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Can anyone explain why when I run the mongo shell it is “connecting to: test”?

Answer 1

asb April 16, 2015

By default, just running mongo will enter the shell and connect to the “test” database. Typing db into the shell should return test

> db
test

You can switch databases, with the use command:

> use admin
switched to db admin
> db
admin

Checkout the MongoDB docs on getting started with the mongo shell.

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ccuilla April 16, 2015

Thanks. That makes sense. I as thinking it was something else. So Mongo always has a test DB for each server?
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asb April 17, 2015

Yes, Mongo creates the test database by default.
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ccuilla April 16, 2015

Thanks. That makes sense. I as thinking it was something else. So Mongo always has a test DB for each server?
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asb April 17, 2015

Yes, Mongo creates the test database by default.
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Why mongo shell is "connecting to: test"?