MongoDB

On-prem community edition

Table of contents
  1. Install MongoDB (locally)
  2. Run and stop MongoDB (locally)

Install MongoDB (locally)

brew tap mongodb/brew
brew install mongodb-community@4.4

This installs

  • mongod server
  • mongos sharded cluster query router
  • mongo shell

And also

  • /usr/local/etc/mongod.conf configuration file
  • /usr/local/var/log/mongodb log directory
  • /usr/local/var/mongodb data directory

And finally MongoDB Database Tools

Location varies by system. Check with brew --prefix.

Run and stop MongoDB (locally)

Run MongoDB as a macOS service (recommended)

brew services start mongodb-community@4.4
# Verify it is running (should be in started status)
brew service list | grep mongodb-community

You can then use the mongo shell via

mongo

Stop MongoDB

brew services stop mongodb-community@4.4

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