MongoDB Configuration in Linux

DOWNLOAD the stable version of MongoDB. It will a tar file.

1. Create a folder named 'learn' ( or whatever you want to give )

     $ mkdir -p /learn/mongodb  /app/dbMongo

      # /learn/mongodb  = Holds the MongoDB source

      # /app/dbMongo = Holds the MongoDB database

2. Extract the Mongo DB zip file in /learn folder

  $ tar -xvf MongoDB.tar  /learn/mongodb

3.  change the permission of folder to user who run the db here-  In my case User - atul and Group - atul
  $ chown -R atul:atul  /learn/mongodb  /app/dbMongo









4. Create a configuration file for MongoDB and customize as per your installation (if different)  and place the file in /app/ directory.  For my installation –

5. Add these line in .bashrc file
# User specific aliases and functions

#Home location for MongoDB
MONGO_HOME='/learn/mongodb'

#Mongo DB start command alias
alias SdbMongo='$MONGO_HOME/bin/mongod --config /app/dbMongo.conf'

#Add MongoDB in PATH
export PATH=$PATH:$MONGO_HOME/bin

6. for Starting MongoDB, simply execute the alias which we have created.
$ SdbMongo
# or execute the below command
$ $MONGO_HOME/bin/mongod --config /app/dbMongo.conf


mongod.pid file holds the process id for mongoDB
mongod.log file hold the log of mongoDB

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