Install MongoDB Community on Ubuntu using .tgz Tarball
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Overview
Use this tutorial to manually install MongoDB 8.0 Community
Edition on LTS (long-term support) releases of Ubuntu Linux using a
downloaded .tgz tarball.
MongoDB Version
This tutorial installs MongoDB 8.0 Community Edition. To install a different version of MongoDB Community, use the version drop-down menu in the upper-left corner of this page to select the documentation for that version.
Installation Method
While MongoDB can be installed manually via a downloaded .tgz
tarball as described in this document, it is recommended to use the
apt package manager on your system to install MongoDB if
possible. Using a package manager automatically installs all needed
dependencies, provides an example mongod.conf file to get you
started, and simplifies future upgrade and maintenance tasks.
➤ See Install MongoDB using the apt Package Manager for instructions.
Considerations
MongoDB Shell, mongosh
When you use the .tgz package to install the server, you need to
follow the mongosh installation instructions to
download and install mongosh separately.
Platform Support
MongoDB 8.0 Community Edition supports the following 64-bit Ubuntu LTS (long-term support) releases on x86_64 architecture:
24.04 LTS ("Noble")
22.04 LTS ("Jammy")
20.04 LTS ("Focal")
MongoDB only supports the 64-bit versions of these platforms. To determine which Ubuntu release your host is running, run the following command on the host's terminal:
cat /etc/lsb-release
MongoDB 8.0 Community Edition on Ubuntu also supports the ARM64 architecture on select platforms.
See Platform Support for more information.
Production Notes
Before deploying MongoDB in a production environment, consider the Production Notes for Self-Managed Deployments document which offers performance considerations and configuration recommendations for production MongoDB deployments.
Install MongoDB Community Edition
Prerequisites
Use the following command to install the dependencies required for the
MongoDB Community .tgz tarball:
sudo apt-get install libcurl4 libgssapi-krb5-2 libldap2 libwrap0 libsasl2-2 libsasl2-modules libsasl2-modules-gssapi-mit openssl liblzma5
sudo apt-get install libcurl4 libgssapi-krb5-2 libldap-2.5-0 libwrap0 libsasl2-2 libsasl2-modules libsasl2-modules-gssapi-mit openssl liblzma5
sudo apt-get install libcurl4 openssl liblzma5
Procedure
Follow these steps to manually install MongoDB Community Edition from
the .tgz.
Download the tarball.
After you have installed the required prerequisite packages, download
the MongoDB Community tgz tarball from the following link:
In the Version dropdown, select the version of MongoDB to download.
In the Platform dropdown, select your operating system version and architecture.
In the Package dropdown, select tgz.
Click Download.
Extract the files from the downloaded archive.
Using an archive manager program or the tar command, extract the
files.
For example, to extract from the terminal shell, you can use the
following tar command:
Tip
If you downloaded a different MongoDB 8.0 point release,
be sure to modify the command to reflect the correct .tgz
file name.
tar -zxvf mongodb-linux-*-8.0.4.tgz
Optional. Ensure the binaries are in a directory listed in your PATH environment variable.
The MongoDB binaries are in the <mongodb-install-directory>/bin/
directory.
To avoid having to specify the path to the MongoDB binaries, you can
create symbolic links to the binaries from a directory listed in
your PATH variable, such as /usr/local/bin. Update
/path/to/the/mongodb-directory/ with your installation
directory as appropriate.
sudo ln -s /path/to/the/mongodb-directory/bin/* /usr/local/bin/
Alternatively, you can copy these binaries into a directory listed
in your PATH variable such as /usr/local/bin.
sudo cp <mongodb-install-directory>/bin/* /usr/local/bin/
Install the MongoDB Shell (mongosh).
Install mongosh then use the MongoDB Shell
to connect to your deployment.
Download the package for the version of mongosh you need from the
MongoDB Download Center and uncompress the package.
Run MongoDB Community Edition
ulimit Considerations
Most Unix-like operating systems limit the system resources that a
process may use. These limits may negatively impact MongoDB operation,
and should be adjusted. See UNIX ulimit Settings for Self-Managed Deployments for the recommended
settings for your platform.
Note
If the ulimit value for number of open files is under 64000, MongoDB
generates a startup warning.
Configuration
You can configure the MongoDB instance (such as the data directory and log directory specifications) using either the command-line options or a configuration file.
Procedure
Follow these steps to run MongoDB Community Edition. These instructions assume that you are using the default settings.
Create the data and log directories.
Create a directory where the MongoDB instance stores its data. For example:
sudo mkdir -p /var/lib/mongo
Create a directory where the MongoDB instance stores its log. For example:
sudo mkdir -p /var/log/mongodb
The user that starts the MongoDB process must have read and write permission to these directories. For example, if you intend to run MongoDB as yourself:
sudo chown `whoami` /var/lib/mongo # Or substitute another user sudo chown `whoami` /var/log/mongodb # Or substitute another user
Verify that MongoDB has started successfully.
Verify that MongoDB has started successfully by
checking the process output for the following line in the
log file /var/log/mongodb/mongod.log:
[initandlisten] waiting for connections on port 27017
You may see non-critical warnings in the process output. As long as you see the log line shown above, you can safely ignore these warnings during your initial evaluation of MongoDB.
Begin using MongoDB.
Start a mongosh session on the same host machine as the
mongod. You can run mongosh
without any command-line options to connect to a
mongod that is running on your localhost with default
port 27017.
mongosh
For more information on connecting using mongosh,
such as to connect to a mongod instance running
on a different host and/or port, see the
mongosh documentation.
To help you start using MongoDB, MongoDB provides Getting Started Guides in various driver editions. For the driver documentation, see Start Developing with MongoDB.
Additional Information
Localhost Binding by Default
By default, MongoDB launches with bindIp set to
127.0.0.1, which binds to the localhost network interface. This
means that the mongod can only accept connections from
clients that are running on the same machine. Remote clients will not be
able to connect to the mongod, and the mongod will
not be able to initialize a replica set unless this value is set
to a valid network interface.
This value can be configured either:
Warning
Before you bind your instance to a publicly-accessible IP address, you must secure your cluster from unauthorized access. For a complete list of security recommendations, see Security Checklist for Self-Managed Deployments. At minimum, consider enabling authentication and hardening network infrastructure.
For more information on configuring bindIp, see
IP Binding in Self-Managed Deployments.