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Install MongoDB Community Edition on Ubuntu¶
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Overview¶
Use this tutorial to install MongoDB Community Edition on LTS Ubuntu Linux systems from
.deb
packages. While Ubuntu includes its own MongoDB packages, the official
MongoDB Community Edition packages are generally more up-to-date.
Platform Support
MongoDB only provides packages for 64-bit LTS (long-term support) Ubuntu releases. For example, 14.04 LTS (trusty), 16.04 LTS (xenial), and so on. These packages may work with other Ubuntu releases, however, they are not supported.
MongoDB 3.2 is no longer supported on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (precise).
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 . |
These packages conflict with the mongodb
, mongodb-server
, and
mongodb-clients
packages provided by Ubuntu.
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/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.
MongoDB only provides packages for 64-bit LTS (long-term support) Ubuntu releases. For example, 14.04 LTS (trusty), 16.04 LTS (xenial), and so on. These packages may work with other Ubuntu releases, however, they are not supported.
MongoDB 3.2 is no longer supported on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (precise).
Import the public key used by the package management system.¶
From a terminal, issue the following command to import the MongoDB public GPG Key from https://www.mongodb.org/static/pgp/server-3.2.asc:
The operation should respond with an OK
.
Create a list file for MongoDB.¶
Create the /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mongodb-org-3.2.list
list file using
the command appropriate for your version of Ubuntu:
Ubuntu 14.04
Ubuntu 16.04
Reload local package database.¶
Issue the following command to reload the local package database:
Install the MongoDB packages.¶
You can install either the latest stable version of MongoDB or a specific version of MongoDB.
Install the latest stable version of MongoDB.¶
Issue the following command:
Install a specific release of MongoDB.¶
To install a specific release, you must specify each component package individually along with the version number, as in the following example:
If you only install mongodb-org=3.2.22
and do not include the
component packages, the latest version of each MongoDB package will be
installed regardless of what version you specified.
Pin a specific version of MongoDB.¶
Although you can specify any available version of MongoDB,
apt-get
will upgrade the packages when a newer version
becomes available. To prevent unintended upgrades, pin the
package. To pin the version of MongoDB at the currently
installed version, issue the following command sequence:
Run MongoDB Community Edition¶
The MongoDB instance stores its data files in /var/lib/mongodb
and its log files in /var/log/mongodb
by default,
and runs using the mongodb
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/mongodb
and
/var/log/mongodb
directories to give this user access to these
directories.
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.