Installing MongoDB Community Edition

Mongo DB version 4.2.x to 5.x.x are supported by Stream

Download the last 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 last 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