Getting more output
• Chapter 7. Advanced Topics
  • Database Commands
    • How Commands Work
    • Command Reference
  • Capped Collections
    • Properties and Use Cases
    • Creating Capped Collections
    • Sorting Au Naturel
    • Tailable Cursors
  • GridFS: Storing Files
    • Getting Started with GridFS: mongofiles
    • Working with GridFS from the MongoDB Drivers
    • Under the Hood
  • Server-Side Scripting
    • db.eval
    • Stored JavaScript
    • Security
  • Database References
    • What Is a DBRef?
    • Example Schema
    • Driver Support for DBRefs
    • When Should DBRefs Be Used?
• Chapter 8. Administration
  • Starting and Stopping MongoDB
    • Starting from the Command Line
    • File-Based Configuration
    • Stopping MongoDB
  • Monitoring
    • Using the Admin Interface
    • serverStatus
    • mongostat
    • Third-Party Plug-Ins
  • Security and Authentication
    • Authentication Basics
    • How Authentication Works
    • Other Security Considerations
  • Backup and Repair
    • Data File Backup
    • mongodump and mongorestore
    • fsync and Lock
    • Slave Backups
    • Repair
• Chapter 9. Replication
  • Master-Slave Replication
    • Options
    • Adding and Removing Sources
  • Replica Sets
    • Initializing a Set
    • Nodes in a Replica Set
    • Failover and Primary Election
  • Performing Operations on a Slave
    • Read Scaling
    • Using Slaves for Data Processing
  • How It Works
    • The Oplog
    • Syncing
    • Replication State and the Local Database
    • Blocking for Replication
  • Administration
    • Diagnostics
    • Changing the Oplog Size
    • Replication with Authentication
• Chapter 10. Sharding
  • Introduction to Sharding
  • Autosharding in MongoDB
    • When to Shard
  • The Key to Sharding: Shard Keys
    • Sharding an Existing Collection
    • Incrementing Shard Keys Versus Random Shard Keys
    • How Shard Keys Affect Operations
  • Setting Up Sharding
    • Starting the Servers
      • Adding a shard
    • Sharding Data
  • Production Configuration
    • A Robust Config
    • Many mongos
    • A Sturdy Shard
    • Physical Servers
  • Sharding Administration
    • config Collections
      • Shards
      • Databases
      • Chunks
    • Sharding Commands
      • Getting a summary
      • Removing a shard
• Chapter 11. Example Applications
  • Chemical Search Engine: Java
    • Installing the Java Driver
    • Using the Java Driver
    • Schema Design
    • Writing This in Java
    • Issues
  • News Aggregator: PHP
    • Installing the PHP Driver
      • Windows install
      • Mac OS X Install
      • Linux and Unix install
    • Using the PHP Driver
    • Designing the News Aggregator
    • Trees of Comments
    • Voting
  • Custom Submission Forms: Ruby
    • Installing the Ruby Driver
    • Using the Ruby Driver
    • Custom Form Submission
    • Ruby Object Mappers and Using MongoDB with Rails
  • Real-Time Analytics: Python
    • Installing PyMongo
    • Using PyMongo
    • MongoDB for Real-Time Analytics
    • Schema
    • Handling a Request
    • Using Analytics Data
    • Other Considerations
• Appendix A. Installing MongoDB
  • Choosing a Version
  • Windows Install
    • Installing as a Service
  • POSIX (Linux, Mac OS X, and Solaris) Install
    • Installing from a Package Manager
• Appendix B. mongo: The Shell
  • Shell Utilities
• Appendix C. MongoDB Internals
  • BSON
  • Wire Protocol
  • Data Files
  • Namespaces and Extents
  • Memory-Mapped Storage Engine
• Index