Tools

mongosniff

http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/reference/program/mongosniff/

Use the following command to connect to a mongod or mongos running on port 27017 and 27018 on the localhost interface:

mongosniff --source NET lo 27017 27018

Use the following command to only log invalid BSON objects for the mongod or mongos running on the localhost interface and port 27018, for driver development and troubleshooting:

mongosniff --objcheck --source NET lo 27018