Installing mongodb over Ubuntu 22.04

Hi folks,

Ubuntu 22.04 was released less than a week ago so doesn’t have official MongoDB packages available yet. The build team is aware and will set up appropriate packaging & testing infrastructure to validate new packages.

Relevant Jira issues to watch are:

I don’t have a specific ETA to share at the moment, but I’d generally recommend waiting for essential software packages to be available before committing to major O/S upgrades.

If you are an early adopter of a new O/S release, suggested interim workarounds would be:

  • Run your MongoDB deployment on separate hosts with supported O/S versions (eg 20.04 LTS)

  • Run MongoDB in a container/VM with a supported O/S version

  • Use a hosted version of MongoDB (eg MongoDB Atlas) so you have fewer direct dependencies on O/S updates

All of these approaches use official binaries, so you are less likely to run into novel issues.

For a development environment you could also consider:

However, I would be very wary of mixing & matching packages intended for different O/S versions (especially for a production environment) as those combinations have not been thoroughly tested.

Regards,
Stennie

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