How To Install MongoDB 5.0 On Rocky Linux 8

On this short guide, we will learn how to install MongoDB version 5.0 Community Edition on Rocky Linux 8 operating system.

Introduction

Currently, the use of MongoDB in various applications has shown very rapid growth. Various applications that have adopted MongoDB include: fintech applications, various kinds of mobile apps, to heavy duty enterprise applications. In this article, we will discuss how to install MongoDB version 5.0 on the Rocky Linux 8 operating system.

MongoDB 5.0 Installation On Rocky Linux 8

There are any MongoDB Community Edition distribution for any platform, For Linux, OS X, and Windows. For Linux distribution, it has been provided MongoDB for various Linux systems, namely : Red Hat, SUSE, Amazon, Ubuntu and Debian.

Prerequisite

Before we go to MongoDB installation process on Rocky Linux 8, we need to prepare our environment as mentioned below :

• Rocky Linux 8 System with sufficient disk space (minimum of 10 GB)
• Non-root user with sudo privileges

The installation process will be consisting of several steps as mentioned below :

• Enabling MongoDB repository
• Installing MongoDB
• Starting MongoDB Service
• Interacting with MongoDB

A more detailed explanation will be described in the following sub-chapters.

1. Enabling MongoDB repository

By default, MongoDB is not exist in the Rocky Linux 8 default repository, so we need to add it manually to the system. To perform this task, we will create a new file and using vi text editor as shown below.

$ sudo vi /etc/yum.repos.d/mongodb-org-5.0.repo

Output :

[ramansah@otodiginet ~]$ sudo vi /etc/yum.repos.d/mongodb-org-5.0.repo
[sudo] password for ramansah: 

[mongodb-org-5.0]
name=MongoDB Repository
baseurl=https://repo.mongodb.org/yum/redhat/$releasever/mongodb-org/5.0/x86_64/
gpgcheck=1
enabled=1
gpgkey=https://www.mongodb.org/static/pgp/server-5.0.asc

2. Installing MongoDB

On this stage, we will install MongoDB 5.0 community edition by executing following command line :

$ sudo dnf -y update
$ sudo vi /etc/yum.repos.d/mongodb-org-5.0.repo

Output :

[ramansah@otodiginet ~]$ sudo dnf install -y mongodb-org
MongoDB Repository                                                              28 kB/s |  11 kB     00:00    
Dependencies resolved.
===============================================================================================================
 Package                                   Architecture    Version              Repository                Size
===============================================================================================================
Installing:
 mongodb-org                               x86_64          5.0.3-1.el8          mongodb-org-5.0           11 k
Installing dependencies:
 mongodb-database-tools                    x86_64          100.5.0-1            mongodb-org-5.0           47 M
 mongodb-mongosh                           x86_64          1.1.0-1.el7          mongodb-org-5.0           43 M
 mongodb-org-database                      x86_64          5.0.3-1.el8          mongodb-org-5.0           11 k
 mongodb-org-database-tools-extra          x86_64          5.0.3-1.el8          mongodb-org-5.0           16 k
 mongodb-org-mongos                        x86_64          5.0.3-1.el8          mongodb-org-5.0           19 M
 mongodb-org-server                        x86_64          5.0.3-1.el8          mongodb-org-5.0           28 M
 mongodb-org-shell                         x86_64          5.0.3-1.el8          mongodb-org-5.0           15 M
 mongodb-org-tools                         x86_64          5.0.3-1.el8          mongodb-org-5.0           10 k

Transaction Summary
===============================================================================================================
Install  9 Packages

