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Install MongoDB Community Edition on Ubuntu¶
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Overview¶
Use this tutorial to install MongoDB Community Edition on LTS Ubuntu
Linux systems using .deb
packages.
Important
The unofficial mongodb
package provided by Ubuntu is
not maintained by MongoDB. You should always use the official
MongoDB mongodb-org
packages, which are kept up-to-date with the
most recent major and minor MongoDB releases.
Platform Support¶
Note
- Support for Ubuntu 12.04 has been removed from MongoDB 3.4.15+.
MongoDB only provides packages for the following 64-bit LTS (long-term support) Ubuntu release(s):
- 14.04 LTS (trusty)
- 16.04 LTS (xenial)
See Supported Platforms for more information.
Packages¶
MongoDB provides officially supported packages in their own repository. This repository contains the following packages:
Package Name | Description |
---|---|
mongodb-org |
A metapackage that will automatically install
the four component packages listed below. |
mongodb-org-server |
Contains the mongod daemon and associated
configuration and init scripts. |
mongodb-org-mongos |
Contains the mongos daemon. |
mongodb-org-shell |
Contains the mongo shell. |
mongodb-org-tools |
Contains the following MongoDB tools: mongoimport
bsondump , mongodump , mongoexport ,
mongofiles , mongooplog ,
mongoperf , mongorestore , mongostat ,
and mongotop . |
The mongodb-org-server
package provides an initialization script
that starts mongod
with the /etc/mongod.conf
configuration file.
See Run MongoDB Community Edition for details on using this initialization script.
These packages conflict with the mongodb
, mongodb-server
, and
mongodb-clients
packages provided by Ubuntu.
The default /etc/mongod.conf
configuration file supplied by the
packages have bind_ip
set to 127.0.0.1
by default. Modify
this setting as needed for your environment before initializing a
replica set.
Install MongoDB Community Edition¶
Note
To install a different version of MongoDB, please refer to that version’s documentation. For example, see version 3.2.
MongoDB only provides packages for the following 64-bit LTS (long-term support) Ubuntu release(s):
- 14.04 LTS (trusty)
- 16.04 LTS (xenial)
See Supported Platforms for more information.
Import the public key used by the package management system.¶
From a terminal, issue the following command to import the MongoDB public GPG Key from https://www.mongodb.org/static/pgp/server-3.4.asc:
The operation should respond with an OK
.
Create a list file for MongoDB.¶
Create the /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mongodb-org-3.4.list
list file using
the command appropriate for your version of Ubuntu:
- Ubuntu 14.04
- Ubuntu 16.04
Reload local package database.¶
Issue the following command to reload the local package database:
Run MongoDB Community Edition¶
Most Unix-like operating systems limit the system resources that a session may use. These limits may negatively impact MongoDB operation. See UNIX ulimit Settings for more information.
The MongoDB instance stores its data files in /var/lib/mongodb
and its log files in /var/log/mongodb
by default,
and runs using the mongodb
user account. You can specify alternate log and data file
directories in /etc/mongod.conf
. See systemLog.path
and storage.dbPath
for additional information.
If you change the user that runs the MongoDB process, you
must modify the access control rights to the /var/lib/mongodb
and
/var/log/mongodb
directories to give this user access to these
directories.
Verify that MongoDB has started successfully¶
Verify that the mongod
process has started
successfully:
You can also check the log file for the current status of the
mongod
process, located at:
/var/log/mongodb/mongod.log
by default. A running
mongod
instance will indicate that it is ready for
connections with the following line:
[initandlisten] waiting for connections on port 27017
Begin using MongoDB.¶
To help you start using MongoDB, MongoDB provides Getting Started Guides in various driver editions. See Getting Started for the available editions.
Before deploying MongoDB in a production environment, consider the Production Notes document.
Later, to stop MongoDB, press Control+C
in the terminal where the
mongod
instance is running.
Uninstall MongoDB Community Edition¶
To completely remove MongoDB from a system, you must remove the MongoDB applications themselves, the configuration files, and any directories containing data and logs. The following section guides you through the necessary steps.
Warning
This process will completely remove MongoDB, its configuration, and all databases. This process is not reversible, so ensure that all of your configuration and data is backed up before proceeding.
Remove Packages.¶
Remove any MongoDB packages that you had previously installed.
Remove Data Directories.¶
Remove MongoDB databases and log files.