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Installing mongoDB on a MAC

Installing MongoDB on a MAC

A simple guide to install MongoDB on a MAC. Based on MongoDB Tutorial | Installing MongoDB On A MAC - Part 1

1. Download mongoDB

MongoDB Download Web Page

2. Extract the files from the downloaded archive

Easy way: Double-click the downloaded archive

OR

tar -zxvf mongodb-osx-x86_64-n.n.n.tgz

3. Copy the extracted archive to the target directory

Easy way: Rename the folder (mongodb) and move to the user directory (/Users/charz/)

OR

mv /Users/charz/Downloads/mongodb-osx-x86_64-n.n.n /Users/charz/mongodb

4. Create the data folder

Easy way: Create the folder structure: data/db under your user directory (/Users/charz)

OR

mkdir /Users/charz/data
mkdir /Users/charz/data/db

5. Put the binaries in the path

cd $HOME (just to make sure you are in the user directory folder - /Users/charz)
echo “export PATH=$PATH:/Users/charz/mongodb/bin” >.bash_profile

To make sure it was created correctly:

ls -la (the .bash_profile file should appear)
cat .bash_profile (the mongodb/bin folder should appear)

Exit the terminal app and reopen it

6. Create a mongod.conf file

My mongod.conf file

# mongod.conf

# for documentation of all options, see:
#   http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/reference/configuration-options/

# where to write logging data.
systemLog:
  destination: file
  logAppend: true
  path: /Users/charz/mongodb/mongod.log

# Where and how to store data.
storage:
  dbPath: /Users/charz/data/db
  journal:
    enabled: true
#  engine:
#  mmapv1:
#  wiredTiger:

Copy my sample from the lines above or from MongoDB Github

Open TextEdit
Format - Make Plain Text
Change “logpath=” and “dbpath=”
Save to /Users/charz/mongodb/mongod.conf (to your mongodb folder installation)

7. Start mongoDB

mongod -f /Users/charz/mongodb/mongod.conf (it should not give you any error)

"mongod" to open the mongodb server

8. Test mongoDB

Open a new terminal app

mongo
use mydb
db.test.save({a:1})
db.test.find() (the object just created should appear)

"mongo" to open the mongodb client

• New contributions and/or corrections are very WELCOME!