How To Install MongoDB community edition on Ubuntu 20.04–22.04
- Import the public key used by the package management system.
wget -qO — https://www.mongodb.org/static/pgp/server-6.0.asc | sudo apt-key add -2. Create a list file for MongoDB.
echo “deb [ arch=amd64,arm64 ] https://repo.mongodb.org/apt/ubuntu focal/mongodb-org/6.0 multiverse” | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mongodb-org-6.0.list3. Reload the local package database.
sudo apt-get update4. Install the MongoDB packages
sudo apt-get install -y mongodb-org5. Start MongoDB
sudo systemctl start mongodIf you receive an error similar to the following when starting mongod:
Failed to start mongod.service: Unit mongod.service not found.
Run the following command first:
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl start mongod6. Verify that MongoDB has started successfully.
sudo systemctl status mongod7. version check
mongod — version8. To access MongoDB shell, run the command mongosh.
mongosh- To list existing databases
show dbs3. To display the database you are using
db4. To create/switch to a new database in MongoDB:
use blogError Solution of Ubuntu 22.04:
Ubuntu 22.04 doesn’t have official MongoDB packages yet, so the best option now is to have Ubuntu 20.04, where official MongoDB packages are available.
It’s NOT recommended to use any workaround in Ubuntu 22.04 to install MongoDB, because it can lead to problems if you gonna use it in production. Below is the workaround that worked for me:
- Download
libssl1.1_1.1.1f-1ubuntu2_amd64.debfrom the official repository:
wget http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/o/openssl/libssl1.1_1.1.1f-1ubuntu2_amd64.deb2. Install it:
sudo dpkg -i libssl1.1_1.1.1f-1ubuntu2_amd64.deb3. Proceed with the installation of MongoDB:
sudo apt-get install -y mongodb-orgThis solution is from MongoDB Forum, but I also added a few notes to keep in mind.
