MongoDB is a Free and open-source cross-platform document-oriented database program. Classified as a NoSQL database program, MongoDB avoids the traditional table-based relational database structure in favor of JSON-like documents with dynamic schemas, making the integration of data in certain types of applications easier and faster.
- Login into your VPS via ssh
- Create mongodb repository file using an editor as below.
nano /etc/yum.repos.d/mongodb.repo - If you are running a 64-bit system, add the below information to the file you have created.
[mongodb]
name=MongoDB Repository
baseurl=http://downloads-distro.mongodb.org/repo/redhat/os/x86_64/
gpgcheck=0
enabled=1 - Press CTRL+x to exit and press Y to save the file as per screenshot.
- It will ask to confirm filename and path. Just press enter.
- As a best practice, we should also update our package using below command.
yum -y update - Now, run below command to install MongoDB.
yum -y install mongodb-org mongodb-org-server
That's it. MongoDB is installed. Below are some useful commands.
- Start-Up MongoDB - systemctl start mongod
- Check MongoDB Service Status - systemctl status mongod
- Enter the MongoDB Command Line - mongo
- Shutdown MongoDB - systemctl stop mongod
- Summary List of Status Statistics (Continuous) - mongostat
- Summary List of Status Statistics (5 Rows, Summarized Every 2 Seconds) - mongostat --rowcount 5 2
- By default MongoDB server listening on port 27017 on the localhost interface.To change mongodb listening port to 22222 :: mongo --port 22222