Install MongoDB on Ubuntu
Install MongoDB on Ubuntu – In this tutorial, we shall learn to install MongoDB Community Edition on Ubuntu 16.04. The process should remain same for 64 bit versions of Ubuntu 14.04 and Ubuntu 12.04.
Following is a quick overview of the steps we go through while installing MongoDB on Ubuntu.
- Import MongoDB GPG public key
- Create list file for MongoDB
- Reload Local Package Database
- Install MongoDB Packages
- Start MongoDB
- Stop MongoDB
Following is a detailed step by step guide to Install MongoDB on Ubuntu.
1 Import MongoDB GPG public key
Open a terminal and run the following command to import MongoDB GPG public key.
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv 0C49F3730359A14518585931BC711F9BA15703C6
root@arjun-VPCEH26EN:/home/arjun# sudo apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv 0C49F3730359A14518585931BC711F9BA15703C6 Executing: /tmp/tmp.2327Zvbpks/gpg.1.sh --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv 0C49F3730359A14518585931BC711F9BA15703C6 gpg: requesting key A15703C6 from hkp server keyserver.ubuntu.com gpg: key A15703C6: public key "MongoDB 3.4 Release Signing Key <packaging@mongodb.com>" imported gpg: Total number processed: 1 gpg: imported: 1 (RSA: 1)
2 Create list file for MongoDB
The list file changes from Ubuntu release to release.
Run the corresponding command in terminal for the Ubuntu version of yours.
Ubuntu Release | Command |
Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise) | echo “deb [ arch=amd64 ] http://repo.mongodb.org/apt/ubuntu precise/mongodb-org/3.4 multiverse” | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mongodb-org-3.4.list |
Ubuntu 14.04 (Trusty) | echo “deb [ arch=amd64 ] http://repo.mongodb.org/apt/ubuntu trusty/mongodb-org/3.4 multiverse” | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mongodb-org-3.4.list |
Ubuntu 16.04 (Xenial) | echo “deb [ arch=amd64,arm64 ] http://repo.mongodb.org/apt/ubuntu xenial/mongodb-org/3.4 multiverse” | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mongodb-org-3.4.list |
When run for Ubuntu 16.04 (Xenial)
root@arjun-VPCEH26EN:/home/arjun# echo "deb [ arch=amd64,arm64 ] http://repo.mongodb.org/apt/ubuntu xenial/mongodb-org/3.4 multiverse" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mongodb-org-3.4.list deb [ arch=amd64,arm64 ] http://repo.mongodb.org/apt/ubuntu xenial/mongodb-org/3.4 multiverse
3 Reload Local Package Database
Run the following command in terminal to reload local package database.
sudo apt-get update
4 Install MongoDB Packages
Running following command installs MongoDB Packages.
sudo apt-get install -y mongodb-org
... The following additional packages will be installed: mongodb-org-mongos mongodb-org-server mongodb-org-shell mongodb-org-tools The following NEW packages will be installed: mongodb-org mongodb-org-mongos mongodb-org-server mongodb-org-shell mongodb-org-tools 0 upgraded, 5 newly installed, 0 to remove and 5 not upgraded. Need to get 66.9 MB of archives. After this operation, 270 MB of additional disk space will be used. Get:1 http://repo.mongodb.org/apt/ubuntu xenial/mongodb-org/3.4/multiverse amd64 mongodb-org-shell amd64 3.4.9 [7,983 kB] Get:2 http://repo.mongodb.org/apt/ubuntu xenial/mongodb-org/3.4/multiverse amd64 mongodb-org-server amd64 3.4.9 [14.2 MB] Get:3 http://repo.mongodb.org/apt/ubuntu xenial/mongodb-org/3.4/multiverse amd64 mongodb-org-mongos amd64 3.4.9 [8,113 kB] Get:4 http://repo.mongodb.org/apt/ubuntu xenial/mongodb-org/3.4/multiverse amd64 mongodb-org-tools amd64 3.4.9 [36.5 MB] Get:5 http://repo.mongodb.org/apt/ubuntu xenial/mongodb-org/3.4/multiverse amd64 mongodb-org amd64 3.4.9 [3,526 B] Fetched 66.9 MB in 1min 48s (614 kB/s) Selecting previously unselected package mongodb-org-shell. (Reading database ... 