A step-by-step guide to install the latest version of MongoDB Community Edition on CentOS.
MongoDB, one of the popular NoSQL database, is available for recently released CentOS 8. Let’s check out how to get it installed.
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Installing on CentOS/RHEL 8
Support for CentOS 8 is available from MongoDB 4.2.1. This means you can’t install the previous MongoDB version, like the 3.x series. So, if you are currently running MongoDB (lower than 4.2.1 version) on CentOS 7 and thinking to migrate the server, then you also got to consider upgrading MongoDB.
I assume you have logged in to the server with a root or sudo privilege account.
- Create a file
/etc/yum.repos.d/mongodb-org-4.2.repowith the following content
[mongodb-org-4.2]
name=MongoDB Repository
baseurl=https://repo.mongodb.org/yum/redhat/$releasever/mongodb-org/4.2/x86_64/
gpgcheck=1
enabled=1
gpgkey=https://www.mongodb.org/static/pgp/server-4.2.ascNote: above, I am getting MongoDB 4.2 installed. However, if you need to install different versions, then update the 4.2 info with the desired ones. You can refer to the official MongoDB repo page to find out the available version.
- and then, install using yum command
yum install -y mongodb-orgIt will take a few seconds, and once done, you should see something like below.
[root@lab ~]# yum install -y mongodb-org
CentOS-8 - AppStream 2.0 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:02
CentOS-8 - Base 1.7 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:02
CentOS-8 - Extras 744 B/s | 1.5 kB 00:02
CentOS-8 - PowerTools 1.7 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:02
Google Cloud SDK 205 B/s | 454 B 00:02
Google Compute Engine 199 B/s | 454 B 00:02
MongoDB Repository 2.0 kB/s | 4.5 kB 00:02
Dependencies resolved.
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Package Arch Version Repository Size
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Installing:
mongodb-org x86_64 4.2.2-1.el8 mongodb-org-4.2 10 k
Installing dependencies:
mongodb-org-mongos x86_64 4.2.2-1.el8 mongodb-org-4.2 14 M
mongodb-org-server x86_64 4.2.2-1.el8 mongodb-org-4.2 25 M
mongodb-org-shell x86_64 4.2.2-1.el8 mongodb-org-4.2 17 M
mongodb-org-tools x86_64 4.2.2-1.el8 mongodb-org-4.2 47 M
Transaction Summary
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Install 5 Packages
Total download size: 103 M
Installed size: 260 M
Downloading Packages:
(1/5): mongodb-org-4.2.2-1.el8.x86_64.rpm 9.1 kB/s | 10 kB 00:01
(2/5): mongodb-org-mongos-4.2.2-1.el8.x86_64.rpm 9.1 MB/s | 14 MB 00:01
(3/5): mongodb-org-shell-4.2.2-1.el8.x86_64.rpm 31 MB/s | 17 MB 00:00
(4/5): mongodb-org-server-4.2.2-1.el8.x86_64.rpm 14 MB/s | 25 MB 00:01
(5/5): mongodb-org-tools-4.2.2-1.el8.x86_64.rpm 59 MB/s | 47 MB 00:00
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Total 44 MB/s | 103 MB 00:02
warning: /var/cache/dnf/mongodb-org-4.2-fddc3ec541fac48b/packages/mongodb-org-4.2.2-1.el8.x86_64.rpm: Header V3 RSA/SHA1 Signature, key ID 058f8b6b: NOKEY
MongoDB Repository 1.5 kB/s | 1.7 kB 00:01
Importing GPG key 0x058F8B6B:
Userid : "MongoDB 4.2 Release Signing Key <packaging@mongodb.com>"
Fingerprint: E162 F504 A20C DF15 827F 718D 4B7C 549A 058F 8B6B
From : https://www.mongodb.org/static/pgp/server-4.2.asc
Key imported successfully
Running transaction check
Transaction check succeeded.
Running transaction test
Transaction test succeeded.
Running transaction
Preparing : 1/1
Installing : mongodb-org-tools-4.2.2-1.el8.x86_64 1/5
Installing : mongodb-org-shell-4.2.2-1.el8.x86_64 2/5
Running scriptlet: mongodb-org-server-4.2.2-1.el8.x86_64 3/5
Installing : mongodb-org-server-4.2.2-1.el8.x86_64 3/5
Running scriptlet: mongodb-org-server-4.2.2-1.el8.x86_64 3/5
Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/mongod.service → /usr/lib/systemd/system/mongod.service.
Installing : mongodb-org-mongos-4.2.2-1.el8.x86_64 4/5
Installing : mongodb-org-4.2.2-1.el8.x86_64 5/5
Running scriptlet: mongodb-org-4.2.2-1.el8.x86_64 5/5
Verifying : mongodb-org-4.2.2-1.el8.x86_64 1/5
Verifying : mongodb-org-mongos-4.2.2-1.el8.x86_64 2/5
Verifying : mongodb-org-server-4.2.2-1.el8.x86_64 3/5
Verifying : mongodb-org-shell-4.2.2-1.el8.x86_64 4/5
Verifying : mongodb-org-tools-4.2.2-1.el8.x86_64 5/5
Installed:
mongodb-org-4.2.2-1.el8.x86_64 mongodb-org-mongos-4.2.2-1.el8.x86_64 mongodb-org-server-4.2.2-1.el8.x86_64 mongodb-org-shell-4.2.2-1.el8.x86_64
mongodb-org-tools-4.2.2-1.el8.x86_64
Complete!
[root@lab ~]#Let’s verify the version to ensure it has installed.
[root@lab ~]# mongo --version
MongoDB shell version v4.2.2
git version: a0bbbff6ada159e19298d37946ac8dc4b497eadf
OpenSSL version: OpenSSL 1.1.1 FIPS 11 Sep 2018
allocator: tcmalloc
modules: none
build environment:
distmod: rhel80
distarch: x86_64
target_arch: x86_64
[root@lab ~]#There you go!
MongoDB is successfully installed.
Next, explore MongoDB commands to learn more.
