How to Install MongoDB on Ubuntu

MongoDB is a free and open-source NoSQL document database used commonly in modern web applications. MongoDB offers a high performance, high availability, and automatic scaling enterprise database. MongoDB is a NoSQL database, so you can’t use SQL (Structured Query Language) to insert and retrieve data, and it does not store data in tables like MySQL or Postgres.

Step #1: Import the Public Key

First we’ll import the MongoDB public key using following command:

# sudo apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv 7F0CEB10

Step #2: Creating a List File

Then we’ll create a list file for MongoDB.

# echo "deb http://repo.mongodb.org/apt/ubuntu "$(lsb_release -sc)"/mongodb-org/3.0 multiverse" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mongodb-org-3.0.list

Step #3: Update the repository

Now, update the repository using command:

# sudo apt-get update

Step #4: Install MongoDB on Ubuntu

Now, we can install MongoDB using following command:

# sudo apt-get install mongodb-org

Step #5: Start MongoDB

Start MongoDB server using following command:

For Ubuntu 12.04/14.04
# sudo /etc/init.d/mongod start
For Ubuntu 15.04/15.10
# sudo systemctl start mongod

Enjoy it!