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Installation

MongoDB Community Server is available for free.

You can download installer for your operating system at https://www.mongodb.com/try/download/community

Install​

Download the installer by selecting,

  • Version - eg, 6.0.3
  • Platform - select your operating system
  • Package - select "server"
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Linux​

Ubuntu​

Install prerequisites
sudo apt-get install libcurl4 openssl liblzma5

Download the installer files.

Extract installer files
tar -zxvf mongodb-linux-*-6.0.1.tgz
Add MongoDB binaries to PATH environment variable
sudo ln -s  /path/to/the/mongodb-directory/bin/* /usr/local/bin/
OR
sudo cp <mongodb-install-directory>/bin/* /usr/local/bin/

RedHat​

Install prerequisites
sudo yum install libcurl openssl xz-libs

Download the installer files.

Extract installer files
tar -zxvf mongodb-linux-*-6.0.1.tgz
Add MongoDB binaries to PATH environment variable
sudo cp /path/to/the/mongodb-directory/bin/* /usr/local/bin/
OR
sudo ln -s  /path/to/the/mongodb-directory/bin/* /usr/local/bin/

macOS​

Download the installer files.

Extract installer files
tar -zxvf mongodb-macos-x86_64-6.0.tgz
Add MongoDB binaries to PATH environment variable
sudo cp /path/to/the/mongodb-directory/bin/* /usr/local/bin/
OR
sudo ln -s  /path/to/the/mongodb-directory/bin/* /usr/local/bin/

Windows​

Use following options to download Windows graphical MSI Installer

  • Version - eg, 6.0.1 (current)
  • Platform - select "Windows"
  • Package - select "msi"

Double-click the .msi file and follow the instructions.

Docker​

Run MongoDB docker​

Using docker image mongo. Run MongoDB container with name mongodb and expose port 27017.

docker run --name mongodb -d -p 27017:27017 mongo

Set data directory​

docker run --name mongodb -d -p 27017:27017 -v YOUR_LOCAL_DIR:/data/db mongo

Set network​

docker run --name mongodb -d --network mynetwork -p 27017:27017 -v YOUR_LOCAL_DIR:/data/db mongo

Set root username and password​

docker run --name mongodb -d -e MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_USERNAME=LearnDataNow \
-e MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_PASSWORD=LearnDataNow --network mynetwork -p 27017:27017 \
-v YOUR_LOCAL_DIR:/data/db mongo

Cloud Atlas​

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