How to Install MongoDB 3.6 on Ubuntu 16.04 & 14.04 via PPA

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This tutorial will help you to install MongoDB 3.6 Production Release on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial), 14.04 LTS (trusty) and Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise).

Step 1 – Setup Apt Repository

First of all, import GPK key for the MongoDB apt repository on your system using the following command. This is required to test packages before installation

sudo apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv 2930ADAE8CAF5059EE73BB4B58712A2291FA4AD5

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

For Ubuntu 16.04:

echo "deb [ arch=amd64,arm64 ] http://repo.mongodb.org/apt/ubuntu "$(lsb_release -sc)"/mongodb-org/3.6 multiverse" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mongodb.list

For Ubuntu 14.04:

echo "deb [ arch=amd64 ] http://repo.mongodb.org/apt/ubuntu "$(lsb_release -sc)"/mongodb-org/3.6 multiverse" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mongodb.list

Step 2 – Install MongoDB Server

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 MongoDB, define the version number as below

sudo apt-get install mongodb-org=3.6.3 mongodb-org-server=3.6.3 mongodb-org-shell=3.6.3 mongodb-org-mongos=3.6.3 mongodb-org-tools=3.6.3

Step 3 – Manage MongoDB Service

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

sudo systmectl enable mongod
sudo systmectl start mongod 

Use the following commands to stop or restart MongoDB service.

sudo systmectl stop mongod
sudo systmectl restart mongod 

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Step 4 – Verify MongoDB Installation

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

mongod --version 

db version v3.6.3
git version: 9586e557d54ef70f9ca4b43c26892cd55257e1a5
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.

mongo 

> use mydb;

> db.test.save( { tecadmin: 100 } )

> db.test.find()

  { "_id" : ObjectId("52b0dc8285f8a8071cbb5daf"), "tecadmin" : 100 }

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