mongo-express

Web-based MongoDB admin interface written with Node.js, Express and Bootstrap3

Features

• Connect to multiple databases
• View/add/delete databases
• View/add/rename/delete collections
• View/add/update/delete documents
• Preview audio/video/image assets inline in collection view
• Nested and/or large objects are collapsible for easy overview
• Async on-demand loading of big document properties (>100KB default) to keep collection view fast
• GridFS support - add/get/delete incredibly large files
• Use BSON data types in documents
• Mobile / Responsive - Bootstrap 3 works passably on small screens when you're in a bind
• Connect and authenticate to individual databases
• Authenticate as admin to view all databases
• Database blacklist/whitelist
• Custom CA and CA validation disabling

Screenshots

Home Page	Database View	Collection View	Editing A Document

These screenshots are from version 0.30.40 View album for more screenshots: (server status, database views etc..) https://imgur.com/a/9vHsF

Usage (npm / CLI)

mongo-express requires Node.js v4 or higher.

To install:

npm install -g mongo-express

Or if you want to install a non-global copy:

npm install mongo-express

By default config.default.js is used where the basic access authentication is admin:pass. This is obviously not safe, and there are warnings in the console.

To configure:

Copy YOUR_PATH/node_modules/mongo-express/config.default.js into a new file called YOUR_PATH/node_modules/mongo-express/config.js.

Note: YOUR_PATH will depend on your current OS user and system configuration. You can see it in the output text shown after executing npm install.

Fill in your MongoDB connection details and any other options you want to change in config.js.

To run:

cd YOUR_PATH/node_modules/mongo-express/ && node app.js

If you installed it globally, you can immediately start mongo-express like this:

mongo-express -u user -p password -d database

Or if you want to use it as an administrator:

mongo-express -u superuser -p password

For help on configuration options:

mongo-express -h

Usage (Express 4 middleware)

To mount as Express 4 middleware (see node_modules/mongo-express/app.js):

var mongo_express = require('mongo-express/lib/middleware')
var mongo_express_config = require('./mongo_express_config')

app.use('/mongo_express', mongo_express(mongo_express_config))

Usage (Docker)

Make sure you have a running MongoDB container and specify it's name in the --link argument.

Use the docker hub image:

$ docker run -it --rm -p 8081:8081 --link YOUR_MONGODB_CONTAINER:mongo mongo-express

Build from source:

Build an image from the project directory, then run the image.

$ docker build -t mongo-express .
$ docker run -it --rm -p 8081:8081 --link YOUR_MONGODB_CONTAINER:mongo mongo-express

You can use the following environment variables to modify the container's configuration:

Name                              | Default         | Description
----------------------------------|-----------------|------------
`ME_CONFIG_MONGODB_SERVER`        |`mongo` or `localhost`| MongoDB host name or IP address. The default is `localhost` in the config file and `mongo` in the docker image.
`ME_CONFIG_MONGODB_PORT`          | `27017`         | MongoDB port.
`ME_CONFIG_MONGODB_ENABLE_ADMIN`  | `false`         | Enable administrator access. Send strings: `"true"` or `"false"`.
`ME_CONFIG_MONGODB_ADMINUSERNAME` | ` `             | Administrator username.
`ME_CONFIG_MONGODB_ADMINPASSWORD` | ` `             | Administrator password.
`ME_CONFIG_MONGODB_AUTH_DATABASE` | `db`            | Database name (only needed if `ENABLE_ADMIN` is `"false"`).
`ME_CONFIG_MONGODB_AUTH_USERNAME` | `admin`         | Database username (only needed if `ENABLE_ADMIN` is `"false"`).
`ME_CONFIG_MONGODB_AUTH_PASSWORD` | `pass`          | Database password (only needed if `ENABLE_ADMIN` is `"false"`).
`ME_CONFIG_SITE_BASEURL`          | `/`             | Set the express 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_BASICAUTH_USERNAME`    | `admin`         | mongo-express web login name. Sending an empty string will disable basic authentication.
`ME_CONFIG_BASICAUTH_PASSWORD`    | `pass`          | mongo-express web login password.
`ME_CONFIG_REQUEST_SIZE`          | `100kb`         | Used to configure maximum mongo update payload size. CRUD operations above this size will fail due to restrictions in [body-parser](https://www.npmjs.com/package/body-parser).
`ME_CONFIG_OPTIONS_EDITORTHEME`   | `rubyblue`      | Web editor color theme, [more here](http://codemirror.net/demo/theme.html).
`ME_CONFIG_SITE_SSL_ENABLED`      | `false`         | Enable SSL.
`ME_CONFIG_MONGODB_SSLVALIDATE`   | `true`          | Validate mongod server certificate against CA
`ME_CONFIG_SITE_SSL_CRT_PATH`     | ` `             | SSL certificate file.
`ME_CONFIG_SITE_SSL_KEY_PATH`     | ` `             | SSL key file.