Total download size: 152 M
Installed size: 556 M
Downloading Packages:
(1/9): mongodb-org-5.0.3-1.el8.x86_64.rpm                                       24 kB/s |  11 kB     00:00    
(2/9): mongodb-org-database-5.0.3-1.el8.x86_64.rpm                              28 kB/s |  11 kB     00:00    
(3/9): mongodb-org-database-tools-extra-5.0.3-1.el8.x86_64.rpm                  49 kB/s |  16 kB     00:00    
(4/9): mongodb-org-mongos-5.0.3-1.el8.x86_64.rpm                               1.2 MB/s |  19 MB     00:16    
(5/9): mongodb-mongosh-1.1.0.el8.x86_64.rpm                                    1.2 MB/s |  43 MB     00:35    
(6/9): mongodb-org-server-5.0.3-1.el8.x86_64.rpm                               1.1 MB/s |  28 MB     00:24    
(7/9): mongodb-org-tools-5.0.3-1.el8.x86_64.rpm                                 25 kB/s |  10 kB     00:00    
(8/9): mongodb-org-shell-5.0.3-1.el8.x86_64.rpm                                1.3 MB/s |  15 MB     00:11    
(9/9): mongodb-database-tools-100.5.0.x86_64.rpm                               950 kB/s |  47 MB     00:50    
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total                                                                          3.0 MB/s | 152 MB     00:50     
warning: /var/cache/dnf/mongodb-org-5.0-85529b2afce6c228/packages/mongodb-database-tools-100.5.0.x86_64.rpm: Header V3 RSA/SHA1 Signature, key ID e2c63c11: NOKEY
MongoDB Repository                                                             1.4 kB/s | 1.6 kB     00:01    
Importing GPG key 0xE2C63C11:
 Userid     : "MongoDB 5.0 Release Signing Key <packaging@mongodb.com>"
 Fingerprint: F567 9A22 2C64 7C87 527C 2F8C B00A 0BD1 E2C6 3C11
 From       : https://www.mongodb.org/static/pgp/server-5.0.asc
Key imported successfully
Running transaction check
Transaction check succeeded.
Running transaction test
Transaction test succeeded.
Running transaction
  Preparing        :                                                                                       1/1 
  Installing       : mongodb-org-database-tools-extra-5.0.3-1.el8.x86_64                                   1/9 
  Installing       : mongodb-org-shell-5.0.3-1.el8.x86_64                                                  2/9 

Installed:
  mongodb-database-tools-100.5.0-1.x86_64                      mongodb-mongosh-1.1.0-1.el7.x86_64              
  mongodb-org-5.0.3-1.el8.x86_64                               mongodb-org-database-5.0.3-1.el8.x86_64         
  mongodb-org-database-tools-extra-5.0.3-1.el8.x86_64          mongodb-org-mongos-5.0.3-1.el8.x86_64           
  mongodb-org-server-5.0.3-1.el8.x86_64                        mongodb-org-shell-5.0.3-1.el8.x86_64            
  mongodb-org-tools-5.0.3-1.el8.x86_64                        

Complete!

3. Starting MongoDB Service

Once the installation is complete, then we will start MongoDB service by submitting following command line :

$ sudo systemctl start mongod
$ sudo systemctl enable mongod
$ sudo systemctl status mongod

Output :

[ramansah@otodiginet ~]$ sudo systemctl start mongod
[ramansah@otodiginet ~]$ sudo systemctl enable mongod
[ramansah@otodiginet ~]$ sudo systemctl status mongod
● mongod.service - MongoDB Database Server
   Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/mongod.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
   Active: active (running) since Fri 2021-10-08 08:07:25 WIB; 13s ago
     Docs: https://docs.mongodb.org/manual
 Main PID: 48539 (mongod)
   Memory: 65.0M
   CGroup: /system.slice/mongod.service
           └─48539 /usr/bin/mongod -f /etc/mongod.conf

Oct 08 08:07:24 otodiginet systemd[1]: Starting MongoDB Database Server...
Oct 08 08:07:24 otodiginet mongod[48536]: about to fork child process, waiting until server is ready for conne>
Oct 08 08:07:24 otodiginet mongod[48536]: forked process: 48539
Oct 08 08:07:25 otodiginet mongod[48536]: child process started successfully, parent exiting
Oct 08 08:07:25 otodiginet systemd[1]: Started MongoDB Database Server.

4. Interacting With MongoDB

To interact with MongoDB, it provides a shell interface that allows us to access MongoDB shell. To perform this task we will run the following command from any terminal session on the server.

$ mongo

Output :

[ramansah@otodiginet ~]$ mongo
MongoDB shell version v5.0.3
connecting to: mongodb://127.0.0.1:27017/?compressors=disabled&gssapiServiceName=mongodb
Implicit session: session { "id" : UUID("d73f147f-0587-4c8a-8950-27ae63682efb") }
MongoDB server version: 5.0.3
================
Warning: the "mongo" shell has been superseded by "mongosh",
which delivers improved usability and compatibility.The "mongo" shell has been deprecated and will be removed in
an upcoming release.
We recommend you begin using "mongosh".
For installation instructions, see
https://docs.mongodb.com/mongodb-shell/install/
================
Welcome to the MongoDB shell.
For interactive help, type "help".
For more comprehensive documentation, see
	https://docs.mongodb.com/
Questions? Try the MongoDB Developer Community Forums
	https://community.mongodb.com
---

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The shell command mongo has been replaced by mongosh since MongoDB verison 5.0.x. We will use the new shell as showing below.

$ mongosh

Output :

[ramansah@otodiginet ~]$ mongosh
Current Mongosh Log ID:	615fa16408a1f7461833aba9
Connecting to:		mongodb://127.0.0.1:27017/?directConnection=true&serverSelectionTimeoutMS=2000
Using MongoDB:		5.0.3
Using Mongosh:		1.1.0

For mongosh info see: https://docs.mongodb.com/mongodb-shell/


To help improve our products, anonymous usage data is collected and sent to MongoDB periodically (https://www.mongodb.com/legal/privacy-policy).
You can opt-out by running the disableTelemetry() command.

