How To Install MongoDB 4 on RHEL 8 / CentOS 8

How To Install MongoDB 4 on RHEL 8 / CentOS 8

In this guide, we will cover the steps to install MongoDB 4 on RHEL 8 / CentOS 8. MongoDB is an open source NoSQL database system written in C++ designed to ensure scalability and high performance.

MongoDB 4 is available on MongoDB yum repository. Add the repository to your RHEL 8 server by running below commands:

 Add the repository:

sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/mongodb-org-4.repo<<EOF
[mongodb-org-4]
name=MongoDB Repository
baseurl=https://repo.mongodb.org/yum/redhat/8/mongodb-org/4.2/x86_64/
gpgcheck=1
enabled=1
gpgkey=https://www.mongodb.org/static/pgp/server-4.2.asc
EOF

Install mongodb-org package.

[root@mongodbderver ~]# yum install mongodb-org -y

mongodb-org-mongos – This is a MongoDB Shard daemon
mongodb-org-shell – This provides a shell to MongoDB
mongodb-org-server – This provides MongoDB daemon mongod
mongodb-org-tools – MongoDB tools used for export, dump, import

Starting MongoDB

After MongoDB successfully installed, start the MongoDB.

$ systemctl start mongod

Enable mongod service:

[root@mongodbderver ~]# systemctl enable --now mongod
[root@mongodbderver ~]# systemctl status mongod
● mongod.service - MongoDB Database Server
   Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/mongod.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
   Active: active (running) since Thu 2019-12-12


[root@mongodbderver ~]#

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