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Deploy MongoDB

This guide shows you how to use MongoDB, a source-available, cross-platform, document-oriented database program.

To run it, follow these steps:

  1. Install the kraft CLI tool and a container runtime engine, e.g. Docker.

  2. Clone the examples repository and cd into the examples/mongodb/ directory:

Terminal window
git clone https://github.com/kraftcloud/examples
cd examples/mongodb/

Make sure to log into Unikraft Cloud by setting your token and a metro close to you. We use fra0 (Frankfurt, 🇩🇪) in this guide:

Terminal window
# Set Unikraft Cloud access token
export UKC_TOKEN=token
# Set metro to Frankfurt, DE
export UKC_METRO=fra0

When done, invoke the following command to deploy this application on Unikraft Cloud:

Terminal window
kraft cloud deploy -p 27017:27017/tls -M 1024 .

The output shows the instance URL and other details:

Terminal window
[●] Deployed successfully!
 │
 ├────────── name: mongodb-6tiuu
 ├────────── uuid: 99779597-0bdb-4160-b902-a160c3ab4b2a
 ├───────── state: running
 ├────────── fqdn: bold-brook-khkwv7of.fra0.kraft.host
 ├───────── image: mongodb@sha256:e6ff5153f106e2d5e2a10881818cd1b90fe3ff1294ad80879b2239ffc52aff0e
 ├───── boot time: 82.41 ms
 ├──────── memory: 1024 MiB
 ├─────── service: bold-brook-khkwv7of
 ├── private fqdn: mongodb-6tiuu.internal
 ├──── private ip: 172.16.6.4
 └────────── args: /usr/bin/mongod --bind_ip_all --nounixsocket

In this case, the instance name is mongodb-6tiuu; it’s different for each run.

To test the deployment, first forward the port with the kraft cloud tunnel command:

Terminal window
kraft cloud tunnel 27017:mongodb-6tiuu:27017

Then, on a separate console, you can use the mongosh client to connect to the server:

Terminal window
mongosh mongodb://localhost

You should see output similar to:

Terminal window
Current Mongosh Log ID:  65d75b96310f70e63565e0f1
Connecting to:    mongodb://localhost/?directConnection=true&serverSelectionTimeoutMS=2000&appName=mongosh+2.1.5
(node:79750) [DEP0040] DeprecationWarning: The `punycode` module is deprecated. Please use a userland alternative instead.
(Use `node --trace-deprecation ...` to show where the warning was created)
Using MongoDB:    6.0.13
Using Mongosh:    2.1.5


For mongosh info see: https://docs.mongodb.com/mongodb-shell/




To help improve our products, anonymous usage data is collected and sent to MongoDB periodically (https://www.mongodb.com/legal/privacy-policy).
You can opt-out by running the disableTelemetry() command.


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To disconnect, kill the tunnel command with Ctrl+c.

At any point in time, you can list information about the instance:

Terminal window
kraft cloud instance list
NAME             FQDN                               STATE    CREATED AT      IMAGE                              MEMORY   ARGS                              BOOT TIME
mongodb-6tiuu    bold-brook-khkwv7of.fra0.kraft...  running  20 minutes ago  mongodb@sha256:e6ff5153f106e2...   1.0 GiB  /usr/bin/mongod --bind_ip_all...  82410us

When done, you can remove the instance:

Terminal window
kraft cloud instance remove mongodb-6tiuu

Customize your Application

To customize the application, update the files in the repository, listed below:

  • Kraftfile: the Unikraft Cloud specification, including command-line arguments
  • Dockerfile: In case you need to add files to your instance’s rootfs
spec: v0.6


runtime: mongo:latest


rootfs: ./Dockerfile


cmd: ["/usr/bin/mongod", "--bind_ip_all", "--nounixsocket"]

Learn More

Use the --help option for detailed information on using Unikraft Cloud:

Terminal window
kraft cloud --help

Or visit the CLI Reference.