It is easy to get started with Amazon DocumentDB
As a new Amazon DocumentDB customer, there are several quick and easy ways to get started. Within the Amazon DocumentDB console, CLI, or SDK, you can create an Amazon DocumentDB cluster to store, query, and index JSON data, or use the same application code, drivers and tools that you use with MongoDB workloads to start developing against Amazon DocumentDB today.
To start, you can browse the onboarding guides and developer resources below, or launch this 10-minute tutorial using AWS Cloud9 to set up a document databse with a mongo shell and run a few queries.
For more information, please see the Amazon DocumentDB developer guide.
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10-Minute Tutorial
Setting Up a Document Database
(10:00)Learn how to connect to your Amazon DocumentDB cluster from your AWS Cloud9 environment with a mongo shell and run a few queries.
Onboarding Guides
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Getting Started
12 Things You Should Know About Amazon DocumentDB
This post introduces you to 12 capabilities you may not be aware of that can help you build and scale your workloads.
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Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) with DocumentDB
This post introduces you to RBAC concepts and capabilities in DocumentDB, walks you through two use cases, discusses design considerations.
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Getting Started
Provision, Query DocumentDB Cluster
(3:00)Learn how to get started with Amazon DocumentDB. In this video, we will create a cluster in the AWS management console, provision an EC2 instance, and connect to the cluster with the mongo shell.
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Getting Started
Part 1 – using Amazon EC2
This post shows you how to get started with Amazon DocumentDB by creating an Amazon EC2 instance in your default Amazon VPC.
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Part 2 - using AWS Cloud9
This post shows you how to get started with Amazon DocumentDB with an AWS Cloud9 environment.
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Part 3 - using Robo 3T
This post shows you how to get started with Amazon DocumentDB and Robo 3T (formerly Robomongo).
Developer Resources
DEVELOPER GUIDE
Document databases are used for storing semistructured data as a document. Learn more about use cases, and working with documents.
DEVELOPER GUIDE
Review the high-level features of this document database, including clusters and instances, as well as pricing and interfaces.
DEVELOPER GUIDE
Before using Amazon DocumentDB, you should review the key concepts and features.
DEVELOPER FORUM
Get plugged into the developer community as you are getting started with Amazon DocumentDB. Browse recent discussions, or ask your own question to get answers from AWS experts.
Get started building with Amazon DocumentDB in the AWS Console.