The latest tutorials and articles on MongoDB, NoSQL and Studio 3T, our MongoDB GUI and IDE.
LDAP and Kerberos: Two Authentication Methods Available in MongoDB Enterprise
If you have a MongoDB Enterprise license, you can take advantage of two authentication methods supported by the MongoDB Enterprise server: LDAP and Kerberos. They’re quite different from one another, so here’s a short overview [...]
What’s New in Studio 3T 2018.1 | Extended SQL Query Support, Retained Expired Ops, and More
Studio 3T's first release in 2018 brings you extended SQL support for GROUP BY, COUNT, MAX, MIN, SUM, and AVG functions, support for additional date formats in CSV imports, and better control for retaining [...]
How to Develop an Effective Indexing Strategy
Although it is possible to store a great deal of information in a MongoDB database, you need an effective indexing strategy to quickly and efficiently get the information you need from it. How indexing works [...]
How to Grant MongoDB Roles to Multiple Users
In MongoDB, users are defined for specific databases. Each user is then assigned a list of roles that in turn define the user’s privileges. Not surprisingly, MongoDB’s API therefore makes it easy to assign a [...]
How to Prevent a MongoDB Connection Timeout
If you've connected to a hosted MongoDB instance, chances are you've experienced the odd connection timeout or drop. After a relatively short period of inactivity, you might try to run a query from within Studio [...]
6 Tips for Adding MongoDB to Your Database Architecture
So you’ve worked with relational databases and can write SQL queries like a pro. Then your team decides to dabble in NoSQL and throws MongoDB into the database architecture. Where do you, the seasoned SQL [...]
What’s New in Studio 3T 5.7
In this release, Studio 3T unveils Auto-Updater, extensions to Data Compare and Sync, and full compatibility with MongoDB 3.6. Auto-Updater It's finally here - the feature you've all been waiting for. 5.7 rolls out [...]
How to Tell Your MongoDB Production and Test Databases Apart
Studio 3T has many advanced features, but it's the little things that also make it the best MongoDB GUI for Windows, Mac, and Linux. One of our users' favorite features is the ability to color-code [...]
How to View Multiple MongoDB Collections Side by Side
In this post, we'll walk you through how to view multiple MongoDB collections at once through side-by-side tabs, which was one of your most requested features. Very frequently, you probably encounter one of these use [...]
Free MongoDB Client for Windows, Mac, and Linux
3T Software Labs is very happy to announce that Studio 3T is now available as a free MongoDB client for personal, non-commercial use. Windows, Mac, and Linux users, rejoice! Download Studio 3T Get Download [...]