setup mongodb locally

setup-mongodb-locally.md

Install mongodb

With homebrew

• https://medium.com/create-a-clocking-in-system-on-react/creating-a-local-mongodb-database-and-insert-a-document-c6a4a2102a22

• run below commands:

brew tap mongodb/brew

brew install mongodb-community

• after installation, to start mongodb, run brew services start mongodb-community.
• to check this: install mongodb vscode extension and add a connection with connection string: mongodb://localhost.
• to stop mongodb, run brew services stop mongodb-community.

With docker

• install docker and start it
• run docker run --name mymongodb -d -p 27017:27017 mongo
• this will pull the latest mongo image and run a container named mymongodb on external port 27017 and internal port 27017 in detached and published mode
• to start using local mongodb, install mongodb vscode extension and add a connection with connection string: mongodb://localhost:27017.

Pro-tips

• To backup database

mongodump --host=localhost --gzip --db <your-database-name> --archive=/<your-backup-folder-location>/<backup-file-name>.gz

• To restore database from backup

mongorestore --gzip --archive=/<your-backup-folder-location>/<backup-file-name>.gz

• To backup all databases

mongodump --out /<your-backup-folder-location>

Useful links

https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/how-to-back-up-and-restore-a-mongodb-database/