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Install MongoDB on OS X¶
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MongoDB 2.2 is available through the MongoDB Download site.
Manual Installation¶
Download the Latest Release¶
In a system shell, download the latest release for 64-bit OS X.
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. 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 the
alternate directory has the appropriate permissions.
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.
The previous command starts a mongod
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.