Prerequisites

This section describes the requirements and the compatible versions for Foglight for MongoDB.

MongoDB Version Requirements

Foglight for MongoDB is compatible with MongoDB 2.4+. However, some data may not be available in earlier versions. The following list shows the minimum MongoDB versions required to monitor certain features.

Additionally, Foglight for MongoDB can be used to monitor MongoDB clusters hosted on the MongoDB’s PaaS offering Atlas, with some minor platform restrictions. The Foglight for Atlas MongoDB cartridge offers additional monitoring of Atlas-specific features, and is the recommended option for such clusters.

v4.2.0:

Profiled operation query hash is available. The hash is used as a grouping field when aggregating operations for Profiled Operation Historical Aggregates. Prior to this version, the command takes the place of query hash as a group-by field.

v3.4.4:

Profiled operation command is available. Examples include “find”, “dbStats”, and “getMore”. The command is used as a grouping field when aggregating operations for Profiled Operation Historical Aggregates. Prior to this version, grouping is by namespace and operation only.

v3.3.12:

Autosplit enabled metric available for sharded clusters.

v3.0.0:

Replica set configuration available.

Log cache sample available.

v2.6.0:

User and role data available.