Install MongoDB on Sierra using Homebrew

MongoDB_macOS_Sierra.md

Install MongoDB on macOS Sierra

This procedure explains how to install MongoDB using Homebrew on macOS Sierra 10.12.
Official MongoDB install documentation: here

Install Homebrew

• Installing Homebrew is effortless, open Terminal and enter :
  $ /usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
• Note: Homebrew will download and install Command Line Tools for Xcode 8.0 as part of the installation process.

Install MongoDB

At this time of writing, Homebrew has MongoDB version 3.2.10 as default formulae in its main repository :

• Enter the following command : $ brew info mongodb
• Expected output: mongodb: stable 3.2.10 (bottled)

To install MongoDB enter : $ brew install mongodb

Additional configuration

Homebrew

To load and start the MongoDB background service, open Terminal and execute the following commands :

• Install brew services first : $ brew tap homebrew/services

• Load and start the MongoDB service : $ brew services start mongodb.
  Expected output : Successfully started mongodb (label: homebrew.mxcl.mongodb)

• Check of the MongoDB service has been loaded : $ brew services list ¹

• Verify the installed MongoDB instance : $ mongod --version.
  Expected output : db version v3.2.10

Comments

¹ The brew services start mongodb - instruction is equal to :

ln -sfv /usr/local/opt/mongodb/*.plist ~/Library/LaunchAgents
launchctl load ~/Library/LaunchAgents/homebrew.mxcl.mongodb.plist

Thank you for this.
Does it normally take like 10 minutes for Homebrew to download/install?
I have a good spec Mac Air and excellent internet connection.

@MatthewWyn, no, i don't think so. I've an older MacBook Pro w/ decent internet connection and the download took less than a minute.

it works also perfectly on a mac os high sierra.

After this you can manage the mongodb with robomongo for mac, just download it from here

Thank you!!

How to tell "brew services start mongodb" to use /data/db?

dyld: Symbol not found: _syslog$DARWIN_EXTSN
Referenced from: /usr/local/bin/mongod
Expected in: /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib
in /usr/local/bin/mongod
Abort trap: 6

Thank you!

Why the fuck isn't this on the official documentation!?

You can open a MR, @mallowigi and will be in official documentation.

is there a way to specify a path to mongod.conf when running mongod using brew command?
Sth like: brew services start mongodb -f path/to/mongod.conf

life saver, thanks.

Couldn't find the path to mongod.conf since it is not under /etc/.

FYI: I find that mongod.conf is under /usr/local/etc/

Thanks 👍

Thank you!

thanks, thats a easy one. :)

thank you

is there a way to specify a path to mongod.conf when running mongod using brew command?
Sth like: brew services start mongodb -f path/to/mongod.conf

Default service run by /usr/local/opt/mongodb/homebrew.mxcl.mongodb.plist
so you can see default mongo conf file at /usr/local/etc/mongod.conf, replace with your own
then run brew services start mongodb
or brew services start mongodb if mongodb service started

Thanks

sudo chmod 777 /data/db

Thank you!

after about 2 hours of trying all sorts of things, I finally got it to work thanks to you. THANK YOU!!

Thankssss for tutoriall!!!

Thanks a lot!

Thanks so much!!!

✌️

thank you sir,
THANK YOU

for MacOS Catalina

First, you install Homebrew. If you’re curious about what Homebrew is, read this article.

# Installs Homebrew
/usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"

Second, find the MongoDB tap.

brew tap mongodb/brew

Third, install MongoDB.

brew install mongodb-community