What Versions of MongoDB Has This Node Run?
Ever wanted to know how many different versions of MongoDB the current node has run under? Assuming the node’s local database hasn’t been reset (for example via an initial sync), it will contain a startup_log collection that holds this information. On startup, each mongod instance inserts a document into the startup_log capped collection (capped at 10MB) with diagnostic information about the mongod instance itself and host information.
This collection can be used to generate a report using this diagnostic information using the following script run from a mongo or mongosh shell connected to your cluster:
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var lastVersion = null;
print("Process Last Started\tMongoDB Version\tCommand Line Options");
db.getSiblingDB("local").startup_log.find({}).sort({ startTime: -1 }).forEach(function(d) {
if (d.buildinfo.version != lastVersion) {
lastVersion = d.buildinfo.version;
print([d.startTime.toUTCString(), lastVersion, JSON.stringify(d.cmdLine)].join('\t'));
}
});
The output above will return tab-delimited results, however these could be easily updated to produce a CSV or Markdown table similar to the following:
| Process Last Started | MongoDB Version | Command Line Options |
|---|---|---|
| Fri, 10 Dec 2021 19:18:30 GMT | 4.4.10 | { “config”: … } |
| Thu, 14 Oct 2021 18:08:53 GMT | 4.4.9 | { “config”: … } |
| Wed, 08 Sep 2021 18:22:50 GMT | 4.4.8 | { “config”: … } |
| Sat, 10 Jul 2021 13:33:24 GMT | 4.4.6 | { “config”: … } |
| Thu, 06 May 2021 18:12:19 GMT | 4.4.5 | { “config”: … } |
| Sat, 27 Mar 2021 18:10:53 GMT | 4.4.4 | { “config”: … } |
| Thu, 18 Mar 2021 18:47:19 GMT | 4.2.12 | { “config”: … } |
| Thu, 21 Jan 2021 20:47:22 GMT | 4.2.11 | { “config”: … } |
| Sat, 21 Nov 2020 15:41:39 GMT | 4.2.10 | { “config”: … } |
| Wed, 16 Sep 2020 09:58:36 GMT | 4.2.9 | { “config”: … } |
| Sun, 16 Aug 2020 10:52:48 GMT | 4.2.8 | { “config”: … } |
| Sat, 30 May 2020 18:13:48 GMT | 4.2.6 | { “config”: … } |
| Thu, 28 May 2020 18:23:28 GMT | 4.2.7 | { “config”: … } |
| Thu, 21 May 2020 18:15:00 GMT | 4.2.6 | { “config”: … } |
| Thu, 02 Apr 2020 18:27:14 GMT | 4.2.5 | { “config”: … } |
| Thu, 02 Apr 2020 11:50:29 GMT | 4.2.3 | { “config”: … } |
| Thu, 02 Apr 2020 11:47:16 GMT | 4.0.16 | { “config”: … } |
| Wed, 01 Apr 2020 19:26:17 GMT | 3.6.17 | { “config”: … } |
| Mon, 06 Jan 2020 19:19:03 GMT | 3.6.16 | { “config”: … } |
| Tue, 26 Nov 2019 19:01:22 GMT | 3.6.15 | { “config”: … } |
| Fri, 08 Nov 2019 19:30:40 GMT | 3.6.14 | { “config”: … } |
| Fri, 26 Jul 2019 19:12:13 GMT | 3.6.13 | { “config”: … } |
| Tue, 04 Jun 2019 19:19:59 GMT | 3.6.12 | { “config”: … } |
| Thu, 28 Mar 2019 19:21:07 GMT | 3.6.11 | { “config”: … } |
I ran this against one of my development MongoDB Atlas clusters to show how version information persists regardless of the order of upgrade or major/minor version used.
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