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Install MongoDB on Debian¶
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Overview¶
Use this tutorial to install MongoDB from .deb
packages on
Debian 7 “Wheezy”. While Debian includes its own MongoDB packages, the
official MongoDB packages are more up to date.
MongoDB only provides packages for 64-bit Debian “Wheezy”. These packages may work with other Debian releases, but this is not a supported configuration.
Packages¶
MongoDB provides officially supported packages in their own repository. This repository contains the following packages:
mongodb-org
This package is a
metapackage
that will automatically install the four component packages listed below.mongodb-org-server
This package contains the
mongod
daemon and associated configuration and init scripts.mongodb-org-mongos
This package contains the
mongos
daemon.mongodb-org-shell
This package contains the
mongo
shell.mongodb-org-tools
This package contains the following MongoDB tools:
mongoimport
bsondump
,mongodump
,mongoexport
,mongofiles
,mongooplog
,mongoperf
,mongorestore
,mongostat
, andmongotop
.
Init Scripts¶
The mongodb-org
package includes various init scripts, including the init script /etc/init.d/mongod
. These scripts
are used 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.
As of version 3.0.15, there are no init scripts for
mongos
. The mongos
process is used only in
sharding. 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.
Considerations¶
This installation guide only supports 64-bit systems. See Platform Support for details.
You cannot install this package concurrently with the mongodb
,
mongodb-server
, or mongodb-clients
packages that
your release of Debian may include.
The default /etc/mongod.conf
configuration file supplied by the
3.0 series packages has bind_ip
set to
127.0.0.1
by default. Modify this setting as needed for your
environment before initializing a replica set.
Changed in version 2.6: The package structure and names have changed as of version 2.6. For instructions on installation of an older release, please refer to the documentation for the appropriate version.
Install MongoDB¶
The Debian package management tools (i.e. dpkg
and apt
) ensure
package consistency and authenticity by requiring that distributors
sign packages with GPG keys.
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-3.0.asc:
The operation should respond with an OK
.
Create a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mongodb-org-3.0.list
file for MongoDB.¶
Create the list file using the following command:
Currently packages are only available for Debian 7 (Wheezy).
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=3.0.15
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:
Versions of the MongoDB packages before 2.6 use a different repository location. Refer to the version of the documentation appropriate for your MongoDB version.
Run MongoDB¶
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¶
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.