How to Install MongoDB 3.4 on Ubuntu 16.04/14.04 and Debian 8/7

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This tutorial will help you to install MongoDB 3.4 Production Release on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial) 14.04 LTS (trusty) and Debian 8 and 7 systems.

Adding Apt Repository

First import public key of MongoDB apt repository in our system using the following command.

$ sudo apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv 0C49F3730359A14518585931BC711F9BA15703C6 

Lets add MongoDB APT repository url in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mongodb-3.4.list.

For Ubuntu 14.04 & 12.04:

$ echo "deb [ arch=amd64 ] http://repo.mongodb.org/apt/ubuntu "$(lsb_release -sc)"/mongodb-org/3.4 multiverse" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mongodb-3.4.list 

For Ubuntu 16.04:

$ echo "deb [ arch=amd64,arm64 ] http://repo.mongodb.org/apt/ubuntu "$(lsb_release -sc)"/mongodb-org/3.4 multiverse" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mongodb-3.4.list 

For Debian 8 & 7:

$ echo "deb http://repo.mongodb.org/apt/debian "$(lsb_release -sc)"/mongodb-org/3.4 main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mongodb-3.4.list 

Install MongoDB

After adding required APT repositories, use following commands to install MongoDB on your systems. It will also install all dependent packages required for MongoDB.

$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install mongodb-org 

If you want to install any specific version of MontoDB, define the version number like below

$ apt-get install mongodb-org=3.4.1 mongodb-org-server=3.4.1 mongodb-org-shell=3.4.1 mongodb-org-mongos=3.4.1 mongodb-org-tools=3.4.10 

Start MongoDB Service

After installation, MongoDB will start automatically. To start or stop MongoDB use init script. Below are the example commands to do.

$ sudo service mongod start $ sudo service mongod stop 

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Verify MongoDB Installation

Finally, use the below command to check installed MongoDB version on your system.

rahul@tecadmin:~$ mongod --version   db version v3.4.1 git version: 5e103c4f5583e2566a45d740225dc250baacfbd7 OpenSSL version: OpenSSL 1.0.2g  1 Mar 2016 allocator: tcmalloc modules: none build environment:     distmod: ubuntu1604     distarch: x86_64     target_arch: x86_64 

Also, connect MongoDB using the command line and execute some test commands for checking proper working.

ubuntu@tecadmin:~$ mongo  > use mydb;  > db.test.save( { tecadmin: 100 } )  > db.test.find()    { "_id" : ObjectId("52b0dc8285f8a8071cbb5daf"), "tecadmin" : 100 } 

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