--- title: How to install and configure mongodb on ubuntu 18.04 published: true description: tags: mongodb,mongo,mongodb install,sagar jethi ---

Introduction

MongoDB is opensource NoSQL(document) database and document database designed for ease of development. It provides Rich Query Language, High Availability, Horizontal Scalability, Support for Multiple Storage Engines. More check: official intriduction

Install MongoDB

The following is stepped to install MongoDB Community Edition. This step by step guideline which you can follow step 1. Import the public key used by the PMS(package management system) The Ubuntu package management tools ensure package consistency and authenticity by verifying that they are signed with GPG keys. The following command will import the MongoDB public GPG key. ``` sudo apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv 9DA31620334BD75D9DCB49F368818C72E52529D4 ``` step 2. Create a list file for MongoDB. Create a source list file for MongoDB ``` echo "deb [ arch=amd64 ] https://repo.mongodb.org/apt/ubuntu bionic/mongodb-org/4.0 multiverse" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mongodb-org-4.0.list ``` step 3 Reload local Ubuntu package database. ``` sudo apt-get update ``` step 4 Install the MongoDB package Install the latest version of MongoDB. ``` sudo apt-get install -y mongodb-org ``` Install a specific release of MongoDB. ``` sudo apt-get install -y mongodb-org=4.0.10 mongodb-org-server=4.0.10 mongodb-org-shell=4.0.10 mongodb-org-mongos=4.0.10 mongodb-org-tools=4.0.10 ``` For help with troubleshooting if errors encountered then check troubleshooting Configure and Run MongoDB te The following step by step instructions can excute after download MongoDB and not the unofficial MongoDB package provided by Ubuntu. Step 1:Start MongoDB. Follow command start mongodb ``` sudo service mongod start ``` Step 2 Verify that MongoDB has started successfully ``` sudo systemctl status mongod ``` ``` Output mongod.service - MongoDB Database Server Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/mongod.service; disabled; vendor preset: Active: active (running) since Fri 2019-07-19 16:50:52 IST; 15min ago Docs: https://docs.mongodb.org/manual Main PID: 30977 (mongod) CGroup: /system.slice/mongod.service └─30977 /usr/bin/mongod --config /etc/mongod.conf ``` you enable automatically starting MongoDB when the system starts. it is upto you ``` sudo systemctl enable mongod ``` Step 3 Stop MongoDB. By following command stop mongod ``` sudo service mongod stop ``` Step 4 Restart MongoDB. The following command to restart mongod: ``` sudo service mongod restart ``` Step 5 Begin using MongoDB. ``` mongo ```

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How to install and configure mongodb on ubuntu 18.04

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