Install a Simple Test Ops Manager Installation

Provision an Ops Manager host.

Provision a host for Ops Manager. This host must meet the following requirements:

Cloud-based instances must meet the memory and storage requirements.

To verify the needed capacity, log in to the instance and execute the following commands:

vmstat -S M -s | grep "total memory"

The output for the command shows that this instance has 16 GB of RAM.

16384 M total memory

df -h | grep "/$"

The output for the command shows that this instance has 73 GB of storage capacity.

/dev/sda1        73G   58G   12G  84% /

Configure yum to install MongoDB.

Create a /etc/yum.repos.d/mongodb-org-6.0.repo file so that you can install MongoDB directly using yum:

[mongodb-org-6.0]
name=MongoDB Repository
baseurl=https://repo.mongodb.org/yum/redhat/$releasever/mongodb-org/6.0/x86_64/
gpgcheck=1
enabled=1
gpgkey=https://pgp.mongodb.com/server-6.0.asc

Install MongoDB.

Invoke the following command to install the latest stable release of MongoDB Community:

sudo yum install -y mongodb-org

Optional: Disable the mongod service.

Ops Manager connects to its application database on port 27017. If the host on which you want to install the application database has a running mongod, disable that existing database.

To disable the mongod service, invoke the following command:

sudo systemctl disable mongod

Create the Ops Manager Application Database directory.

1. Invoke the following command to create the data directory:

   sudo mkdir -p /data/appdb

2. Invoke the following command to change ownership of the data directory to MongoDB:

   sudo chown -R mongod:mongod /data

Update the MongoDB configuration file.

The installer creates a configuration file saved at /etc/mongod.conf.

1. Open the MongoDB file with your preferred text editor.

2. Edit the file to make the following changes:

   1
   systemLog:
   2
     destination: file
   3
     path: "/data/appdb/mongodb.log"
   4
     logAppend: true
   5
   storage:
   6
     dbPath: "/data/appdb"
   7
     journal:
   8
       enabled: true
   9
     wiredTiger:
   10
       engineConfig:
   11
         cacheSizeGB: 1
   12
   processManagement:
   13
     fork: true
   14
     timeZoneInfo: /usr/share/zoneinfo
   15
     pidFilePath: /var/run/mongodb/mongod.pid
   16
   net:
   17
     bindIp: 127.0.0.1
   18
     port: 27017
   19
   setParameter:
   20
     enableLocalhostAuthBypass: false

3. Save the file when you have made the edits.

Start the Ops Manager Application Database mongod instance.

sudo -u mongod mongod -f /etc/mongod.conf

Download the Ops Manager package.

1. Navigate to the Ops Manager Download Center.

2. From the Platforms drop-down menu, click Red Hat + CentOS 6, 7, 8 / SUSE 12 + 15 / Amazon Linux.

3. From the Packages drop-down menu, click RPM.

4. Click Download.

Optional: Copy the Ops Manager .rpm package to your host.

If you install Ops Manager on a remote host, such as a cloud service provider instance, use scp to copy the installer to your host:

scp -i <keyfile> mongodb-mms-<version>.x86_64.rpm \
       <username>@<public-ip>:~

Install Ops Manager.

To install the .rpm package, invoke the following command. <version> represents the Ops Manager version in the .rpm package:

sudo rpm -ivh mongodb-mms-<version>.x86_64.rpm

This command creates the following artifacts:

Start Ops Manager.

Invoke the following command:

sudo service mongodb-mms start

Get your instance hostname.

If you use an cloud service provider instance, find the hostname following the directions of the relevant provider:

• AWS

• Azure

• GCP

If you don't have a hostname, use the public IP address. To find your host's public IP address, paste this URL into your preferred browser:

https://www.google.com/search?q=myip

Open the Ops Manager home page and register the first user.

1. In a browser, enter the following URL using the hostname. If do not have a hostname, use the public IP address instead:

   http://<OpsManagerHost>:<Port>

2. Click the Sign Up link.

3. Follow the console prompts to register the first user and create the first organization and project. Ops Manager assigns the Global Owner role to the first user.

Configure Ops Manager.

Ops Manager opens the configuration console. Ops Manager marks required settings with an asterisk.

Enter the information as appropriate. When you finish the configuration, Ops Manager opens the Deployment page.

Set up your first deployment.

1. Click MongoDB Ops Manager in the upper left corner of the page to return to the Deployment page.

2. Click Add to deploy a MongoDB instance.

   Tip

   See also:

   • replica set

   • sharded cluster