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Install MongoDB Enterprise on macOS¶
Overview¶
Use this tutorial to install MongoDB Enterprise on macOS systems. MongoDB Enterprise is available on select platforms and contains support for several features related to security and monitoring.
Platform Support
Changed in version 3.2.19: MongoDB now requires macOS 10.8 or later.
MongoDB requires macOS version 10.8 (Mountain Lion) or later running on an x86_64 processor.
Versions of MongoDB Enterprise prior to 3.2 did not support macOS.
Install MongoDB Enterprise¶
Download the latest production release of MongoDB Enterprise.
Extract the files from the downloaded archive.¶
For example, from a system shell, you can extract through the tar
command:
Copy the extracted archive to the target directory.¶
Copy the extracted folder to the location from which MongoDB will run.
Ensure the location of the binaries is in the PATH
variable.¶
The MongoDB binaries are in the bin/
directory of the archive. To
ensure that the binaries are in your PATH
, you can modify your
PATH
.
For example, you can add the following line to your shell’s
rc
file (e.g. ~/.bashrc
):
Replace <mongodb-install-directory>
with the path to the extracted
MongoDB archive.
Run MongoDB Enterprise¶
Create the data directory.¶
Before you start MongoDB for the first time, create the directory to
which the mongod
process will write data. By default, the
mongod
process uses the /data/db
directory. If you create
a directory other than this one, you must specify that directory in the
dbpath
option when starting the mongod
process
later in this procedure.
The following example command creates the default /data/db
directory:
Run MongoDB.¶
To run MongoDB, run the mongod
process at the system prompt.
If necessary, specify the path of the mongod
or the data
directory. See the following examples.
Run without specifying paths¶
If your system PATH
variable includes the location of the
mongod
binary and if you use the default data directory
(i.e., /data/db
), simply enter mongod
at the system prompt:
Begin using MongoDB.¶
To help you start using MongoDB, MongoDB provides Getting Started Guides in various driver editions. See Getting Started for the available editions.
Before deploying MongoDB in a production environment, consider the Production Notes document.
Later, to stop MongoDB, press Control+C
in the terminal where the
mongod
instance is running.