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Category: Amazon DocumentDB
Get started with the Amazon DocumentDB JDBC driver
Amazon DocumentDB (with MongoDB compatibility) is a scalable, highly durable, and fully managed database service for operating mission-critical MongoDB workloads. SQL is the de facto standard for data and analytics and one of the most popular languages among data engineers and data analysts. The Amazon DocumentDB JDBC driver provides a SQL interface that allows SQL-based […]
Introducing Geospatial query capabilities for Amazon DocumentDB (with MongoDB compatibility)
Amazon DocumentDB (with MongoDB compatibility) is a database service that is purpose-built for JSON data management at scale, fully managed and integrated with AWS, and enterprise-ready with high durability. This post introduces you to the new geospatial query capabilities in Amazon DocumentDB, specifically the $nearSphere query operator and the $geoNear aggregation pipeline stage. For more […]
Introducing Amazon DocumentDB (with MongoDB compatibility) user-defined roles for access control
Amazon DocumentDB (with MongoDB compatibility) is a database service that is purpose-built for JSON data management at scale, fully managed and integrated with AWS, and enterprise-ready with high durability. Amazon DocumentDB added support for role-based access control (RBAC) with user-defined roles. Support for user-defined roles builds upon the existing Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) functionality, allowing […]
How to use segmentation to improve performance for large MongoDB and Amazon DocumentDB migrations in AWS DMS
When you’re migrating from a MongoDB or Amazon DocumentDB (with MongoDB compatibility) database using AWS Database Migration Service (AWS DMS) in full load mode, a primary consideration is the ability to performantly migrate data. By default, when you provision a replication instance in AWS DMS, it uses a single threaded process to migrate data. A […]
Build purpose-built database AMIs using Amazon EC2 Image Builder
Managing virtual machine images that you standardize through configuration, consistent security patching, and hardening (also called “golden images”) is a time-consuming task. System administrators and database administrators responsible for these tasks have to define the characteristics of these images (such as which software to pre-install, which versions to use, and which security configurations to apply). […]
Evaluate Amazon DocumentDB (with MongoDB compatibility) configurations using AWS Config
It’s common practice for organizations to define compliance and standards for all applications and software they interact with, such as databases, storage, network, and compute. The key drivers are to comply with different regulations to achieve security and audit certifications according to the domain they operate in. AWS Config allows you to create rules and […]
Migrate from Azure Cosmos DB API for MongoDB to Amazon DocumentDB (with MongoDB Compatibility) using the online method
Amazon DocumentDB (with MongoDB compatibility) is a fast, scalable, highly available, and fully managed document database service that supports MongoDB workloads. The Amazon DocumentDB Migration Guide outlines three primary approaches for migrating from MongoDB to Amazon DocumentDB: offline, online, and hybrid. Although the migration guide refers to MongoDB, you can use the offline migration approach […]
Build a GraphQL API for Amazon DocumentDB (with MongoDB compatibility) using AWS AppSync
AWS AppSync is a fully managed service that makes it easy to develop GraphQL APIs by handling the heavy lifting of securely connecting to data sources like Amazon DynamoDB, AWS Lambda, and more. Adding caches to improve performance, subscriptions to support real-time updates, and client-side data stores that keep off-line clients in sync are just […]
Cross-account replication with Amazon DocumentDB (with MongoDB compatibility) and AWS DMS
Customers running their database workloads using Amazon DocumentDB (with MongoDB compatibility) might need to replicate data from one AWS account to another. By doing so, you can achieve faster development or QA environment refreshes, which provides a production-like environment to troubleshoot current production issues, and share data with partners. Amazon DocumentDB provides support for copying […]
Introducing Amazon DocumentDB (with MongoDB compatibility) global clusters
Amazon DocumentDB (with MongoDB compatibility) is a fast, scalable, highly available, and fully managed document database service that supports MongoDB workloads. You can use the same MongoDB 3.6, 4.0, or 5.0 application code, drivers, and tools to run, manage, and scale workloads on Amazon DocumentDB without worrying about managing the underlying infrastructure. As a document […]







