How to Install MongoDB Server on Ubuntu and Debian Based System

MongoDB is an free and open source database which uses a document-oriented data model. MongoDB is a NoSQL database. It provides large media storage with GridFS. To know about MongoDB click here.

In this article I will show how you can install MongoDB server on Ubuntu and Debian based system.

Follow the below steps to install MongoDB server Ubuntu and Debian based system.

Step #1 : Setup APT Repository

First of all, you have to import MongoDB public GPG key in your system using below command. This will ensure package consistency and authenticity.

$ sudo apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv 0C49F3730359A14518585931BC711F9BA15703C6

Now add MongoDB APT repository url editing /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mongodb-3.4.list.

$ echo "deb http://repo.mongodb.org/apt/debian "$(lsb_release -sc)"/mongodb-org/3.4 main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mongodb-3.4.list

Step #2 : MongoDB Server Installation

Once adding apt repository on your system now install MongoDB server. Follow the below command to install MongoDB server.

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install mongodb-org

You can also define mongodb version if you want to install as shown below.

$ sudo apt-get install mongodb-org=3.4.10 mongodb-org-server=3.4.10 mongodb-org-shell=3.4.10 mongodb-org-mongos=3.4.10 mongodb-org-tools=3.4.10

Step #3 : Start MongoDB Service

After installing MongoDB server use the below command to start it. Follow the below command to start and stop MongoDB service.

$ sudo service mongod start
$ sudo service mongod stop

Step #4 : Check MongoDB Version

Follow the below command to check the installed MongoDB version on your system.

$ mongod --version 

db version v3.4.9
git version: 876ebee8c7dd0e2d992f36a848ff4dc50ee6603e
OpenSSL version: OpenSSL 1.0.1u-fips  22 Sep 2016
allocator: tcmalloc
modules: none
build environment:
    distmod: ubuntu1604
    distarch: x86_64
    target_arch: x86_64

Congratulation! MongoDB has been successfully installed on your system.