MongoDB - Installation on CentOS

Installation Steps

Install MongoDB v4.0.10 Community Edition :-

• Configure the package management system (yum) :-

              Create a /etc/yum.repos.d/mongodb-org-4.0.repo file so that you can install MongoDB directly using yum.

       $ Sudo vi /etc/yum.repos.d/mongodb-org-4.0.repo                  

[mongodb-org-4.0]        name=MongoDB Repository        baseurl=https://repo.mongodb.org/yum/redhat/$releasever/mongodb-org/4.0/x86_64/        gpgcheck=1        enabled=1        gpgkey=https://www.mongodb.org/static/pgp/server-4.0.asc

• Install the MongoDB packages:-

       $ sudo yum install -y mongodb-org

• Directory Paths :-

             By default, MongoDB runs using the mongod user account and uses the following default directories:

       /var/lib/mongo (the data directory)

       /var/log/mongodb (the log directory)

• Configuration :-

              Update the below on /etc/mongod.conf file.

# network interfaces               net:               port: 27017               bindIp: 0.0.0.0   #Authentication                security:                authorization: enabled

              

• Start MongoDB :-

              $ sudo service mongod start

• Connect MongoDB :-

              $ mongo