How to start and test MongoDB service on macOS.

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Here some easy ways to procceed with MongoDB and MacOS on the node intermediate course from GitHub Labs.

Install MongoDB

As followed by here,

  • Install xcode-select
  • Install homebrew

Then:

brew tap mongodb/brew

brew install mongodb-community@5.0

Running

brew services start mongodb-community@5.0

MongoDB Shell

Install and after run

brew install mongosh

mongosh

Shutdown via mongosh

Run mongosh and then:

db.adminCommand({
  shutdown: 1
})

Verify if MongoDB is running

brew services list

Tips


    Open a new console and type in the mongosh command.
    Select our database: use userData
    Insert a new user into a users collection:db.users.insertOne({name:"octocat",email:"octo@cat.com",password:"password"})
    Find all users: db.users.find()
    Delete all users: db.users.drop()