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Install MongoDB on Linux Systems¶
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Compiled versions of MongoDB for Linux provide a simple option for installing MongoDB for other Linux systems without supported packages.
Installation Process¶
MongoDB provides archives for both 64-bit and 32-bit Linux. Follow the installation procedure appropriate for your system.
Install for 64-bit Linux¶
Download the Latest Release¶
In a system shell, download the latest release for 64-bit Linux.
You may optionally specify a different version to download.
Extract MongoDB From Archive¶
Extract the files from the downloaded archive.
Optional: Copy MongoDB to Target Directory¶
Copy the extracted folder into another location, such as mongodb
.
Optional: Configure Search Path¶
To ensure that the downloaded binaries are in your PATH
, you can
modify your PATH
and/or create symbolic links to the MongoDB
binaries in your /usr/local/bin
directory
(/usr/local/bin
is already in your PATH
). You can find
the MongoDB binaries in the bin/
directory within the archive.
Install for 32-bit Linux¶
Download the Latest Release¶
In a system shell, download the latest release for 32-bit Linux.
You may optionally specify a different version to download.
Extract MongoDB From Archive¶
Extract the files from the downloaded archive.
Optional: Copy MongoDB to Target Directory¶
Copy the extracted folder into another location, such as mongodb
.
Optional: Configure Search Path¶
To ensure that the downloaded binaries are in your PATH
, you can
modify your PATH
and/or create symbolic links to the MongoDB
binaries in your /usr/local/bin
directory
(/usr/local/bin
is already in your PATH
). You can find
the MongoDB binaries in the bin/
directory within the archive.
Run MongoDB¶
Set Up the Data Directory¶
Before you start mongod
for the first time, you will need
to create the data directory (i.e. dbpath
). By default, mongod
writes
data to the /data/db
directory.
You can specify an alternate path for data files using the
--dbpath
option to mongod
. If
you use an alternate location for your data directory, ensure that this
user can write to the alternate data directory.
Start MongoDB¶
To start mongod
, run the executable mongod
at the
system prompt.
For example, if your PATH
includes the location of the
mongod
binary, enter mongod
at the system prompt.
If your PATH
does not include the location of the mongod
binary, enter the full path to the mongod
binary.
Starting mongod
without any arguments starts a MongoDB
instance that writes data to the /data/db
directory. To specify an
alternate data directory, start mongod
with the
--dbpath
option:
Whether using the default /data/db
or an alternate directory,
ensure that the user account running mongod
has read and
write permissions to the directory.