MongoDB is a database that uses a document-oriented data model and used to be free and open source.
Fedora has determined that the Server Side Public Licensev1 (SSPL) is not a Free Software License. Therefore, we need to drop MongoDB from Fedora or never update it again. Never updating it would bring security issues, hence we decided to remove it.
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First we need configure the package management system, please note that:
DNF by default uses the global configuration file at /etc/dnf/dnf.conf and all *.repo files found under /etc/yum.repos.d. The latter is typically used for repository configuration and takes precedence over global configuration.
Create a file mongodb-org-release_series.repo
$ sudo nano /etc/yum.repos.d/mongodb-org-4.4.repo
Insert this content inside the mongodb-org-release_series.repo file, edit the release_series in the filename and the baseurl and gpgkey fields URLs if you want to install another version.
[Mongodb]
name=MongoDB Repository
baseurl=https://repo.mongodb.org/yum/redhat/8/mongodb-org/4.4/x86_64/
gpgcheck=1
enabled=1
gpgkey=https://www.mongodb.org/static/pgp/server-4.4.asc
Now you can install with dnf
$ sudo dnf install mongodb-org
Currently some packages do not install, however those packages do not affect the functionality of MongoDB.
Warning: MongoDB does not guarantee compatibility with Fedora Linux, so newer MongoDB server packages might fail to install. See MongoDB issue ticket SERVER-58871.
To enable and start MongoDB service run:
$ sudo systemctl enable mongod.service
$ sudo systemctl start mongod.service
$ sudo systemctl status mongod.service
Run mongoshell to test the connection:
$ mongo
MongoDB shell version: 4.0.0
connecting to: test
MongoDB Admin is a Cross Platform GUI.
Authors: Jarek Prokop, Kevin Kofler, Muayyad Alsadi, Sergey Ushakov, oscarPulido