Install and Configure MongoDB on AWS EC2 Linux Instance

In this tutorial, I will show you how to install and configure MongoDB on AWS EC2 Linux instance.

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Please follow below steps one by one to install and configure properly.

Step 1: Create the below file using nano or any other editor for MongoDB

>> sudo nano /etc/yum.repos.d/mongodb-org-4.0.repo

and add the below content in the above file:

[mongodb-org-4.0]
name=MongoDB Repository
baseurl=https://repo.mongodb.org/yum/amazon/2013.03/mongodb-org/4.0/x86_64/
gpgcheck=1
enabled=1
gpgkey=https://www.mongodb.org/static/pgp/server-4.0.asc

Note: You can check latest MongoDB repository version from here https://repo.mongodb.org/yum/amazon/2013.03/mongodb-org/ and change it in above content and command as per requirement.

Step 2: Install MongoDB using below command

>> sudo yum install -y mongodb-org

Step 3: Start MongoDB service using below command

>> sudo service mongod start

Step 4: Start MongoDB on EC2 instance reboot
This is optional, if you want to start MongoDB after EC2 instance reboot then use command below

>> sudo chkconfig mongod on

Once the service is started, We can connect to Mongo shell using below command:

>> mongo

Check existing databases using below command

>> show dbs

Step 6: We can select database using below command

>> use admin


#Uninstall MongoDB Community Edition

Step 1: Stop mongod process by using following command:

>> sudo service mongod stop


Step 2: Remove MongoDB packages which we had installed previously

>> sudo yum erase $(rpm -qa | grep mongodb-org)

Step 3: Remove data directories like MongoDB databases and log files.

>> sudo rm -r /var/log/mongodb
>> sudo rm -r /var/lib/mongo


That's It!!! In next post we will see how to do CRUD operation using Mongo shell commands.

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