{"id":1675,"date":"2018-03-11T17:06:34","date_gmt":"2018-03-11T22:06:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bluegalaxy.info\/codewalk\/?p=1675"},"modified":"2019-12-04T09:19:11","modified_gmt":"2019-12-04T14:19:11","slug":"mongodb-get-running-less-5-minutes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluegalaxy.info\/codewalk\/2018\/03\/11\/mongodb-get-running-less-5-minutes\/","title":{"rendered":"MongoDB: How to get up and running in less than 5 minutes (on Windows)"},"content":{"rendered":"

MongoDB is a “NoSQL” (non-relational) data store of documents that have no predefined schema, where data is stored as a series of JSON objects. The concept of the relational database where there is a database that has tables which are made up of columns and rows, is replaced by the MongoDB concept of a database consisting of “collections”, which are made up of documents full of JSON objects.<\/p>\n

This article will focus mainly on the installation of MongoDB on Windows in order to get up and running with it quickly.<\/p>\n

Step 1: Download and run the .msi<\/strong><\/h4>\n

The .msi can be downloaded from here:
\nhttps:\/\/www.mongodb.com\/download-center?jmp=nav#community<\/a><\/p>\n

Choose the Community Server option:<\/p>\n

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The name of the file to download is:
\nmongodb-win32-x86_64-2008plus-ssl-3.6.3-signed.msi<\/p>\n

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While the installation is running, one of the screens will give the option to choose Complete or Custom. Choose Custom.<\/p>\n

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Then choose Browse:<\/p>\n

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This is to change the default installation location from what they recommend:<\/p>\n

C:\\Program Files\\MongoDB\\Server\\3.6\\<\/code><\/p>\n

to<\/p>\n

C:\\mongodb<\/code><\/p>\n

Then click Next to continue on with the installation. I chose to allow the installation of MongoDB Compass also.<\/p>\n

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Step 2: Create folders and run commands in the cmd line
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In the new C:\\mongodb folder, add a data folder and a log folder.<\/p>\n

C:\\mongodb\\data<\/code>
\nC:\\mongodb\\log<\/code><\/p>\n

In the data folder, add a db folder:
\nC:\\mongodb\\data\\db<\/code><\/p>\n

Now open a command prompt in Administrator mode. cd to the mongodb\\bin folder.
\nC:\\mongodb\\bin<\/code><\/p>\n

Then type this command:
\nmongod --directoryperdb --dbpath C:\\mongodb\\data\\db --logpath C:\\mongodb\\log\\mongo.log --logappend \u2013install<\/code><\/p>\n

Then run this command:
\nnet start MongoDB<\/code><\/p>\n

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Then run this command, while still in the bin directory:
\nmongo<\/code><\/p>\n

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Note: There may also be some warning messages in addition to what is shown in the screen shot above.<\/p>\n

Type cls<\/code> to clear the screen. Then run these commands:<\/p>\n

show dbs<\/code><\/p>\n

followed by ‘use’ and then the name of the database you want to create. In this case I want to create a db called \u2018microblogs\u2019.<\/p>\n

use microblogs<\/code><\/p>\n

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The command db<\/code> will show you which database you are currently in.<\/p>\n

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Step 3: Create user<\/strong><\/h4>\n

For more information about creating a user, see:
\nhttps:\/\/docs.mongodb.com\/manual\/reference\/method\/db.createUser\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Run the following command block to create new user:<\/p>\n

db.createUser({\n\tuser: \"chris\",\n\tpwd: \"password\",\n\troles: [ \"readWrite\", \"dbAdmin\" ]\n});\n<\/pre>\n
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Step 4: Create a collection
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Run the following commands:
\ndb.createCollection('blogs');<\/code><\/p>\n
then<\/p>\n
show collections<\/code><\/p>\n
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For more information about setting up MongoDB, you can follow along with the Traversy Media video here:<\/p>\n