Official docs outline
16 sections- Documents and BSON
BSON types, document structure, _id and the document model.
- CRUD Operations
Insert, query, update and delete, query operators, projections and bulk writes.
- Data Modeling
Embedding versus referencing, schema design patterns, one-to-many relationships and schema validation.
- Indexes
Single-field, compound, multikey, text and TTL indexes, index selection and index properties.
- Query Plans and Explain
explain output, query planner, covered queries and index usage analysis.
- Aggregation Pipeline
Pipeline stages like $match, $group, $lookup and $unwind, and pipeline optimization.
- Transactions
Multi-document ACID transactions, sessions, snapshot isolation and transaction limits.
- Read and Write Concerns
Write acknowledgement, majority writes, read concern levels and read preference.
- Replication
Replica sets, elections, oplog, failover and replication lag.
- Sharding
Shard keys, chunks, balancer, mongos routing and zone sharding.
- Change Streams
Real-time change notifications, resume tokens and event-driven applications.
- Time Series Collections
Time series collections, metaField, granularity and bucketing.
- Schema Validation
JSON Schema validators, validation levels and actions.
- WiredTiger Storage Engine
Document-level concurrency, cache, compression, journaling and checkpoints.
- Security and Authentication
Authentication, role-based access control, TLS and encryption.
- Backup and Restore
mongodump, snapshots and backup methods.
Each section links to the official page. Titles and summaries by Extra Credit; the docs belong to their authors.
Versions and support
6 release lines| Line | Released | Latest | Support |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.0 | Sep 30, 2026 | 9.0.4 | Until Oct 31, 2031 |
| 8.3 | May 31, 2026 | 8.3.13 | Until Oct 31, 2029 |
| 8.2 | Sep 30, 2025 | 8.2.12 | Ended Jul 31, 2026 |
| 8.1 | Jun 30, 2025 | 8.1.3 | Ended Sep 30, 2025 |
| 8.0 | Oct 31, 2024 | 8.0.34 | Until Oct 31, 2029 |
| 7.3 | Mar 31, 2024 | 7.3.4 | Ended Oct 2, 2024 |
Source: endoflife.date