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How to Install MongoDB on Debian

How to Install MongoDB on Debian

Introduction​

In this article, you will learn how to install MongoDB on Debian.

MongoDB is a non-relational document database that provides support for JSON-like storage. The MongoDB database has a flexible data model that enables you to store unstructured data, and it provides full indexing support, and replication with rich and intuitive APIs.

The MongoDB database was first made available to the public in February 2009 and is managed and developed by MongoDB.Inc. It is distributed under the Server Side Public License. In addition to this, it offers official driver support for all of the most common programming languages, including C, C++, C#, etc. Net, Go, Java, Node.js, Perl, PHP, Python, Motor, Ruby, Scala, Swift, and Mongoid are the programming languages that are supported. In order to enable the development of applications utilising any one of these languages. These days, there are a great number of businesses, such as Facebook, Nokia, eBay, Adobe, Google, and others, who have chosen to store their massive amounts of data using MongoDB.

Installing MongoDB​

Install the necessary packages for creating a new repository, which are as follows:

# apt install dirmngr gnupg apt-transport-https software-properties-common ca-certificates curl -y

Include the GPG key for MongoDB within your system:

# curl -fsSL https://www.mongodb.org/static/pgp/server-4.2.asc | apt-key add -

Make the MongoDB repository available:

# add-apt-repository 'deb https://repo.mongodb.org/apt/debian buster/mongodb-org/4.2 main'

The package list should be brought up to date, and the mongodb-org meta-package should be installed.

# apt update
# apt install mongodb-org -y

Launch the MongoDB service and set it to automatically launch at system startup:

# systemctl enable mongod --now

Connecting to the MongoDB database server with the help of the mongo tool and printing the connection status allows one to determine whether or not the installation was carried out without incident.

# mongo --eval 'db.runCommand({ connectionStatus: 1 })'

command output

If the ok field has the value 1, then the operation was successful.

Creating Administrative MongoDB User​

If you chose to enable the MongoDB authentication, you will be required to generate an administrative user who is authorised to access and control the MongoDB instance. To accomplish this, log into the Mongo shell using:

# mongo

command output

In order to connect to the administrative database, enter the following command while you are within the MongoDB shell:

# use admin

command output

Execute the following command in order to create a new user with the name mongoAdmin who will have the role of userAdminAnyDatabase:

db.createUser(
  {
    user: "mongoAdmin", 
    pwd: "changeMe", 
    roles: [ { role: "userAdminAnyDatabase", db: "admin" } ]
  }
)

output:

command output

Exit the mongo shell with the following:

# quit()

Conclusion​

Hopefully, now you have learned how to install MongoDB on Debian.

Thank You 🙂