---
title: "Getting started with Public Cloud Databases for MongoDB"
description: "Get started with MongoDB Free Tier through the OVHcloud Control Panel"
url: https://docs.ovhcloud.com/de/guides/public-cloud/databases/mongodb-getting-started
lang: de
lastUpdated: 2024-02-05
---
# Getting started with Public Cloud Databases for MongoDB

## Objective

**This guide will take you through the first steps of creating and connecting to a forever-free MongoDB Discovery managed cloud database service.**


## Requirements

- A [Public Cloud project](https://www.ovhcloud.com/de/public-cloud/) in your OVHcloud account


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### OVHcloud Control Panel Access

- **Direct link:** <ManagerLink to="/#/pci/projects">Public Cloud Projects</ManagerLink>
- **Navigation path:** <code className="action">Public Cloud</code> > Select your project

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## Instructions

Click on `Databases
` in the left-hand navigation bar under **Databases & Analytics**
.
Click the `Create a database instance
` button (click `Create a service
` if your project already contains databases).
### Select the database type

Between all database engines, select **MongoDB**. You can choose to change the version to install from the drop-down menu.

### Review the order

The **Discovery** plan is selected by default along with the following options:

- The region is set to `Gravelines (GRA)`.
- The node type is set to `db2-free` (with a 512 MB storage).
- The number of nodes is set to `3`.
- The network type is `Public (internet)`.

:::info
The **Discovery** plan will let you start with MongoDB for **free** with limited settings options and storage.

:::

Review the service settings and click on the `Order
` button.
Within a few minutes, your **Discovery** MongoDB service will be deployed.

### Connectivity settings

Once the service is up and running you will be able to configure it to accept incoming connections. A [dedicated guide](/de/guides/public-cloud/databases/mongodb-manage-control-panel.md) is available to help you configure your service after installation.

### Testing the service

When the service is running and accepting incoming connections, the next step is to access the service. The common way to do so is to use **MongoDB Compass** to connect to the service, following [this guide](/de/guides/public-cloud/databases/mongodb-connect-compass.md).

If **MongoDB Compass** is not your preferred method, read these other guides to connect to the service:

- [Connect with CLI](/de/guides/public-cloud/databases/mongodb-connect-cli.md)
- [Connect with Python](/de/guides/public-cloud/databases/mongodb-connect-python.md)
- [Connect with PHP](/de/guides/public-cloud/databases/mongodb-connect-php.md)

Other integration examples can be found on the following repository: [https://github.com/ovh/public-cloud-databases-examples/tree/main/databases/mongodb](https://github.com/ovh/public-cloud-databases-examples/tree/main/databases/mongodb).

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