dotCloud

If You Don’t Have a dotCloud Account Yet¶

Well, what are you waiting for? :-)

Go ahead and create one (it’s free!) and install the CLI:

sudo easy_install pip; sudo pip install dotcloud

If you need help to get the CLI running, check the dotCloud install docs and don’t hesitate to ask for help.

With a dotCloud Account¶

The following snippet will deploy MongoDB on dotCloud for you in no time:

mkdir mongodb-on-dotcloud
cat >mongodb-on-dotcloud/dotcloud.yml <<EOF
db:
  type: mongodb
EOF
dotcloud push mongorocks mongodb-on-dotcloud
dotcloud info mongorocks.db

The last command will show you the host, port, and credentials to be used to connect to your database.

Scaling¶

Assuming you followed the instructions of the previous section, if you want to get a replica sets of 3 servers:

dotcloud scale mongorocks db=3

Advanced Use¶

If you want to have a closer look at your MongoDB server, nothing beats SSH access:

dotcloud ssh mongorocks.db

More Docs¶

• dotCloud documentation for the MongoDB service
• generic introduction to dotCloud (in case you want to run not only MongoDB, but also Node.js, Python, Ruby, Perl, Java, RabbitMQ, Redis, MySQL, PostgreSQL, CouchDB, Riak, Erlang, or something else, on dotCloud)

Ready-to-use Apps¶

All you need to do to run them is a git clone and a dotcloud push:

• Django setup using MongoDB to store objects
• MongoDB + Node.js sample app

Getting help¶

dotCloud has a Q&A site, and the dotCloud team can be reached through the FreeNode IRC network on hash tag “dotcloud”.