MongoDB connection

For mongo db adapter, you should enable the replication in MongoDB. 

1. Start MongoDB server with replication enabled.

./mongod --dbpath=<some_path > --replset "rs0"

keep this MongoDb server running. 

2. Connect to MongoDB using mongo client.

./mongo 

2.1) type rs.initiate() on the mongo client's terminal. It initiates replication.

2.2) Create database

2.3) Create collection. ( You can use movies database or songs database that we have)

2.4) Configure srch2's config file to listen to MongoDB. ( Make sure you have correct schema in Config file)

2.5) start inserting records in MongoDB and trace how our adapter picks that update from MongoDB.

How MongoDB adapter works:   MongoDB creates a  "oplog" entry in JSON format for each insert/update/delete on a collection of a database. The mongoDB adapter of our engine reads the oplog entries and fetches the required information. MongoDB creates oplog entry only if replication is enabled.

I would suggest you should get yourself familiar with MongoDB. Understanding MongoDB is essential for writing a good adapter. Same applies for MySQL Db. Our current adapter has limited functionality. Explore how we can expand it and also make the existing one very robust.


UPDATE: mongod is a server process, it will wait in the loop for client. User another terminal and start mongo client and follow the step 2.
UPDATE: Start/Stop OP http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/tutorial/install-mongodb-on-ubuntu/
UPDATE: Command mongod --dbpath=/var/lib/mongodb --replset "rs0"