Oracle Autonomous Database Dedicated Now Supports MongoDB API: A Major Leap in Multimodel Data Handling

 Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) continues its journey of innovation and customer-centric enhancements. In a significant update, Oracle Autonomous Database Dedicated (ADB-D) now supports MongoDB API, bringing together the robustness of Oracle’s Autonomous Database and the flexibility of document-based NoSQL workloads.

This update allows organizations to run MongoDB-compatible workloads natively on Oracle Autonomous Database Dedicated—without changing application code. It's a game-changer for enterprises looking to consolidate diverse data models while maintaining high performance, availability, and security.

What’s New in This Release?

With this latest release, customers can now:

Use MongoDB API in Autonomous Database Dedicated

• ADB-D now offers a MongoDB-compatible API, allowing applications that use MongoDB drivers or tools (such as MongoDB Shell, MongoDB Compass, or Mongoose for Node.js) to interact directly with Autonomous Database.

• Developers can create, read, update, and delete JSON-style documents as if they are interacting with a MongoDB database.

• It supports a subset of MongoDB operations, offering great performance and operational efficiency for JSON document-based apps.

Unified Data Platform for Relational + Document Workloads

• This feature allows you to run both relational (SQL-based) and document (MongoDB API-based) workloads on the same underlying autonomous infrastructure.

• Leverage Oracle’s autonomous management, patching, scaling, and monitoring features for MongoDB-compatible apps, eliminating the need for separate NoSQL environments.

How It Works – MongoDB API on ADB-D

• MongoDB API is exposed over a dedicated endpoint configured for each Autonomous Database-Dedicated deployment.

• Users can create JSON Collections which are stored as Oracle SODA (Simple Oracle Document Access) collections but accessed via MongoDB API.

• Authentication, role management, and security policies are seamlessly enforced using Oracle’s unified identity and access model.

You can access this MongoDB API support through the Command Line Interface for Dedicated Deployment (CMDBA), which helps in managing deployments, configuring endpoints, and enabling features like high availability, patching, and scaling.

Key Benefits

Application Compatibility

No need to rewrite your existing MongoDB applications. Simply redirect them to the MongoDB API endpoint in ADB-D.

Enterprise-Grade Security

Leverage Oracle's built-in security features—data encryption, access control, and auditing—without compromise.

Elastic Scalability

Scale compute and storage resources independently with Autonomous scaling, even for MongoDB workloads.

Operational Simplicity

Enjoy the benefits of Oracle’s autonomous features—patching, backups, indexing, and performance tuning—with minimal administration overhead.

Getting Started

1. Provision an Autonomous Database Dedicated deployment via OCI Console.

2. Use CMDBA CLI to enable and configure the MongoDB API endpoint.

3. Connect your MongoDB tools or drivers using the provided connection string.

4. Start building document-based apps on Oracle’s robust cloud infrastructure.

 Who Should Use This?

• Enterprises looking to modernize or consolidate their NoSQL and relational databases.

• Startups building cloud-native applications needing both SQL and JSON data handling.

• Data architects and developers who want flexibility in choosing the best data model for each microservice.

Final Thoughts

With MongoDB API support, Oracle redefines what an enterprise-class database platform can offer. You can now unify diverse workloads in one powerful, secure, and autonomous platform—without compromise.

This update makes Oracle Autonomous Database Dedicated not just a destination for SQL workloads, but a truly multimodal data platform for the future.