Install MongoDB on Ubuntu

             MongoDB is a cross-platform, document oriented database that provides,high performance, high availability, and easy scalability.This guide helps to install the mongodb on ubuntu.

Step 1: Search for the mongodb package avaliable but initially it may not be present

sudo apt-cache search mongodb

Step 2: Add the package to /etc/apt/sources.list.d because its the the latest stable MongoDB version

vim /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mongodb.list

Add the following link into the mongodb.list file

deb http://downloads-distro.mongodb.org/repo/ubuntu-upstart dist 10gen

Step 3: Import the GPG key

apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv 7F0CEB10

Step 4 : Update the debian package using the command:

apt-get update

Step 5: Now perform search to view the package

apt-cache search mongodb

Step 6: Now the package will be present so install it using the below command:

apt-get install mongodb-10gen

Step 7: Check mongodb has started using

ps -ef | grep mongo

ls -ls /usr/bin | grep mongo

Step 8: The mongodb control script is generated at /etc/init.d/mongodb,the MongoDB config file is at /etc/mongodb.conf add the below details:

 verbose = true
dbpath = /data/db
logpath = /var/log/mongodb.log
logappend = true
port = 27017

Step 9: Start the mongodb as a service

service mongodb start

Step 10 :Check mongodb service has started using

ps -ef | grep mongodb

Step 11 : To stop/restart perform the below commands:

service mongodb stop

service mongodb restart

Thus the installation has been very simple in ubuntu.