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Quickstart: Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB - Node.js

This is a simple Express web application to illustrate common basic usage of Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB with Node.js

Prerequisites

• Docker
• Azure Developer CLI
• Node.js 22 or newer

Quickstart

1. Log in to Azure Developer CLI. This is only required once per-install.

   azd auth login

2. Initialize this template (cosmos-db-mongodb-nodejs-quickstart) using azd init.

   azd init --template cosmos-db-mongodb-nodejs-quickstart

3. (Optional) Select either vcore or request-unit account type using azd env set.

   azd env set "MONGODB_DEPLOYMENT_TYPE" "vcore"

   azd env set "MONGODB_DEPLOYMENT_TYPE" "request-unit"

4. Ensure that Docker is running in your environment.

5. Use azd up to provision your Azure infrastructure and deploy the web application to Azure.

   azd up

6. Observed the deployed web applications.