Setting up and managing the MongoLab account

In this recipe, we will evaluate one of the vendors, MongoLab, that provides MongoDB as a service. This introductory recipe will introduce to you what MongoDB as a service is and then will demonstrate how to set up and manage an account in MongoLab (https://mongolab.com/).

In all the recipes in the book so far, we have covered setting up, administering, monitoring, and developing the instances of MongoDB in the organizational/personal premises. This not only needs manpower with the appropriate skill set to manage the deployments, but also appropriate hardware to install and run Mongo servers. This needs large investments up front that might not be a viable solution for start-ups or even organizations who are not clear on adopting or migrating to this technology. They might want to evaluate it and see how it goes before moving full-fledged to this solution. What would be ideal is to have a service provider who takes care of hosting the MongoDB deployments...