System Collections¶

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Synopsis¶

MongoDB stores system information in collections that use the <database>.system.* namespace, which MongoDB reserves for internal use. Do not create collections that begin with system.

MongoDB also stores some additional instance-local metadata in the local database, specifically for replication purposes.

Collections¶

System collections include these collections stored directly in the database:

<database>.system.namespaces¶: The <database>.system.namespaces collection contains information about all of the database’s collections. Additional namespace metadata exists in the database.ns files and is opaque to database users.

<database>.system.indexes¶: The <database>.system.indexes collection lists all the indexes in the database. Add and remove data from this collection via the ensureIndex() and dropIndex()

<database>.system.profile¶: The <database>.system.profile collection stores database profiling information. For information on profiling, see Database Profiling.

<database>.system.users: The <database>.system.users collection stores credentials for users who have access to the database. For more information on this collection, see Add a User to a Database and <database>.system.users.

<database>.system.js¶: The <database>.system.js collection holds special JavaScript code for use in server side JavaScript. See Store a JavaScript Function on the Server for more information.

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