Mongo DB installation

15, September 2012

The following command to install the latest stable version of MongoDB:

$ sudo apt-get install mongodb-10gen

When this command completes, you have successfully installed MongoDB! Continue for configuration and start-up suggestions.

Starting MongoDB

Upstart users can start the mongod process by issuing the following command:

$ sudo service mongodb start

All other users can issue the following command to start mongod:

$ sudo /etc/init.d/mongodb start

You can verify that mongod has started successfully by checking the contents of the log file at /var/log/mongodb/mongodb.log

Upstart users can stop the mongod process by issuing the following command:

$ sudo service mongodb stop

All other users can issue the following command to stop mongod:

$ sudo /etc/init.d/mongodb stop

Upstart users can restart the mongod process by issuing the following command:

$ sudo service mongodb restart

All other users can issue the following command to restart mongod:

$ sudo /etc/init.d/mongodb restart

type “mongo” in your terminal to see the version