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MongoDB containers with Docker Compose

Published February 2, 2024・Last updated June 28, 2026・1 min read

For Compose basics, see the Docker Compose overview. This post covers MongoDB with Mongo Express.

Prerequisites

  • Docker Compose installed

Configuration

The following configuration spins up the MongoDB container with the UI tool (Mongo Express).

The connection string for the MongoDB database is mongodb://localhost:27018.

Mongo Express is available at the http://localhost:8082 link. Use the below Basic auth credentials to log in to Mongo Express.

# docker-compose.yml
services:
  mongo:
    image: 'mongo:7.0.5'
    ports:
      - 27018:27017
    volumes:
      - my-data:/var/lib/mongodb/data
  mongo-express:
    image: 'mongo-express:1.0.2'
    ports:
      - 8082:8081
    environment:
      ME_CONFIG_BASICAUTH_USERNAME: username
      ME_CONFIG_BASICAUTH_PASSWORD: password
volumes:
  my-data:

Run the following command to spin up the containers.

docker compose up

Demo

Docker Compose files for this post live in the mongodb-docker-compose folder. Get access via code demos.