$ docker-compose -f docker-compose.yml build --force-rm

$ docker-compose -f docker-compose.yml up

$ docker exec -it mongodb_mongodb_container_1 bash

• Username: root
• Password: rootpassword

$ mongo admin -u root -p rootpassword

It will connect to localhost port 27017.

Note that mongo command should be installed on the computer. On Linux this should be install mongodb-org-shell only. Refer to this for more detail https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/installation/

Show databases:

$ show dbs

Create new non-existant database:

$ use mydatabase

Show collections:

$ show collections

Show contents of a collection:

$ db.your_collection_name.find()

Save a data to a collection:

$ db.your_collection_name.save({"name":"Sony AK"})

Show database version:

$ db.version()

Enjoy your local MongoDB database server for any purpose you want, for me this setup is fine for testing purpose.