Installing Mongodb on a Mac

January 26, 2019

go to download

$ cd ~/downloads

extract the tar from the download

$ tar xvf mongodb-osx-x86_64-3.0.0.tgz

enter bin

$ cd mongodb-osx-x86_64-3.0.0
$ cd bin

enter bash with privileges

$ sudo bash

create mongodb data store and set permissions

$ mkdir -p /data/db
$ chmod 777 /data
$ chmod 777 /data/db

confirm directories set with correct permissions

$ ls -ld /data/db

set PATH

$ cp * /usr/local/bin
$ exit

Verify mongo is in PATH

$ which mongod
$ which mongo

Start mongodb

$ mongod

Start mongodb shell

$ mongo