Install MongoDB on Ubuntu / Debian

Document-oriented NoSQL database (BSON), designed for horizontal scalability and flexible schemas.

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Installation

Server (official repository) · apt

curl -fsSL https://www.mongodb.org/static/pgp/server-8.0.asc | sudo gpg -o /usr/share/keyrings/mongodb-server-8.0.gpg --dearmor
echo "deb [ arch=amd64,arm64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/mongodb-server-8.0.gpg ] https://repo.mongodb.org/apt/ubuntu noble/mongodb-org/8.0 multiverse" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mongodb-org-8.0.list
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y mongodb-org

For Debian, replace the repository with the Debian one (e.g. bookworm); the apt "mongodb" package from the default repositories is outdated.

Verify the installation

Verify

$ mongod --version

Service

Start

$ sudo systemctl start mongod

Stop

$ sudo systemctl stop mongod

Status

$ sudo systemctl status mongod

Restart

$ sudo systemctl restart mongod

On boot

$ sudo systemctl enable mongod

Important files

Type	Path	Description
config	/etc/mongod.conf	Server configuration (YAML).
data	/var/lib/mongodb	dbPath data directory.
log	/var/log/mongodb/mongod.log	Server log.

Default ports

27017

Command-line tools

mongoshAdministration and query shell.
mongodumpBinary export of a database.
mongorestoreRestore of a binary dump.

Uninstall

Uninstall (and purge)

sudo systemctl stop mongod
sudo apt-get purge -y mongodb-org*
sudo rm -r /var/lib/mongodb /var/log/mongodb

Purging the directories permanently removes your data.

Good to know

The mongodb-org meta-package installs the server, mongosh and the mongodb-database-tools.
Adapt the distribution name ("noble" for Ubuntu 24.04) to your version.
Security: by default authentication is disabled and the server listens only on 127.0.0.1. Never expose port 27017 without enabling security.authorization and restricting net.bindIp.

Installation on Ubuntu / Debian

MongoDB publishes its own APT repository, which should be preferred over the distribution's packages (often several major versions behind). The installation block adds the GPG key, declares the repository, then installs the mongodb-org meta-package.

The mongod service starts via systemd; enable it at boot with systemctl enable mongod. The configuration lives in /etc/mongod.conf.