mongodb

How I installed mongodb on my macos (bigsur)

Whats is mongodb

MongoDB is an open-source document database and leading NoSQL database. MongoDB is written in C++. This article will give you an overview of how to install mongodb on your mac os will explain how i went about installing the database in this case i was working on big sur but it should work for other versions of the mac os.

Steps to install the latest version of mongodb

1. Head over to the official download page and download the compressed .tgz file.
2. Open the terminal and change directory to the Downloads folder cd Downloads .
3. Move the downloaded archive to the home directory — mv mongodb-macos-x86_64–4.4.6.tgz ~/ . Please note your downloaded version might be updated by the time you are going over this article , not to worry it should work perfectly.
4. Extract mongodb from the archive cd ~/ && tar zxvf mongodb-macos-x86_64–4.4.6.tgz
5. Move the files into a new folder with a readable name mv mongodb-macos-x86_64–4.4.6.tgzmongodb
6. Create the folder where mongodb stores data which is /data/db . Running the command mkdir -p /data/db on macOS Big Sur throws the error mkdir: /data/db: Read-only file system . So, I created the directory in another folder (the mongodb folder containing the extracted files). cd ~/mongodb && mkdir -p /data/db .

Now Lets check if everything is running correctly

mongodb always checks that the /data/db directory exists before it can start up, the mongod command will fail.

To solve this i had to create some aliases in bash to point mongodb to the proper directory.

Open up your ~/.bash_profile and add the following commands to the end:

alias mongod='~/mongodb/bin/mongod — -dbpath ~/mongodb/data/db'

alias mongo='~/mongodb/bin/mongo'

Save the file and mongodb installation and setup is complete.

Restart your terminal or run source ~/.bash_profile and the commands mongod (for starting up mongodb) and mongo will both function as expected.

Congratulations you have successfully installed mongodb 🔥 🔥 🔥

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