mongo-express is a web-based MongoDB admin interface written in Node.js, Express.js, and Bootstrap3.
$ docker run --link some_mongo_container:mongo -p 8081:8081 -e ME_CONFIG_MONGODB_URL="mongodb://mongo:27017" mongo-express
Then you can hit http://localhost:8081
or http://host-ip:8081
in your browser.
JSON documents are parsed through a javascript virtual machine, so the web interface can be used to execute malicious javascript on a server.
mongo-express should only be used privately for development purposes.
Environment variables are passed to the run
command for configuring a mongo-express container.
Name | Default | Description
--------------------------------|-----------------|------------
ME_CONFIG_MONGODB_URL | 'mongodb://mongo:27017' | MongoDB connection string
ME_CONFIG_BASICAUTH_USERNAME | '' | mongo-express web username
ME_CONFIG_BASICAUTH_PASSWORD | '' | mongo-express web password
ME_CONFIG_MONGODB_ENABLE_ADMIN | 'true' | Enable admin access to all databases. Send strings: `"true"` or `"false"`
ME_CONFIG_OPTIONS_EDITORTHEME | 'default' | mongo-express editor color theme, [more here](http://codemirror.net/demo/theme.html)
ME_CONFIG_REQUEST_SIZE | '100kb' | Maximum payload size. CRUD operations above this size will fail in [body-parser](https://www.npmjs.com/package/body-parser).
ME_CONFIG_SITE_BASEURL | '/' | Set the baseUrl to ease mounting at a subdirectory. Remember to include a leading and trailing slash.
ME_CONFIG_SITE_COOKIESECRET | 'cookiesecret' | String used by [cookie-parser middleware](https://www.npmjs.com/package/cookie-parser) to sign cookies.
ME_CONFIG_SITE_SESSIONSECRET | 'sessionsecret' | String used to sign the session ID cookie by [express-session middleware](https://www.npmjs.com/package/express-session).
ME_CONFIG_SITE_SSL_ENABLED | 'false' | Enable SSL.
ME_CONFIG_SITE_SSL_CRT_PATH | '' | SSL certificate file.
ME_CONFIG_SITE_SSL_KEY_PATH | '' | SSL key file.
The following are only needed if ME_CONFIG_MONGODB_ENABLE_ADMIN
is "false"
Name | Default | Description
--------------------------------|-----------------|------------
ME_CONFIG_MONGODB_AUTH_DATABASE | 'db' | Database name
ME_CONFIG_MONGODB_AUTH_USERNAME | 'admin' | Database username
ME_CONFIG_MONGODB_AUTH_PASSWORD | 'pass' | Database password
docker run -it --rm \
--name mongo-express \
--link web_db_1:mongo \
-p 8081:8081 \
-e ME_CONFIG_MONGODB_URL="mongodb://mongo:27017" \
-e ME_CONFIG_OPTIONS_EDITORTHEME="ambiance" \
-e ME_CONFIG_BASICAUTH_USERNAME="user" \
-e ME_CONFIG_BASICAUTH_PASSWORD="fairly long password" \
mongo-express
This example links to a container name typical of docker-compose
, changes the editor's color theme, and enables basic authentication.
docker build --tag mongo-express .
MONGO_EXPRESS_TAG
can be substituted with the tag you want to build. ie:
docker build \
--build-arg MONGO_EXPRESS_TAG=v1.2.3-rc \
--tag mongo-express .
MONGO_REPOSITORY
can be substituted with a forked version of Mongo Express. ie:
docker build \
--build-arg MONGO_REPOSITORY=OtherUser/mongo_express \
--tag mongo-express .