Tutorials
MongoDB User Authentication: A Step-by-Step Guide
Learn how to set up a user administrator and enable user authentication on your MongoDB server.
Posted on: 23/07/2018 (last updated: 04/08/2021) • Thomas Zahn • 5 minutesHow to Query MongoDB Secondary Replica Set Members
A short post on how to avoid a common gotcha when querying replica set secondary members (secondaries).
Posted on: 20/07/2018 (last updated: 04/08/2021) • Graham Thomson • 2 minutesHow to Run MongoDB Map-Reduce Jobs
Learn how to run a MongoDB map-reduce job using Studio 3T’s Map-Reduce screen.
Posted on: 13/07/2018 (last updated: 04/08/2021) • Thomas Zahn • 5 minutesHow to Create a MongoDB Index
Learn how to create a MongoDB index and modify existing ones using Studio 3T’s Index Manager.
Posted on: 13/07/2018 (last updated: 13/05/2024) • Thomas Zahn • 5 minutesHow to Compare MongoDB Collections
Compare MongoDB collections, sync data, and export results with Data Compare & Sync.
Posted on: 20/06/2018 (last updated: 16/05/2024) • Graham Thomson • 6 minutesHow to Create MongoDB Joins Using SQL
Learn how to write SQL join queries to generate MongoDB joins in the form of aggregation queries.
Posted on: 19/06/2018 (last updated: 09/03/2022) • Phil Factor • 13 minutesUsing Aggregation and Regex in MongoDB to Reduce Data in a Collection
Learn how to use regex to transform an external data set to JSON or export it to CSV for later import, and run aggregation queries to reduce the data before creating a MongoDB collection.
Posted on: 19/06/2018 (last updated: 04/08/2021) • Phil Factor • 9 minutesFind slow queries in MongoDB with Query Profiler
Learn about the Query Profiler and the MongoDB Database Profiler: how you can collect profiling data to investigate and optimize query performance in MongoDB.
Posted on: 19/06/2018 (last updated: 30/09/2025) • Kirsty Burgess • 6 minutes