mongos(1) - Linux man page

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Description

mongos is used to setup, configure, and get information about sharded databases.

Examples

./mongod --port 9999 --dbpath /data/db/a # first server

./mongod --port 9998 --dbpath /data/db/b # second server

./mongos --configdb localhost:9999 # mongos

starts three servers to set up sharding

Options

--help

show usage information

-h, --help

show this usage information

--version

show version information

-f, --config arg

configuration file specifying additional options

-v, --verbose

be more verbose (include multiple times for more verbosity e.g. -vvvvv)

--quiet quieter output

--port arg specify port number

--bind_ip arg

comma separated list of ip addresses to listen on - all local ips by default

--logpath arg

log file to send write to instead of stdout - has to be a file, not directory

--logappend

append to logpath instead of over-writing

--pidfilepath arg

full path to pidfile (if not set, no pidfile is created)

--keyFile arg

private key for cluster authentication (only for replica sets)

--unixSocketPrefix arg

alternative directory for UNIX domain sockets (defaults to /tmp)

--fork

fork server process

Sharding Options

--configdb arg

1 or 3 comma separated config servers

--test

just run unit tests

--upgrade

upgrade meta data version

--chunkSize arg

maximum amount of data per chunk

--ipv6

enable IPv6 support (disabled by default)

--jsonp

allow JSONP access via http (has security implications)

Copyright

Copyright 2007-2011 10gen

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