Deploy MongoDB on Docker container running Debian Stretch ( Debian 9.x )

Docker Pull Command

docker pull broadtech/debian-stretch-mongodb

https://hub.docker.com/r/broadtech/debian-stretch-mongodb/

latest: digest: sha256:1af066db3b4c030fd14904c7e11c2021920cdb348a80d097ec1751ee29860ff0

This repository image contains Debian Stretch Linux from which MongoDB service can be run automatically.

Steps:

1. Install Docker daemon if you already have not
   https://docs.docker.com/engine/installation/
2. Deploy MongoDB from the image in this repository
   $ sudo docker run broadtech/debian-stretch-mongodb:latest

You will see something similar to this on screen:

Unable to find image ‘broadtech/debian-stretch-mongodb:latest’ locally

latest: Pulling from broadtech/debian-stretch-mongodb

c75480ad9aaf: Already exists

2573503b640f: Pull complete

85850e4fdb73: Pull complete

867e37a24fb6: Pull complete

821911695928: Pull complete

Digest: sha256:d48138959bf114b88c01a6ba1195708a6dcd6b84df79eca0b580b34e13cdfe30

Status: Downloaded newer image for broadtech/debian-stretch-mongodb:latest

Next MongoDB will start automatically and Listen on TCP PORT 27017

You can connect to it from host using any MongoDB client

First get container ID

$ sudo docker ps -a

CONTAINER ID IMAGE

f2794236e8e6 broadtech/debian-stretch-mongodb:latest

Next, find the IP Address of the running container

$ sudo docker inspect f2794236e8e6 |grep “IPAddress”

“SecondaryIPAddresses”: null,

“IPAddress”: “172.17.0.2”,

“IPAddress”: “172.17.0.2”,

Finally connect to the container from host

$ mongo 172.17.0.2

MongoDB shell version: 3.2.11

connecting to: 172.17.0.2/test

Welcome to the MongoDB shell.

MongoDB sometimes comes without a default password and this has cause exposure of Data on the Internet.

https://www.shodan.io/search?query=mongodb

So please be sure to provide passwords for users if you wish to expose your MongoDB server to the outside world.

More Information at

https://docs.docker.com/v1.11/engine/reference/run/#detached-d

https://www.mongodb.com/

https://wiki.debian.org/DebianStretch

https://www.broadtech-innovations.com/

This image creation was automated with the following Dockerfile

https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/builder/

FROM debian

LABEL “vendor”=”BroadTech Innovations PVT LTD”

LABEL “vendor.url”=”https://www.broadtech-innovations.com/”

LABEL “maintainer”=”sgeorge.ml@gmail.com”

RUN apt-get update && DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive

RUN DEBIAN_FRONT=noninteractive apt-get install -yq apt-utils

RUN DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -yq mongodb

RUN apt-get clean

EXPOSE 27017

CMD [“–dbpath”, “/var/lib/mongodb”] ENTRYPOINT [“/usr/bin/mongod”]

To run MongoDB in the background as a detached processed use the “-d” option with “docker run”

$ sudo docker run -d broadtech/debian-stretch-mongodb:latest