在Azure中运行MongoDB

Question

How to run MongoDB on WindowsAzure? Should instance be deployed on a virtual machine? Are there any out-of-the-box solutions like images for virtual machines or anything else? How to run replica sets on WindowsAzure?

I saw this article http://docs.mongodb.org/ecosystem/platforms/windows-azure/ but I feel like it is already out of date. Is it?

Any best practices, help or info would be appreciated!

Answer 1

The article that you refer to describes the options quite well. You have three options:

1. Running MongoDB in worker roles (as linked to in the article). Before Azure VMs, worker roles were the only option, but I wouldn't recommend it.
2. You can try the MongoDB database as as service offerings that are available in the add-ons store. This would be a good way to try it out. For longer term, you will have to ask around for peoples' experience.
3. I recommend that you run MongoDB on a Linux VM. That way you have full control and support from the linux/MongoDB community. Replica sets would the be 'out the box'. The article links to a walkthrough on a CentOS image. You can also get a pre-built image from VMDepot such as this Ubuntu one . The VMDepot images seem to work very well and are a good start for people with less Linux experience.

Edit : MongoLab seems to be gaining traction, and is getting support from Scott Guthrie . As a service that has affinity with Azure datacentres, it is worth evaluating.

Answer 2

You can use MongoLab - Here goes the Tutorial on Azure

Using MongoLab all the maintenance (atleast in DB engine itself) will be taken care by MongoLab guys. That will remove lot of maintenance overheads on your side.