MongoDB

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MongoDB is server-side database software used for storage in some CMSes.

IndieWeb Examples

IndieWeb community members using MongoDB for storage with their projects:

Ben Werdmuller

Ben Werdmüller's werd.io runs Known with MongoDB since 2013-05 (werd.io launch, just before IndieWebCamp 2013).

Michael Owens

Michael Owens uses Indie.js on mowens.com which has used MongoDB for its data store since July 2014.

Past IndieWeb Examples

• none yet (possibly Ben Werdmüller at some point when he switches werd.io from MongoDB to MySQL)

See Also

• storage
• database
• databases-antipattern
• 2017-12-15 Seems Like Cyber Criminals Steal Database Containing Every Registered Voter in the State of California

  In early December Kromtech security researchers discovered an unprotected instance of MongoDB database that appear to have contained voter data. … was avaiable for anybody with Internet

• 2017-01-12 Need help because your MongoDB installation was hit by ransomware?

  … wave of ransomware attacks hitting misconfigured MongoDB installations. … any MongoDB installation indexed by Shodan.io that had or has Port 27017 open has been either wiped out by now or remains at risk.

• 2017-01-06 MongoDB.com: How to Avoid a Malicious Attack That Ransoms Your Data
• https://twitter.com/mikedicarlo/status/976658279081259009
  • "Let’s not use mongo this time. :)" @mikedicarlo March 21, 2018
• FerretDB: a MongoDB compatible layer for PostgreSQL (and SQLite). Ferret was founded “when [MongoDB] switched to an SSPL license, moving away from their open-source roots” to become “the true open-source alternative” (archived source).