Install MongoDB 4.4 on Ubuntu 20.04|18.04|16.04

In this guide, we will cover the steps to install MongoDB 4 on Ubuntu 20.04|18.04|16.04 Linux system. MongoDB is an open source NoSQL database system written in C++ that provides scalability, high performance/availability. NoSQL database systems are often referred to as Document-oriented databases.

MongoDB common use case is storage and management of Big Data-sized collections of literal documents like text documents, email messages, XML documents and many others.

To get a highly available MongoDB setup, use How to Setup MongoDB Replication On Ubuntu LTS guide.

Install MongoDB 4.4 on Ubuntu 20.04|18.04|16.04

There are two ways of installing MongoDB on Ubuntu systems.

• Install MongoDB from apt repository – recommended
• Install MongoDB from a downloaded.deb package

This guide will demonstrate installation of MongoDB 4 on Ubuntu 18.04 and Ubuntu 16.04 system using apt repository method. Let’s now install MongoDB on Ubuntu 20.04/18.04/16.04 Linux.

Step 1: Import MongoDB public GPG Key

Before you can install any package from MongoDB apt repository, you need to download and import GPG key to your system.

sudo apt update
sudo apt install gnupg
wget -qO - https://www.mongodb.org/static/pgp/server-4.4.asc | sudo apt-key add -

Step 2: Add MongoDB 4.4 APT Repository

After importing GPG key, proceed to add the repository.

Ubuntu 20.04:

echo "deb [ arch=amd64,arm64 ] https://repo.mongodb.org/apt/ubuntu focal/mongodb-org/4.4 multiverse" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mongodb-org-4.4.list

Ubuntu 18.04:

echo "deb [ arch=amd64,arm64 ] https://repo.mongodb.org/apt/ubuntu bionic/mongodb-org/4.4 multiverse" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mongodb-org-4.4.list

Ubuntu 16.04:

echo "deb [ arch=amd64,arm64 ] https://repo.mongodb.org/apt/ubuntu xenial/mongodb-org/4.4 multiverse" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mongodb-org-4.4.list

Step 3: Install MongoDB 4.4 on Ubuntu

Update package database and install MongoDB packages:

$ sudo apt update
Hit:1 http://repo.mysql.com/apt/ubuntu bionic InRelease
Hit:2 http://mirror.hetzner.de/ubuntu/packages focal InRelease
Hit:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal InRelease
Hit:4 http://mirror.hetzner.de/ubuntu/packages focal-updates InRelease
Hit:5 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates InRelease
Hit:6 http://mirror.hetzner.de/ubuntu/packages focal-backports InRelease
Hit:7 http://mirror.hetzner.de/ubuntu/packages focal-security InRelease
Hit:8 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-backports InRelease
Ign:9 https://repo.mongodb.org/apt/ubuntu focal/mongodb-org/4.4 InRelease
Hit:10 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security InRelease
Get:11 https://repo.mongodb.org/apt/ubuntu focal/mongodb-org/4.4 Release [5,377 B]
Get:12 https://repo.mongodb.org/apt/ubuntu focal/mongodb-org/4.4 Release.gpg [801 B]
Get:13 https://repo.mongodb.org/apt/ubuntu focal/mongodb-org/4.4/multiverse amd64 Packages [5,058 B]
Get:14 https://repo.mongodb.org/apt/ubuntu focal/mongodb-org/4.4/multiverse arm64 Packages [3,962 B]
Fetched 15.2 kB in 2s (6,472 B/s)
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done

The install MongoDB server package on Ubuntu 20.04|18.04|16.04:

sudo apt install -y mongodb-org

To install a specific release, you must specify each component package individually along with the version number, as in the following example:

sudo apt install -y mongodb-org mongodb-org-server mongodb-org-shell mongodb-org-mongos mongodb-org-tools

The service name is mongod , you can start the application by running:

sudo systemctl enable --now mongod

Check status using:

$ systemctl status mongod
● mongod.service - MongoDB Database Server
    Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/mongod.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
    Active: active (running) since Thu 2019-10-17 05:57:30 UTC; 32s ago
      Docs: https://docs.mongodb.org/manual
  Main PID: 20493 (mongod)
    CGroup: /system.slice/mongod.service
            └─20493 /usr/bin/mongod --config /etc/mongod.conf
 Oct 17 05:57:30 ubuntu18 systemd[1]: Started MongoDB Database Server.

The service should be listening on port 27017

$ netstat -tunelp | grep 27017
(Not all processes could be identified, non-owned process info
  will not be shown, you would have to be root to see it all.)
 tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:27017         0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN      112        53728      -          

MongoDB main configuration file is /etc/mongod.conf You can tweak the settings to your liking, but remember to restart mongod service whenever you make a change.

Test connection:

$ mongo --eval 'db.runCommand({ connectionStatus: 1 })'
MongoDB shell version v4.4.1
connecting to: mongodb://127.0.0.1:27017/?compressors=disabled&gssapiServiceName=mongodb
Implicit session: session { "id" : UUID("615620f1-c987-4a1c-b9c2-c16cf962065f") }
MongoDB server version: 4.4.1
{
	"authInfo" : {
		"authenticatedUsers" : [ ],
		"authenticatedUserRoles" : [ ]
	},
	"ok" : 1
}

You can confirm that everything is working fine from "ok" : 1.You can also try to create a test database and insert some dummy data.

# mongo
...
To enable free monitoring, run the following command:
db.enableFreeMonitoring()
---

> use test_db # This will create database called test_db
switched to db test_db
> db # Show current database
test_db
> show dbs
admin 0.000GB
config 0.000GB
local 0.000GB
> db.files.insert({"name":"rap"}) # Insert data to db
WriteResult({ "nInserted" : 1 })
> show dbs
admin 0.000GB
config 0.000GB
local 0.000GB
test_db 0.000GB
> db.dropDatabase() # Drop our test db
> exit
bye

That’s all on how to install MongoDB 4.4 on Ubuntu 20.04|18.04|16.04 Linux server. Until next time, stay connected and enjoy your Tech life.

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