1279975 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../mongodb-org-shell_3.4.9_amd64.deb ... Unpacking mongodb-org-shell (3.4.9) ... Selecting previously unselected package mongodb-org-server. Preparing to unpack .../mongodb-org-server_3.4.9_amd64.deb ... Unpacking mongodb-org-server (3.4.9) ... Selecting previously unselected package mongodb-org-mongos. Preparing to unpack .../mongodb-org-mongos_3.4.9_amd64.deb ... Unpacking mongodb-org-mongos (3.4.9) ... Selecting previously unselected package mongodb-org-tools. Preparing to unpack .../mongodb-org-tools_3.4.9_amd64.deb ... Unpacking mongodb-org-tools (3.4.9) ... Selecting previously unselected package mongodb-org. Preparing to unpack .../mongodb-org_3.4.9_amd64.deb ... Unpacking mongodb-org (3.4.9) ... Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.5-1) ... Setting up mongodb-org-shell (3.4.9) ... Setting up mongodb-org-server (3.4.9) ... Adding system user `mongodb' (UID 130) ... Adding new user `mongodb' (UID 130) with group `nogroup' ... Not creating home directory `/home/mongodb'. Adding group `mongodb' (GID 139) ... Done. Adding user `mongodb' to group `mongodb' ... Adding user mongodb to group mongodb Done. Setting up mongodb-org-mongos (3.4.9) ... Setting up mongodb-org-tools (3.4.9) ... Setting up mongodb-org (3.4.9) ...
5 Start MongoDB
To start MongoDB, run the following command in terminal
sudo service mongod start
To verify if MongoDB has started, check mongodb.log whose location is /var/log/mongodb/mongodb.log
2017-10-14T17:08:27.786+0530 I INDEX [initandlisten] build index done. scanned 0 total records. 0 secs 2017-10-14T17:08:27.787+0530 I COMMAND [initandlisten] setting featureCompatibilityVersion to 3.4 2017-10-14T17:08:27.787+0530 I NETWORK [thread1] waiting for connections on port 27017
MongoDB would be started and waiting for connections on 27017.
6 Stop MongoDB
To stop MongoDB, run the following command in terminal
sudo service mongod stop
2017-10-14T17:11:28.121+0530 I CONTROL [signalProcessingThread] got signal 15 (Terminated), will terminate after current cmd ends 2017-10-14T17:11:28.121+0530 I NETWORK [signalProcessingThread] shutdown: going to close listening sockets... 2017-10-14T17:11:28.121+0530 I NETWORK [signalProcessingThread] closing listening socket: 7 2017-10-14T17:11:28.122+0530 I NETWORK [signalProcessingThread] closing listening socket: 8 2017-10-14T17:11:28.122+0530 I NETWORK [signalProcessingThread] removing socket file: /tmp/mongodb-27017.sock 2017-10-14T17:11:28.122+0530 I NETWORK [signalProcessingThread] shutdown: going to flush diaglog... 2017-10-14T17:11:28.122+0530 I FTDC [signalProcessingThread] Shutting down full-time diagnostic data capture 2017-10-14T17:11:28.127+0530 I STORAGE [signalProcessingThread] WiredTigerKVEngine shutting down 2017-10-14T17:11:28.475+0530 I STORAGE [signalProcessingThread] shutdown: removing fs lock... 2017-10-14T17:11:28.475+0530 I CONTROL [signalProcessingThread] now exiting 2017-10-14T17:11:28.475+0530 I CONTROL [signalProcessingThread] shutting down with code:0 2017-10-14T17:11:28.475+0530 I CONTROL [initandlisten] shutting down with code:0
Conclusion
In this MongoDB Tutorial – Install MongoDB on Ubuntu, we have learnt to install MongoDB on Ubuntu, start MongoDB and stop MongoDB.