-v, --version | View your current mongosh version |
--shell | Enables the shell interface. If you invoke the mongosh command and specify a JavaScript file as an argument, or use --eval to specify JavaScript on the command line, the --shell option provides the user with a shell prompt after the file finishes executing |
--eval <javascript> | Evaluates a JavaScript expression that is specified as an argument. mongosh does not load its own environment when evaluating code. As a result many options of the shell environment are not available. The result of evaluating a JavaScript argument is printed to your command line |
--help, -h | Returns information on the options and use of the MongoDB Shell |
--authenticationDatabase <dbname> | Specifies the authentication database where the specified --username has been created. See Authentication Database |
--gssapiHostName <hostname> | Specify the hostname of a service using GSSAPI/Kerberos. Only required if the hostname of a machine does not match the hostname resolved by DNS |
--gssapiServiceName <saslServiceName> | Specify the name of the service using GSSAPI/Kerberos. Only required if the service does not use the default name of mongodb |
--password, -p <password> | Specifies a password with which to authenticate to a MongoDB database that uses authentication. Use in conjunction with the --username and --authenticationDatabase options |
--username, -u <username> | Specifies a username with which to authenticate to a MongoDB database that uses authentication. Use in conjunction with the --password and --authenticationDatabase options |
--retryWrites | Enables retryable writes as the default for sessions in the MongoDB Shell |
--authenticationMechanism <authentication mechanism> | Specifies the authentication mechanism the MongoDB Shell uses to authenticate to the mongod or mongos |
--nodb | Prevents the shell from connecting to any database instances |
--norc | Prevents the shell from sourcing and evaluating ~/.mongoshrc.js on startup |
--quiet | Skips all messages during startup (such as welcome messages and startup warnings) and goes directly to the prompt |
--verbose | Increases the verbosity of the shell output during the connection process and when running commands |
--port <port> | Specifies the port where the mongod or mongos instance is listening. If --port is not specified, the MongoDB Shell attempts to connect to port 27017 |
--tls | Enables connection to a mongod or mongos that has TLS SSL support enabled |
--tlsAllowInvalidHostnames | Disables the validation of the hostnames in the certificate presented by the mongod/mongos instance. Allows the MongoDB Shell to connect to MongoDB instances even if the hostname in the server certificates do not match the server's host |
--tlsAllowInvalidCertificates | Bypasses the validation checks for the certificates presented by the mongod/mongos instance and allows connections to servers that present invalid certificates |
--tlsDisabledProtocols <protocols> | Disables the specified TLS protocols |
--tlsCAFile <filePath> | Specifies the .pem file that contains the root certificate chain from the Certificate Authority. This file is used to validate the certificate presented by the mongod/mongos instance |
--tlsCRLFile <filePath> | Specifies the .pem file that contains the root certificate chain from the Certificate Authority. This file is used to validate the certificate presented by the mongod/mongos instance |
--tlsCertificateKeyFile <filePath> | Enables connection to a mongod or mongos that has TLS SSL support enabled |