Installing MongoDB

Mongo DB version 4.2.x to 5.0.x are supported by Horizon

Download the latest version of the following Mongo DB 5.x RPMs from the MongoDB web site:

  • mongodb-org

  • mongodb-org-mongos

  • mongodb-org-server

  • mongodb-org-shell

  • mongodb-org-tools

Download the latest version of the Mongosh RPM from the mongosh github.

  • mongodb-mongosh

Upload the downloaded RPMs through SCP on the server under /root.

Using an account with privileges, install the RPMs using 'yum'. For example, to install MongoDB version 5.0.1, run the following command from the folder containing the RPMs:

$ yum install mongodb-org*
$ yum install mongodb-mongosh

Enable the service at startup with the following command:

$ systemctl enable mongod

Start the mongod service with the following command:

$ systemctl start mongod

Verify that you can connect to the Mongo instance by running the mongo shell:

$ mongo
You can disconnect from the shell with ^D