tommongo: Install MongoDB using YUM Installer

Install MongoDB using YUM Installer – Linux

Here am gonna show you an example to install MongoDB 3.2 version using YUM installer UNIX

Configure the package management system (yum)

Create a /etc/yum.repos.d/mongodb-org-3.2.repo file so that you can install MongoDB directly, using yum.

For the latest stable release of MongoDB - Use the following repository file,

[mongodb-org-3.2]

name=MongoDB Repository

baseurl=https://repo.mongodb.org/yum/redhat/$releasever/mongodb-org/3.2/x86_64/

gpgcheck=1

enabled=1

gpgkey=https://www.mongodb.org/static/pgp/server-3.2.asc

# sudo vi /etc/yum.repos.d/mongodb-org-3.2.repo

Copy and paste the repo file here

# :wq

Install the MongoDB packages and associated tools.

To install the latest stable version of MongoDB, issue the following command:

# sudo yum install -y mongodb-org

Just trigger this command, after successful completion you can see the below screen –

By default, after the installation the below mentioned files will be created –

/var/log/mongodb/mongod.log

/etc/mongod.conf – Configuration File

When we start the server, the server will start according to the configuration mentioned in /etc/mongod.conf file.

Configuration File – by default

Dbpath - /var/lib/mongo

Logpath - /var/log/mongodb/mongod.log

Port – 27017

To start the server

# sudo service mongod start

You can check the mongo service by using the command,

# ps aux | grep mongo

To Start the client

Just type mongo in the same terminal, as we forked the process which is mentioned in the config file.

# mongo

Done...

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