Question 1

MongoDB - Connect Database with MongoDB Compass

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Step-by-step guide to connect to a MongoDB database instance using MongoDB Compass, provided by Galaxy Databases.

Objective

This guide provides detailed instructions on how to connect to a MongoDB database instance using MongoDB Compass, a popular Open Source (SSPL) management tool for MongoDB.

Requirements

Access to the Galaxy Control Panel.
Request a MongoDB database from the Galaxy team.
MongoDB Compass installed (stable version) and an internet connection.

Instructions

Installation

To install MongoDB Compass: Follow the official documentation.

Connect with MongoDB Compass

Open MongoDB Compass: Launch MongoDB Compass on your computer.
Enter Connection Details: In the connection field, enter the Service URI provided by the Galaxy team.
Establish Connection: Click "Connect" to establish a connection to the MongoDB instance.

Detailed Steps

Access the Control Panel: Ensure you have access to the Galaxy Control Panel to obtain the credentials and the database service URI.
Request the Database: Contact the Galaxy team and request the creation of a MongoDB database.
Install MongoDB Compass: If MongoDB Compass is not installed, visit the official website and follow the installation instructions for your operating system.
Obtain the Service URI: In the Galaxy Control Panel, nav

Question 2

Billing

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Learn how Galaxy bills per plan and container size

Flexible Payment Options

We offer four different plan levels to choose from, each suited to various use cases:

Free Plan
Essential
Professional
Enterprise

Deciding which plan best suits your needs will depend on the features available for each plan, as well as the container sizes and usage needed for your app. Your pricing varies with the plan selected and the quantity and size of containers used to run your app, pro-rated to the second. Note: Free accounts support up to 1 Tiny container per app.

All Galaxy accounts start on the Free Plan. Once you have an app deployed, your account will be charged based on your container size and plan selected on your Galaxy. You only pay for what you use. If you stop or delete all of your running apps, you will not be charged.

For all paid accounts, billing from the beginning to the end of the month will be billed at the beginning of the following month. If you stop or delete your app during the month, you’ll only be billed for your usage until the point when you stop or delete your app.

Container Usage Pricing (Monthly)

Approximate costs per container/plan:

Tiny: 256MB RAM, 0.3 ECU. Essential: $9 / month. Professional: $18 / month
Compact: 512MB RAM, 0.5 ECU. Essential: $29 / month. Professional: $40 / month
Standard: 1GB RAM, 1 ECU. Essential: $58 / month. Professional: $79 / month
Double: 2GB RAM, 2 ECU. Essential: $115 / month. Profes

Question 3

Deploy to Galaxy

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Learn how to deploy on Galaxy by setting up Push to Deploy. The easiest and fastest way of deploying your Meteor app.

Sign up for Meteor Cloud

You need a Meteor Cloud account in order to deploy your apps. If you don't have one yet, you can sign up here.

Deploy a new app

Start by going to your Meteor Cloud account. Then go to Apps > Deploy new app. Once there, you'll see this configuration page:

Go ahead and click on the GitHub/Bitbucket button. An authentication popup from GitHub/Bitbucket will show up. On this popup, you can choose the individual account or organization that you want to give us access to. You don't need to give access to all your repositories if you don't want to. Later you can go on GitHub/Bitbucket and change your permissions to authorize more repositories.

If you don't use GitHub/Bitbucket, please let us know your favorite Git provider in the link below the git provider options button.

After connecting to your git provider, you'll automatically go to the second step. In the second step, you need to choose your account from the git provider and then choose the repository where the Meteor app you want to deploy is located.

Now just click on Next Step and you'll get to the third and last

Question 4

Getting Started with APM

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Learn how to start with Monti APM

This guide will help you get started with Monti APM, to better understand how your app behaves and identify areas for improvement.

Installation

Run meteor add montiapm:agent inside your Meteor project.
Once you have deployed your app, enable "Galaxy Professional" from the app settings page.

Migrate from Meteor APM

Your app cannot have both Meteor APM and Monti APM agents enabled at the same time.

This means that you'll need to remove the mdg:meteor-apm-agent package from your app.

Run meteor add montiapm:agent inside your Meteor project to install the Monti APM agent.
Run meteor remove mdg:meteor-apm-agent inside your Meteor project to remove the old Meteor APM agent.

Migrate from existing Monti APM configuration

In order to use our provided Monti APM app, you will need to remove any existing Monti APM configuration from your app.

To ensure that Monti APM will connect with our provided app, you will need to:

Ensure there's no "monti" settings in your Meteor settings file.
Ensuring you don't call Monti.connect() in your code.

Monitoring your app

After connecting your app to Monti APM following the steps above, your app will send information to Monti APM. Visit Galaxy 2 to find links to your Monti APM dashboard.

Links can be found in your app overview page.

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Question 5

Deploy a new app using the command line

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Galaxy simplifies deploying, scaling, and monitoring your Meteor application. This guide offers step-by-step instructions for deploying your app with the Meteor command line.

Deploy a new app Use the Meteor CLI to deploy applications to Galaxy. Ensure you're logged into a Meteor Developer Account with Galaxy deployment permissions. Verify your login status using the command meteor whoami.

To deploy your Meteor app, run this command inside your app's directory:

meteor deploy [hostname]

Example:

meteor deploy simpletasks.meteorapp.com

This command deploys your app to the US East region with the Essential plan and Tiny container size.

To deploy with the free plan and use our Shared MongoDB Cluster, use:

meteor deploy simpletasks.meteorapp.com --free --mongo

Learning more Available Regions

Your DEPLOY_HOSTNAME varies by region:

US East: DEPLOY_HOSTNAME=galaxy.meteor.com

EU West: DEPLOY_HOSTNAME=eu-west-1.galaxy.meteor.com

Asia-Pacific: DEPLOY_HOSTNAME=ap-southeast-2.galaxy.meteor.com

Choose a Hostname

For easy access to your application, pick a public hostname. Use either a custom domain or the provided *.meteorapp.com domain.

Using the Provided Domain:

For US East region apps, format as<hostname>.meteorapp.com.
For EU West region apps, format as <hostname>.eu.meteorapp.com.
For Asia-Pacific region apps, format as <hostname>.au.meteorapp.com.

Using a Custom Domain:

Point

Question 6

Deployment configurations

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Overview

Learn how to configure an application on Galaxy.

Configure your domain name

The first thing you should do is verify that the deployment was successful. Check to see if the application is accessible by navigating to its URL. Then check the application logs in Galaxy at galaxy.meteor.com/app/<app_name>/logs to see if there are any errors that are affecting the deployment.

Once your application is successfully deployed, head on over to your Galaxy dashboard to configure your application by adding a custom domain name and enabling SSL encryption.

Add a domain in your application’s settings and point your DNS to:

galaxy-ingress.meteor.com for applications in the US East region.
eu-west-1.galaxy-ingress.meteor.com for applications in the EU West region.
ap-southeast-2.galaxy-ingress.meteor.com for applications in the Asia-Pacific region.

If you are deploying to a root domain (for example mydomain.com), then follow the advanced instructions here.

Enable encryption to secure sensitive data by generating a free Let’s Encrypt certificate by clicking on Generate Certificate or uploading your own custom certificate.

Configure your MongoDB

If your Meteor application has a pac

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