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Mac install MongoDB

Published: at 10:54 AM

Install MongoDB

1. Update Homebrew’s package database.

brew update
brew install mongodb

2. Install MongoDB

# stable
brew install mongodb
# or dev
brew install mongodb --devel

Run MongoDB

1. Create the data directory.

mkdir -p /data/db
# or
sudo mkdir -p /data/db

2. Set permissions for the data directory.

# try run
mongod
# if error
sudo chown -R $USER /data/db

3. Run MongoDB.

# <mongod path> --dbpath <path to data directory>
mongod
# or
mongod --dbpath /data/db

4. Verify that MongoDB has started successfully.

# MongoDB has started successfully by checking the process output for the following line
[initandlisten] waiting for connections on port 27017

5. Begin using MongoDB.

# mongo shell
mongo

Ref :

MongoDB Doc