MongoDB data source

MongoDB is a distributed document database. The MongoDB data source plugin allows you to visualize data from MongoDB in Grafana.

The following documentation will help you get started working with MongoDB and Grafana:

Requirements

The MongoDB data source has the following requirements:

A MongoDB version 5.0+ instance with at least one user.
Any free or paid Grafana Cloud plan or an activated on-prem Grafana Enterprise license. Contracted Cloud customers should refer to their agreement.
Port 27017 enabled.

Known limitations

Following are current known limitations:

Only find and aggregate read commands are supported.
Refer to Diagnostics for a list of currently supported diagnostics commands.
Regex flags g and s are not supported.

Get the most out of the MongoDB data source

After installing and configuring MongoDB you can:

Create a wide variety of visualizations.
Add annotations.
Configure and use templates and variables.
Add transformations.
Set up alerting.
Set up proxying. Refer to Configure a data source connection proxy for configuration instructions.

Note
Proxying requires Grafana v10.x and the feature toggle secureSocksDSProxy set to Enabled.

Always ensure that your plugin version is up-to-date so you have access to all current features. Navigate to Plugins and data > Plugins to check for updates.