# Percona Distribution for MongoDB 4.2.12 (2021-02-03)

| **Release date** | February 3, 2021   |
| ---------------- | ------------------ |
| **Installation** | [Install Percona Distribution for MongoDB](installation.md)|
    

Percona Distribution for MongoDB is a collection of solutions to run and operate your
MongoDB efficiently with the data being consistently backed up.

Percona Distribution for MongoDB includes the following components:

* *Percona Server for MongoDB* is a fully compatible source-available, drop-in replacement
for MongoDB.

* *Percona Backup for MongoDB* is a distributed, low-impact solution for achieving
consistent backups of MongoDB sharded clusters and replica sets.

This release of Percona Distribution for MongoDB is based on [Percona Server for MongoDB 4.2.12-13](https://docs.percona.com/percona-server-for-mongodb/4.2/release_notes/4.2.12-13.html) and [Percona Backup for MongoDB 1.4.1](https://docs.percona.com/percona-backup-mongodb/release-notes/1.4.1.html).