diff --git a/.env b/.env
index d56c6e0909fb7..1010665213d56 100644
--- a/.env
+++ b/.env
@@ -25,7 +25,10 @@ PRODUCT_OPENER_FLAVOR=openfoodfacts
 PRODUCT_OPENER_FLAVOR_SHORT=off
 POSTGRES_USER=productopener
 POSTGRES_PASSWORD=productopener
+MONGODB_HOST=mongodb
 MONGODB_CACHE_SIZE=8 # GB
+MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_USERNAME=root
+MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_PASSWORD=test
 ROBOTOFF_URL=http://host.docker.internal:5500 # connect to Robotoff running in separate docker-compose deployment
 GOOGLE_CLOUD_VISION_API_KEY=
 CROWDIN_PROJECT_IDENTIFIER=
@@ -33,5 +36,6 @@ CROWDIN_PROJECT_KEY=
 GEOLITE2_PATH=
 GEOLITE2_LICENSE_KEY=
 GEOLITE2_ACCOUNT_ID=
+ELASTICSEARCH_HOSTS=
 LOG_LEVEL_ROOT=TRACE
 LOG_LEVEL_MONGODB=TRACE
diff --git a/.github/workflows/mongo-deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/mongo-deploy.yml
index f4cf35b289f9c..5265bfa90637f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/mongo-deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/mongo-deploy.yml
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ jobs:
           echo "COMPOSE_PATH_SEPARATOR=;" >> .env
           echo "COMPOSE_FILE=docker/mongodb.yml" >> .env
           echo "MONGODB_CACHE_SIZE=${{ secrets.MONGODB_CACHE_SIZE }}" >> .env
+          echo "MONGODB_HOST=${{ secrets.HOST }}" >> .env
 
     - name: Create MongoDB Docker volume
       uses: appleboy/ssh-action@master
diff --git a/docker/dev.yml b/docker/dev.yml
index f3e4b7246ce78..cac50a38bc17e 100644
--- a/docker/dev.yml
+++ b/docker/dev.yml
@@ -57,6 +57,10 @@ services:
       - ./html:/opt/product-opener/html/
   mongodb:
     image: mongo:4.4
+    command: mongod --wiredTigerCacheSizeGB ${MONGODB_CACHE_SIZE}
+    environment:
+      - MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_USERNAME
+      - MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_PASSWORD
     networks:
       - webnet
     ports:
diff --git a/docker/mongodb.yml b/docker/mongodb.yml
index 5524d3d57fd0c..e6c1d4396d33e 100644
--- a/docker/mongodb.yml
+++ b/docker/mongodb.yml
@@ -6,8 +6,22 @@ services:
     command: mongod --wiredTigerCacheSizeGB ${MONGODB_CACHE_SIZE}
     volumes:
       - dbdata:/data/db
+    environment:
+      - MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_USERNAME
+      - MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_PASSWORD
     ports:
       - 27017:27017
+    networks:
+      - db
+  mongodb_exporter:
+    image: bitnami/mongodb-exporter:0
+    command: mongodb_exporter --discovering-mode --mongodb.uri=mongodb://${MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_USERNAME}:${MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_PASSWORD}@${MONGODB_HOST}:27017/admin?ssl=true
+    ports:
+      - 9216:9216
+    networks:
+      - db
+networks:
+  db:
 volumes:
   dbdata:
     external: true