percona-server-mongodb

packaged by Chainguard

Chainguard Container for percona-server-mongodb

Percona Server for MongoDB is a free, enhanced, fully compatible, open source, drop-in replacement for MongoDB Community Edition with enterprise-grade features, including encryption at rest (KMIP, HashiCorp Vault), audit logging, and the perconadecrypt tool.

Chainguard Containers are regularly-updated, secure-by-default container images.

Download this Container Image

For those with access, this container image is available on cgr.dev:

docker pull cgr.dev/ORGANIZATION/percona-server-mongodb:latest

Be sure to replace the ORGANIZATION placeholder with the name used for your organization's private repository within the Chainguard Registry.

Compatibility Notes

Chainguard's Percona Server for MongoDB container image is comparable to the upstream percona/percona-server-mongodb image. It ships the same /entrypoint.sh (ps-entry.sh), so the upstream initialization workflow is preserved:

• MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_USERNAME / MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_PASSWORD (and *_FILE variants) create the initial admin user on first start.
• MONGO_INITDB_DATABASE and /docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/ initialization scripts are honored.
• The container runs as the non-root mongodb user (uid 1001), and mongod is started under numactl --interleave=all.

The image bundles mongosh, the MongoDB database tools (mongodump, mongorestore, ...), and the Percona telemetry agent. The legacy mongo shell is not included (matching the upstream image); use mongosh instead.

Like most Chainguard images, it includes only the minimum packages needed to function and does not include a package manager.

Getting Started

Start a server with an initial admin user:

docker run -d --name psmdb \
  -e MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_USERNAME=root \
  -e MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_PASSWORD=secret \
  cgr.dev/ORGANIZATION/percona-server-mongodb:latest

Then connect with mongosh:

docker exec -it psmdb mongosh -u root -p secret --authenticationDatabase admin

Telemetry

To match upstream behavior, Percona telemetry is enabled by default (the image phones home to check.percona.com). Set PERCONA_TELEMETRY_DISABLE=1 to turn it off.

Documentation

For more information, see the Percona Server for MongoDB documentation.

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