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Install MongoDB Community Edition on Amazon Linux¶
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Overview¶
Use this tutorial to install MongoDB Community Edition on Amazon Linux from
.rpm
packages.
This installation guide only supports 64-bit systems. See Platform Support for details.
Packages¶
MongoDB provides officially supported packages in their own repository. This repository contains the following packages:
mongodb-org |
A metapackage that will automatically install
the four component packages listed below. |
mongodb-org-server |
Contains the mongod daemon and associated
configuration and init scripts. |
mongodb-org-mongos |
Contains the mongos daemon. |
mongodb-org-shell |
Contains the mongo shell. |
mongodb-org-tools |
Contains the following MongoDB tools: mongoimport
bsondump , mongodump , mongoexport ,
mongofiles , mongooplog ,
mongoperf , mongorestore , mongostat ,
and mongotop . |
The default /etc/mongod.conf
configuration file supplied by the
packages have bind_ip
set to 127.0.0.1
by default. Modify
this setting as needed for your environment before initializing a
replica set.
Init Scripts¶
The mongodb-org
package includes various init scripts, including the init script /etc/rc.d/init.d/mongod
. You can use these
scripts to stop, start, and restart daemon processes.
The package configures MongoDB using the /etc/mongod.conf
file in
conjunction with the init scripts. See
the Configuration File
reference for documentation of settings available in the configuration file.
There are no init scripts for mongos
. You can use the mongod
init script to derive your own mongos
init script for use in such
environments. See the mongos
reference for configuration details.
Install MongoDB Community Edition¶
Note
To install a version of MongoDB prior to 3.2, please refer to that version’s documentation. For example, see version 3.0.
This installation guide only supports 64-bit systems. See Platform Support for details.
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
.
Changed in version 3.0: MongoDB Linux packages are in a new repository beginning with 3.0.
For the latest stable release of MongoDB¶
Use the following repository file:
You can find .repo
files for each release in the repository itself.
Remember that odd-numbered minor release versions (e.g. 2.5) are development versions and are unsuitable
for production use.
Install the MongoDB packages and associated tools.¶
When you install the packages, you choose whether to install the current release or a previous one. This step provides the commands for both.
To install the latest stable version of MongoDB, issue the following command:
To install a specific release of MongoDB, specify each component package individually and append the version number to the package name, as in the following example:
You can specify any available version of MongoDB. However yum
will upgrade the packages when a newer version becomes available. To
prevent unintended upgrades, pin the package. To pin a package, add
the following exclude
directive to your /etc/yum.conf
file:
Run MongoDB Community Edition¶
The MongoDB instance stores its data files in /var/lib/mongo
and its log files in /var/log/mongodb
by default,
and runs using the mongod
user account. You can specify alternate log and data file
directories in /etc/mongod.conf
. See systemLog.path
and storage.dbPath
for additional information.
If you change the user that runs the MongoDB process, you
must modify the access control rights to the /var/lib/mongo
and
/var/log/mongodb
directories to give this user access to these
directories.
Verify that MongoDB has started successfully¶
You can verify that the mongod
process has started
successfully by checking the contents of the log file at
/var/log/mongodb/mongod.log
for a line reading
where <port>
is the port configured in /etc/mongod.conf
, 27017
by default.
You can optionally ensure that MongoDB will start following a system reboot by issuing the following command:
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.
Uninstall MongoDB Community Edition¶
To completely remove MongoDB from a system, you must remove the MongoDB applications themselves, the configuration files, and any directories containing data and logs. The following section guides you through the necessary steps.
Warning
This process will completely remove MongoDB, its configuration, and all databases. This process is not reversible, so ensure that all of your configuration and data is backed up before proceeding.
Remove Packages.¶
Remove any MongoDB packages that you had previously installed.
Remove Data Directories.¶
Remove MongoDB databases and log files.