Installing MongoDB Community Server on Ubuntu LTS

Go to the documentation pages and select your distro, architecture and version:

https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/administration/install-on-linux/

For Ubuntu:

https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/tutorial/install-mongodb-on-ubuntu/

Import the MongoDB software signing key:

sudo apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv 9DA31620334BD75D9DCB49F368818C72E52529D4

Create an apt sources list file for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic):

echo "deb [ arch=amd64 ] https://repo.mongodb.org/apt/ubuntu bionic/mongodb-org/4.0 multiverse" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mongodb-org-4.0.list

Update package cache:

sudo apt-get update

Install the MongoDB packages:

sudo apt-get install -y mongodb-org

This will install not only the server, but also clients, tools and drivers.

Server components will be located:

Confguration: /etc/mongod.conf

Data files: /var/lib/mongodb

Logs: /var/log/mongodb.log

Start/stop/get status of server:

$ sudo systemctl start mongod
$ sudo systemctl status mongod
$ sudo systemctl stop mongod

Set to start with system:

$ sudo systemctl enable mongod

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Installing MongoDB Community Server on Ubuntu LTS