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How to install MongoDB on Ubuntu 22.0 LTS

ihteshamulhaq510

ihtesham510

Posted on December 9, 2022

How to install MongoDB on Ubuntu 22.0 LTS

Install the Dependencies 

sudo apt update
apt install dirmngr gnupg apt-transport-https ca-certificates software-properties-common
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Add MongoDB GDB key 

wget -qO - https://www.mongodb.org/static/pgp/server-5.0.asc | sudo apt-key add -
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Create a list for MongoDB 

echo "deb [ arch=amd64,arm64 ] https://repo.mongodb.org/apt/ubuntu focal/mongodb-org/5.0 multiverse" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mongodb-org-5.0.list
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update the local package Datebase

sudo apt-get update
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install the mongodb using the following command

sudo apt-get install -y mongodb-org
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if you run into an error like this

Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 mongodb-org-mongos : Depends: libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.1) but it is not installable
 mongodb-org-server : Depends: libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.1) but it is not installable
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
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Run the folloing commands:

echo "deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/focal-security.list

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install libssl1.1
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Start the MongoDB service and enable it to start automatically after rebooting the system.

systemctl start mongod
systemctl enable mongod
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Now, check the status of the MongoDB service.

systemctl status mongod
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Output:

root@crown:~# systemctl status mongod
ā— mongod.service - MongoDB Database Server
     Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/mongod.service; enabled; vendor preset>
     Active: active (running) since Wed 2022-03-23 18:54:34 UTC; 51min ago
       Docs: https://docs.mongodb.org/manual
   Main PID: 3619 (mongod)
     Memory: 172.3M
        CPU: 18.403s
     CGroup: /system.slice/mongod.service
             ā””ā”€3619 /usr/bin/mongod --config /etc/mongod.conf
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To verify whether the installation has completed successfully by running the following command.

mongo --eval 'db.runCommand({ connectionStatus: 1 })'
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Output:

root@crown:~# mongo --eval 'db.runCommand({ connectionStatus: 1 })'
MongoDB shell version v5.0.6
connecting to: mongodb://127.0.0.1:27017/?compressors=disabled&gssapiServiceName=mongodb
Implicit session: session { "id" : UUID("9722b711-f1f0-43f2-aec6-f6172da9d237") }
MongoDB server version: 5.0.6
{
        "authInfo" : {
                "authenticatedUsers" : [ ],
                "authenticatedUserRoles" : [ ]
        },
        "ok" : 1
}
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Creating Administrative MongoDB user

First, access the MongoDB shell.

mongo
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Output:

root@crown:~#  mongo
MongoDB shell version v5.0.6
connecting to: mongodb://127.0.0.1:27017/?compressors=disabled&gssapiServiceName=mongodb
Implicit session: session { "id" : UUID("08890b80-d543-47c1-8523-57ac3c66cf73") }
MongoDB server version: 5.0.6
================
Warning: the "mongo" shell has been superseded by "mongosh",
which delivers improved usability and compatibility.The "mongo" shell has been deprecated and will be removed in
an upcoming release.
For installation instructions, see
https://docs.mongodb.com/mongodb-shell/install/
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Connect to the admin Database:

use admin
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Output:

> use admin
switched to db admin
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List the users and see if you can list the created user.

show users
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Output:

> show users
{
        "_id" : "admin.mongoAdmin",
        "userId" : UUID("861b55a3-eaf2-4617-ac4e-34f5284f8a87"),
        "user" : "mongoAdmin",
        "db" : "admin",
        "roles" : [
                {
                        "role" : "userAdminAnyDatabase",
                        "db" : "admin"
                }
        ],
        "mechanisms" : [
                "SCRAM-SHA-1",
                "SCRAM-SHA-256"
        ]
}
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This concludes the installation and setup of MongoDB on your Ubuntu 22.04 server.

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Posted on December 9, 2022

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