Installing MongoDB on ubuntu server

In this lesson, I will show you how to install MongoDB on a Ubuntu Linux computer and how to run a MongoDB query.

Import Public Key:

wget -qO - https://www.mongodb.org/static/pgp/server-4.4.asc | sudo apt-key add -

Creating List file for MongoDB:

echo "deb [ arch=amd64,arm64 ] https://repo.mongodb.org/apt/ubuntu focal/mongodb-org/4.4 multiverse" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mongodb-org-4.4.list

Update Local Packages:

sudo apt-get update

Installing MongoDB Package:

sudo apt-get install -y mongodb-org

Checking MongoDB:

which mongo
which mongod
which mongos
which mongodump
which mongostat
which mongotop
which mongoimport

Starting MongoDB:

sudo systemctl start mongod

Checking MongoDB Status:

sudo systemctl status mongod

Stop MongoDB:

sudo systemctl stop mongod

Restart MongoDB:

sudo systemctl restart mongod

Running Mongo Shell:

mongo

MongoDB Configuration File:

vim /etc/mongod.conf

Uninstalling MongoDB:

 Stop MongoDB:

sudo systemctl stop mongod

Remove Package:

sudo apt-get purge mongodb-org*

 Stop MongoDB Data Directory:

sudo rm -r /var/log/mongodb
sudo rm -r /var/lib/mongodb