Install Mongodb on ubuntu / fedora 11 to 16

Easy installation of mongodb on ubuntu and fedora

Ubuntu

   1. Add Repo Key as
        sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv 7F0CEB10

   2. Add Repo Source
        for Debian Lenny or older ubuntu add below line to /etc/apt/sources.list
     
        deb http://downloads-distro.mongodb.org/repo/debian-sysvinit dist 10gen


      for recent ubuntu add below line to /etc/apt/sources.list

      deb http://downloads-distro.mongodb.org/repo/ubuntu-upstart dist 10gen 

   3. Install mongo-db
       
       sudo apt-get install mongodb-10gen

 Fedora

  1. logged in as root user by su -
  2. Add below part to /etc/yum.repos.d/10gen-mongodb.repo

10gen]
name=10gen Repository
baseurl=http://downloads-distro.mongodb.org/repo/redhat/os/i686
gpgcheck=0

    3.  yum install mongo-10gen mongo-10gen-server
    4.  Configure MongoDB Database Server as below
         1.  nano -w /etc/mongod.conf
         2. Set or check the basic setting before start mongodb

             make sure that this below things are available in mongodb.conf
 
                  logpath=/var/log/mongo/mongod.log
                  port=2701
                  dbpath=/var/lib/mongo
     5. /etc/init.d/mongod start

   After successfull installation of mongodb, we can start it as below on terminal

   1. mongo
   2. use database_name  # default