# Configuration and Maintenance

This section describes routine management operations, including updating your MongoDB deployment's configuration.

Outlines common MongoDB configurations and examples of best-practice configurations for common use cases.

Upgrade a MongoDB deployment to a different patch release within the same major release series.

Start, configure, and manage running `mongod` process.

Stop in progress MongoDB client operations using `db.killOp()` and `maxTimeMS()`.

Archive the current log files and start new ones.

