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How to Set Up Amazon DocumentDB with Laravel
Amazon DocumentDB is a fully managed NoSQL database service that’s designed to be compatible with MongoDB.
Setting it up with Laravel can help you scale your applications effortlessly while leveraging the powerful features that DocumentDB offers. This guide will walk you through the steps to set up Amazon DocumentDB with Laravel.
1. What is Amazon DocumentDB?
Amazon DocumentDB is a scalable, fully managed document database service that is designed to store, query, and index JSON data. It is API-compatible with MongoDB, making it a perfect solution for applications that require document-oriented storage. DocumentDB supports high availability and automatic scaling and integrates seamlessly with AWS services.
2. Pre-Requisites
Before you begin setting up Amazon DocumentDB with Laravel, make sure you have the following:
- An AWS account.
- A Laravel application running on your local or production server.
- Composer installed.
- The
mongodb
PHP driver installed on your server (since Amazon DocumentDB is MongoDB-compatible).