3. What is MongoDB?
MongoDB is a free & open source cross platform document-
oriented database.
It is classified as a NoSQLdatabase, MongoDB avoids the
table-based relational database structure.
MongoDB was founded in 2007 by the people behind
ShopWiki and Gilt Group.
Mongo derives from the word ‘Humongous’, because of the
database’s ability to hold large amount of data
4. System Requirements
No special req. needed to install the server
Basically, MongoDB installation is depends on the type of Platform.
For WINDOWS SERVER:
• Windows must be newer than WINDOWS XP
• Installation process is almost same in every windows version
except WINDOWS 7(it need more updates)
• Minimum 1024MB RAM is required & about 1GB of disk
space
6. Supported Platforms
Mongo DB Supports variety of platforms, following operating
systems are recommended for production use:
Windows
Linux/Ubuntu
Debian 7.1
Apple OSX
7. Installation on Windows
1) Go to www.MongoDB.org
2) Locate the Windows installer & download it.(64/32bit)
3) If you are using WINDOWS 7 then you have to download some updates
from www.support.microsoft.com
4) Create a dir. in C drive, name it ‘data’ & ‘db’ (ie. C:datadb)
5) Now run the downloaded installer file into above folder.
6) & run the Configure it from CMD.
7) Create new variable in Env Variables.(Give bin folder path)
8) Open CMD & run ‘Mongo’ for new connection.