Example:

docker run -it --rm \
    --name mongo-express \
    --link web_db_1:mongo \
    -p 8081:8081 \
    -e ME_CONFIG_OPTIONS_EDITORTHEME="ambiance" \
    -e ME_CONFIG_BASICAUTH_USERNAME="" \
    mongo-express

This example links to a container name typical of docker-compose, changes the editor's color theme, and disables basic authentication.

To use:

The default port exposed from the container is 8081, so visit http://localhost:8081 or whatever URL/port you entered into your config (if running standalone) or whatever config.site.baseUrl (if mounting as a middleware).

Usage (Bluemix)

Deploy to Bluemix

Doing manually:

• Git clone this repository
• Create a new or use already created MongoDB experimental service
• Change the file manifest.yml to fit your Bluemix app and service environment

Doing automatically:

• Click the button below to fork into IBM DevOps Services and deploy your own copy of this application on Bluemix

Then, take the following action to customize to your environment:

• Create your config.js file based on config.default.js
  • Check if it is necessary to change the dbLabel according to the MongoDB service created
  • Change the basicAuth properties, not to keep the default values

Search

• Simple search takes the user provided fields (key & value) and prepares a MongoDB find() object, with projection set to {} so returns all columns.
• Advanced search passes the find and projection fields/objects straight into MongoDB db.collection.find(query, projection). The find object is where your query happens, while the projection object determines which columns are returned.

See MongoDB db.collection.find() documentation for examples and exact usage.

Planned features

Pull Requests are always welcome! <3

• Support for replica set connections
• Site authentication
• Mongo Shell console (work in progress)

Limitations

• Documents must have document._id property to be edited
• Binary BSON data type not tested

Not tested

• Binary/BinData

JSON documents are parsed through a javascript virtual machine, so the web interface can be used for executing malicious javascript on a server.

mongo-express should only be used privately for development purposes.

BSON Data Types

The following BSON data types are supported in the mongo-express document editor/viewer.

Native Javascript Types

Strings, numbers, lists, booleans, null, etc.

All numbers in Javascript are 64-bit floating points.

ObjectID/ObjectId

ObjectID()

Creates a new Object ID type.

ObjectID(id)

Use Object ID with the given 24-digit hexadecimal string.

ISODate

ISODate()

Creates a new ISODate object with current time.

new Date() can also be used (note the new keyword there).

ISODate(timestamp)

Uses ISODate object with the given timestamp.

DBRef/Dbref

DBRef(collection, objectID)

DBRef(collection, objectID, database)

Object ID is the ID string, not the ObjectID type.

The database value is optional.

Timestamp

Timestamp()

Creates a new Timestamp object with a value of 0.

Timestamp(time, ordinal)

Example: Timestamp(ISODate(), 0).

See http://www.mongodb.org/display/DOCS/Timestamp+data+type for more info about the Timestamp data type.

Code

Code(code)

Code can be a native Javascript function, or it can be a string.

Specifying a scope/context is not supported.

MinKey

MinKey()

MaxKey

MaxKey()

Symbol

Symbol(string)

Example Document

Here is an example of a document which can be read/edited in mongo-express (media truncated for legibility):

{
  "_id": ObjectID(), // or ObjectId()
  "dates": {
    "date": ISODate("2012-05-14T16:20:09.314Z"),
    "new_date": ISODate(),
    "alternative": new Date()
  },
  "photo": "data:image/jpeg;base64,/9j/4...",
  "video": "data:video/webm;base64,GkXfo...",
  "audio": "data:audio/ogg;base64,T2dnUw...",
  "bool": true,
  "string": "hello world!",
  "list of numbers": [
    123,
    111e+87,
    4.4,
    -12345.765
  ],
  "reference": DBRef("collection", "4fb1299686a989240b000001"),
  "ts": Timestamp(ISODate(), 1),
  "minkey": MinKey(),
  "maxkey": MaxKey(),
  "func": Code(function() { alert('Hello World!') }),
  "symbol": Symbol("test")
}

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License

MIT License

Copyright (c) 2012 Chun-hao Hu

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