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Install MongoDB Enterprise on OS X¶
Overview¶
Use this tutorial to install MongoDB Enterprise on OS X systems. MongoDB Enterprise is available on select platforms and contains support for several features related to security and monitoring.
Platform Support
MongoDB only supports OS X versions 10.7 (Lion) and later on Intel x86-64. Versions of MongoDB Enterprise prior to 3.2 did not support OS X.
Install MongoDB Enterprise¶
Download the latest production release of MongoDB Enterprise.
Extract the files from the downloaded archive.¶
For example, from a system shell, you can extract through the tar command:
tar -zxvf mongodb-osx-x86_64-enterprise-3.2.3.tgz
Copy the extracted archive to the target directory.¶
Copy the extracted folder to the location from which MongoDB will run.
mkdir -p mongodb
cp -R -n mongodb-osx-x86_64-enterprise-3.2.3/ mongodb
Ensure the location of the binaries is in the PATH variable.¶
The MongoDB binaries are in the bin/ directory of the archive. To ensure that the binaries are in your PATH, you can modify your PATH.
For example, you can add the following line to your shell’s rc file (e.g. ~/.bashrc):
export PATH=<mongodb-install-directory>/bin:$PATH
Replace <mongodb-install-directory> with the path to the extracted MongoDB archive.
Run MongoDB Enterprise¶
Create the data directory.¶
Before you start MongoDB for the first time, create the directory to which the mongod process will write data. By default, the mongod process uses the /data/db directory. If you create a directory other than this one, you must specify that directory in the dbpath option when starting the mongod process later in this procedure.
The following example command creates the default /data/db directory:
mkdir -p /data/db
Run MongoDB.¶
To run MongoDB, run the mongod process at the system prompt. If necessary, specify the path of the mongod or the data directory. See the following examples.
Run without specifying paths¶
If your system PATH variable includes the location of the mongod binary and if you use the default data directory (i.e., /data/db), simply enter mongod at the system prompt:
mongod
Specify the path of the mongod¶
If your PATH does not include the location of the mongod binary, enter the full path to the mongod binary at the system prompt:
<path to binary>/mongod
Specify the path of the data directory¶
If you do not use the default data directory (i.e., /data/db), specify the path to the data directory using the --dbpath option:
mongod --dbpath <path to data directory>
Begin using MongoDB.¶
To help you start using MongoDB, MongoDB provides Getting Started Guides in various driver editions. See Getting Started for the available editions.
Before deploying MongoDB in a production environment, consider the Production Notes document.
Later, to stop MongoDB, press Control+C in the terminal where the mongod instance is running.
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