How to Install MongoDB 4.0 on Debian 9/8

MongoDB is a full flexible index support and rich queries database. It 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 4.0 on Debian 9 Stretch and Debian 8 Jessie 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 9DA31620334BD75D9DCB49F368818C72E52529D4

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/4.0 main" | 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

Step 3 – Manage MongoDB Service

MongoDB database server has been installed successfully on your system. Let’s execute the below command to start MongoDB servie.

sudo systemctl start mongod.service

Also, run the below command to enable MongoDB to start on system boot.

sudo systemctl enable mongod.service

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Step 4 – Test MongoDB Version

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

[email protected]:~$ mongod --version 

db version v4.0.0
git version: 3b07af3d4f471ae89e8186d33bbb1d5259597d51
OpenSSL version: OpenSSL 1.1.0f  25 May 2017
allocator: tcmalloc
modules: none
build environment:
    distmod: debian92
    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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