Installing mongo database is comparatively simpler and hassle free as compared to traditional databases.The main idea of mongo database is to assist on the go application development with providing minimum overhead in understanding and implementing underlying database architecture.
Mongo Installation in Unix/Linux/Ubuntu
1. Import the public key used by the package management system.
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv 2930ADAE8CAF5059EE73BB4B58712A2291FA4AD5
Create a list file for MongoDB
echo "deb [ arch=amd64 ] https://repo.mongodb.org/apt/ubuntu trusty/mongodb-org/3.6 multiverse" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mongodb-org-3.6.list
2. Reload local package database
sudo apt-get update
3. Install the MongoDB packages
sudo apt-get install -y mongodb-org
Install a specific release of MongoDB
sudo apt-get install -y mongodb-org=3.6.4 mongodb-org-server=3.6.4 mongodb-org-shell=3.6.4 mongodb-org-mongos=3.6.4 mongodb-org-tools=3.6.4
4. Pin a specific version of MongoDB
echo "mongodb-org hold" | sudo dpkg --set-selections
echo "mongodb-org-server hold" | sudo dpkg --set-selections
echo "mongodb-org-shell hold" | sudo dpkg --set-selections
echo "mongodb-org-mongos hold" | sudo dpkg --set-selections
echo "mongodb-org-tools hold" | sudo dpkg --set-selections
Mongo Installation in Windows
To install MongoDB on Windows, download the Windows zip from the MongoDB
downloads page. Use the advice in the previous section to choose the correct version of
MongoDB. There are 32-bit and 64-bit releases for Windows, so select whichever version
you’re running. When you click the link, it will download the .zip. Use your favorite
extraction tool to unzip the archive.
Now you need to make a directory in which MongoDB can write database files. By
default, MongoDB tries to use the \data\db directory on the current drive as its data
directory (for example, if you’re running mongod on C:, it’ll use C:\data\db). You can
create this directory or any other empty directory anywhere on the filesystem. If you
chose to use a directory other than \data\db, you’ll need to specify the path when you
start MongoDB, which is covered in a moment.
Now that you have a data directory, open the command prompt (cmd.exe). Navigate to
the directory where you unzipped the MongoDB binaries and run the following:
If you chose a directory other than C:\data\db, you’ll have to specify it here, with the
--dbpath argument:
$ bin\mongod.exe --dbpath C:\Documents and Settings\Username\My Documents\db
Installing as a Service
MongoDB can also be installed as a service on Windows. To install, simply run with the
full path, escape any spaces, and use the --install option. For example:
$ C:\mongodb-windows-32bit-1.6.0\bin\mongod.exe
--dbpath "\"C:\Documents and Settings\Username\My Documents\db\"" --install
It can then be started and stopped from the Control Panel.
