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Mac Mongodb Installation


Download MongoDB community server

https://www.mongodb.com/download-center/community


Unzip the file in downloads

mongodb-osx-ssl-x86_64-4.0.4.tgz  => mongodb-osx-ssl-x86_64-4.0.4


Copy the file to the bin directory.  Open Terminal

cd mongodb-osx-ssl-x86_64-4.0.4
cd bin
mkdir /usr/local/bin/mongodb
cp * /usr/local/bin/mongodb
sudo mkdir -p /data/db
sudo chmod 777 /data
sudo chmod 777 /data/db


Add the MondgoDB file path to .bash_profile

$ nano ~/.bash_profile


Add the following line to .bash_profile and save:

   export PATH=/usr/local/bin/mongodb:$PATH
You'll probably need to restart the terminal session for path to be applied.


Start MongoDB by typeing mongod (d is for daemon)

$ mongod


Open a new terminal window and switch to the directory, type mongo

$ mongo


Insert a test record

> db.users.insert({"fullname": "robert amiscaray"})


Install Python 3 by doing brew install python.  Note:  PIP3 will also be installed.

$ brew install python


Install httpie for http helpers

$ sudo -H pip3 install httpie

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