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MongoDB with Docker Compose

MongoDB with authentication, a named volume, a health check and the port published only on localhost.

Customize names, versions and passwords →

services:
  mongodb:
    image: mongo:8.0
    restart: unless-stopped
    environment:
      MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_USERNAME: "admin"
      MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_PASSWORD: "change-me"
    volumes:
      - mongodb-data:/data/db
    ports:
      - "127.0.0.1:27017:27017"
    healthcheck:
      test: ["CMD", "mongosh", "--quiet", "--eval", "db.adminCommand('ping')"]
      interval: 10s
      timeout: 5s
      retries: 10

volumes:
  mongodb-data:

Passwords here are placeholders (change-me). The generator creates random ones for you.

How to use it

docker compose up -d
docker compose ps
docker compose logs -f

• Connect with mongodb://admin:<password>@localhost:27017/?authSource=admin

Prefer Kubernetes? See the MongoDB Kubernetes version.