How to Install MongoDB Server 3.4 on Debian 8/7

MongoDB (named from “huMONGOus”) is a full flexible index support and rich queries database. Mongodb is a NoSQL database. MongoDB provides large media storage with GridFS. Click here for more details about this version of MongoDB. Use this tutorial to install MongoDB server 3.4 on Debian 9, Debian 8 and Debian 7 systems.

Step 1 – Setup Apt Repository

First of all, import MongoDB public GPG key in your system by issuing the following command. This key ensures package consistency and authenticity.

$ 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.

$ 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

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 like below

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

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 service mongod start
$ sudo service mongod stop

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Step 4 – Verify MongoDB Installation

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

[email protected]:~$ mongod --version 

db version v3.4.9
git version: 876ebee8c7dd0e2d992f36a848ff4dc50ee6603e
OpenSSL version: OpenSSL 1.0.1u-fips  22 Sep 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.

[email protected]:~$ mongo

> use mydb;

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

> db.test.find()

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

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