MongoDB — Installation

Requirements

• Windows 10+, macOS 10.14+, Linux
• 4GB RAM minimum
• 10GB disk space

Windows

1. Download MongoDB Community Server
2. Run installer
3. Choose complete installation
4. Install as service

macOS

# Install Homebrew
/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"

# Add MongoDB tap
brew tap mongodb/brew

# Install
brew install mongodb-community

# Start service
brew services start mongodb-community

Linux (Ubuntu)

# Import public key
wget -qO - https://www.mongodb.org/static/pgp/server-7.0.asc | sudo apt-key add -

# Add repository
echo "deb [ arch=amd64,arm64 ] https://repo.mongodb.org/apt/ubuntu jammy/mongodb-org/7.0 multiverse" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mongodb-org-7.0.list

# Install
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y mongodb-org

# Start
sudo systemctl start mongod

Docker

docker run -d -p 27017:27017 --name mongodb mongo:latest

Verify

mongosh
db.runCommand({ ping: 1 })

Mini Practice

1. Install MongoDB
2. Start the service
3. Connect with mongosh
4. Verify installation

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