------
   The server generated these startup warnings when booting:
   2021-10-08T08:07:25.899+07:00: Access control is not enabled for the database. Read and write access to data and configuration is unrestricted
   2021-10-08T08:07:25.899+07:00: /sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/enabled is 'always'. We suggest setting it to 'never'
------

Warning: Found ~/.mongorc.js, but not ~/.mongoshrc.js. ~/.mongorc.js will not be loaded.
  You may want to copy or rename ~/.mongorc.js to ~/.mongoshrc.js.

4.1 Using MongoDB

At this stage, we will try to use default database (admin) and create a new user. To perform this task, we will run the following command lines.

test> use admin
switched to db admin
admin> show dbs
admin     41 kB
config  61.4 kB
local     41 kB
admin> show collections
system.version
admin> 


admin> db.createUser(
... {
..... user: "digimbadmin",
..... pwd: "passwordkoe",
..... roles: [ { role: "userAdminAnyDatabase", db: "admin" } ]
..... }
... )
{ ok: 1 }
admin> show users
[
  {
    _id: 'admin.digimbadmin',
    userId: UUID("b295dc6b-660a-4196-8443-64b5e34d9555"),
    user: 'digimbadmin',
    db: 'admin',
    roles: [ { role: 'userAdminAnyDatabase', db: 'admin' } ],
    mechanisms: [ 'SCRAM-SHA-1', 'SCRAM-SHA-256' ]
  }
]
admin> 

Conclusion

In this short tutorion, we have learnt how to install and configur MongoDB 5.0 on Rocky Linux 8. We also discussed how to start, enable, and check the status of the MongoDB service as well as using the Mongo Shell interface to run commands to interact with a MongoDB database. I hope this article will be helpful.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

1. What are the prerequisites for installing MongoDB 5.0 on Rocky Linux 8?

Before starting the installation, ensure your server has at least 10 GB of disk space and that you are using a non-root user with sudo privileges. These requirements help ensure a smooth setup process. ([bckinfo.com][1])

👉 If you have not prepared your environment yet, follow the prerequisite section in this guide carefully.

2. Why do I need to enable the MongoDB repository manually?

MongoDB is not included in the default Rocky Linux 8 repository, so adding the official repository allows your system to download and install the correct packages securely. ([bckinfo.com][1])

💡 Skipping this step may result in package errors or outdated versions.

3. How do I start and enable the MongoDB service after installation?

Once MongoDB is installed, you can start the service using systemctl start mongod, enable it at boot with systemctl enable mongod, and verify it with systemctl status mongod. ([bckinfo.com][1])

This ensures your database server runs automatically after system restarts.

4. Which shell should I use: mongo or mongosh?

MongoDB 5.0 replaces the legacy mongo shell with mongosh, which offers better usability and compatibility. ([bckinfo.com][1])

👉 For long-term support and modern features, it is recommended to begin using mongosh.

5. How can I verify that MongoDB is running correctly?

You can confirm MongoDB is active by checking the service status via systemctl. An “active (running)” status indicates the database server is operational. ([bckinfo.com][1])

If the service fails to start, reviewing system logs can help identify configuration issues.

6. Is access control enabled by default in MongoDB 5.0?

No. By default, access control is not enabled, meaning read and write access is unrestricted until you configure authentication. ([bckinfo.com][1])

🔐 For production environments, enabling authentication should be one of your first security steps.

7. How do I create a database user in MongoDB?

After switching to the admin database, you can create a new user with roles such as userAdminAnyDatabase. This allows you to manage permissions securely. ([bckinfo.com][1])

👉 The article provides a practical example you can copy and adapt for your setup.

8. What should I do after successfully installing MongoDB?

After installation, consider:

• Creating administrative users
• Enabling authentication
• Adjusting kernel settings if recommended
• Testing database connectivity

These steps help transform a basic installation into a production-ready database server.

9. Can MongoDB 5.0 run on platforms other than Rocky Linux?

Yes. MongoDB Community Edition is available for multiple operating systems including Red Hat, SUSE, Amazon Linux, Ubuntu, Debian, macOS, and Windows. ([bckinfo.com][1])

This flexibility makes MongoDB a popular choice across diverse infrastructure environments.

10. Who should use MongoDB?

MongoDB is widely adopted across fintech platforms, mobile applications, and enterprise systems, thanks to its scalability and flexibility. ([bckinfo.com][1])

If your application requires high performance with evolving data structures, MongoDB is a strong candidate.