--- title: What’s New in PSMDB Sandbox: Six Months of Updates description: PSMDB Sandbox, Percona's open source browser UI for deploying MongoDB test environments, has added major features over six months. It can now deploy Percona... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/what-s-new-in-psmdb-sandbox-six-months-of-updates-taxyxtivu twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: What’s New in PSMDB Sandbox: Six Months of Updates | daily.dev og:description: PSMDB Sandbox, Percona's open source browser UI for deploying MongoDB test environments, has added major features over six months. It can now deploy Percona... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/what-s-new-in-psmdb-sandbox-six-months-of-updates-taxyxtivu og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/tAxYxTivU.png og:image:alt: What’s New in PSMDB Sandbox: Six Months of Updates og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # What’s New in PSMDB Sandbox: Six Months of Updates **[Percona Blog](https://daily.dev/sources/percona)** · 5 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary PSMDB Sandbox, Percona's open source browser UI for deploying MongoDB test environments, has added major features over six months. It can now deploy Percona ClusterSync for MongoDB (PCSM) for migration testing, monitored through PMM. MongoDB 9.0 is now selectable for new deployments, though PBM, mongot, and PCSM stay disabled until verified. Other additions include HashiCorp Vault-backed encryption, mongot for vector search, LDAP authentication, post-deployment topology changes, and plgm, which replaces YCSB as the load generator. Cloud deployments now run Ansible playbooks in parallel for faster setup. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How do I deploy MongoDB 9.0 in Percona's PSMDB Sandbox? Set mongo_release to '9.0' and mongo_version to '9.0.2' in the replsets configuration block, with enable_pmm and enable_pbm set to false. PBM, mongot, and PCSM are disabled for MongoDB 9.x until verified, so the sandbox rejects those combinations before installing anything. PSMDB 9.0 options appear in the UI once packages are published. _Testing MongoDB 9.0 upgrades? Keep up with sandbox and compatibility updates on daily.dev._ ### What replaced YCSB as the benchmarking tool for MongoDB in PSMDB Sandbox? YCSB has been replaced by plgm, the Percona Load Generator for MongoDB. The UI now has a dedicated Load Generator section, and AWS and GCP targets include a Compute & Storage section with benchmark settings. Hardware Presets fill in production-like profiles such as Atlas-like M30 to M80, IO-heavy, and latest generation configurations. _Benchmarking database clusters? Track tooling changes like this one on daily.dev._ ### How can I test MongoDB migrations with Percona ClusterSync? PSMDB Sandbox can deploy Percona ClusterSync for MongoDB (PCSM) between a source and target cluster in one environment, with the PCSM version selectable in the UI. PCSM hosts appear in the Hosts & Connections panel, and Percona Monitoring & Management (PMM) monitors PCSM so replication progress can be watched during a migration test. _Planning a MongoDB migration? Follow tooling like ClusterSync testing setups on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Percona ClusterSync for MongoDB 1.0.0 is Generally Available](https://daily.dev/posts/percona-clustersync-for-mongodb-1-0-0-is-generally-available-ppy4pzytd) · Percona Blog · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [How We Built an Automated, Production-Ready Sharded MongoDB Infrastructure](https://daily.dev/posts/how-we-built-an-automated-production-ready-sharded-mongodb-infrastructure-n1vi9g1lo) · Trendyol Tech · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Percona ClusterSync for MongoDB Goes Highly Available: Active-Standby Failover](https://daily.dev/posts/percona-clustersync-for-mongodb-goes-highly-available-active-standby-failover-i9pcaezq8) · Percona Blog · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Migrating from MongoDB 6.0 to 8.0: How Percona ClusterSync Handles Cross-Version Replication](https://daily.dev/posts/migrating-from-mongodb-6-0-to-8-0-how-percona-clustersync-handles-cross-version-replication-xy8u0qodj) · Percona Blog · 1 upvotes · 1 comments --- Tags: [#database](https://daily.dev/tags/database), [#mongodb](https://daily.dev/tags/mongodb), [#terraform](https://daily.dev/tags/terraform), [#vector-search](https://daily.dev/tags/vector-search) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/what-s-new-in-psmdb-sandbox-six-months-of-updates-taxyxtivu) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"What’s New in PSMDB Sandbox: Six Months of Updates","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/what-s-new-in-psmdb-sandbox-six-months-of-updates-taxyxtivu","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/what-s-new-in-psmdb-sandbox-six-months-of-updates-taxyxtivu"},"datePublished":"2026-10-30T12:34:28.240Z","dateModified":"2026-10-30T12:34:55.319Z","description":"PSMDB Sandbox, Percona's open source browser UI for deploying MongoDB test environments, has added major features over six months. 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