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MonkDB - Databases Cheat Seet

MonkDB Team
November 24, 2025
10 Minutes

Why This Cheat Sheet is Valuable? Provides concise reference guidance for both new and experienced users of MonkDB. Bridges the gap between architecture, implementation, and operations — helpful for product adoption, training, and rollout. Tailored specifically for industrial use-cases (mining, rare earth, heavy industry) — not just general database usage. Supports rapid onboarding of development, implementation and operations teams with standardised patterns and checklists.

Cheat Sheet – Key Sections & Content

1. Installation & Setup

  • Prerequisites: OS, memory, disk requirements, network configuration.

  • MonkDB service startup commands (CLI / Docker / Kubernetes).

  • Configuration parameters: TLS setup, Pgwire connection, REST API credentials.

2. Data Ingestion Pipeline

  • Connectors: SCADA historians, OPC-UA, MQTT, RTLS tags, CSV/JSON bulk ingest.

  • Real-time streaming ingestion best practices: batching, fault-tolerance, checkpointing.

  • Schema mapping and ingestion templates for time-series, vector, geospatial, document.

3. Unified Data Model

  • Table types:

    • SQL relational tables (business metadata)

    • Time-series tables (sensor & RTLS data)

    • Vector indexes (image/hyperspectral, semantic search)

    • Geospatial layers (mine topology, asset locations)

    • Document stores (lab reports, compliance logs)

  • Sample schemas and naming conventions.

  • Guidelines for partitioning, index usage, retention policies.

4. Query & Analytics

  • SQL syntax – supported extensions, joins across table types.

  • Time-series query patterns: rolling windows, delta, event detection.

  • Vector search patterns: embedding retrieval, K-NN, similarity filtering.

  • Geospatial query patterns: spatial joins, buffer, containment.

  • Combined queries: e.g., “find all high-gas zones (time-series) within 500 m of the blast site (geospatial) where hyperspectral anomaly (vector) exists”.

5. Agent Configuration & Orchestration

  • MonkAgent setup steps: domain logic definition, policy encoding, workflows.

  • Orchestration patterns: advisory → semi-auto → closed-loop.

  • Agent-agent coordination examples: ventilation agent interacting with fleet agent under energy constraints.

  • Audit & logging: immutable records, versioning of agent rules, traceability.

6. Operationalisation & Scaling

  • Dashboard templates for energy, safety, maintenance KPIs.

  • M&V templates: shift-wise reports, ROI calculation frameworks.

  • Governance & compliance: RBAC, RLS, encryption at rest (via encrypted SSD), external policy engine integration.

  • Scaling best practices: multi-site deployment, data replication, disaster recovery.

7. Troubleshooting & Best Practices

  • Common issues: ingestion lag, vector index build time, query performance bottlenecks.

  • Performance tuning: partition strategy, indexing, caching recommendations.

  • Safety & compliance caveats: strict segregation of control logic, fallback to manual override rules.

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