System Collections¶

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 and in the config database for sessions information.

Collections¶

System collections include these collections stored in the admin database:

admin.system.roles¶

The admin.system.roles collection stores custom roles that administrators create and assign to users to provide access to specific resources.

admin.system.users¶

The admin.system.users collection stores the user’s authentication credentials as well as any roles assigned to the user. Users may define authorization roles in the admin.system.roles collection.

admin.system.version¶

The admin.system.version collection stores metadata to suport internal operations. Do not modify this collection unless specifically instructed to in this documentation or by a MongoDB support engineer.

System collections include these collections stored in the config database:

config.system.indexBuilds¶

New in version 4.4.版本4.4中的新功能。

The indexBuilds collection stores information related to in-progress index builds.

System collections also include these collections stored directly in each database:

<database>.system.namespaces¶

Removed in 4.2

Starting in MongoDB 4.2, <database>.system.namespaces has been removed (access to the collection has been deprecated since 3.0). To list the collections in a database, use the listCollections command instead.

<database>.system.indexes¶

Removed in 4.2

Starting in MongoDB 4.2, <database>.system.indexes has been removed (access to the collection has been deprecated since 3.0). To list the inndexes, use the listIndexes command instead.

<database>.system.profile¶

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

<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.

<database>.system.views¶

The <database>.system.views collection contains information about each view in the database.