In my first article about Mongodb, we are going to see how to install Mongodb Enterprise Edition on Rocky Linux 9.7.
On operation system, we have 2 disks of 30GB each one. One for operation system and another one for Mongodb database, that we will config later.
This Rocky Linux has just one network interface with IP 192.168.1.221/24, 2 processors and 4GB of RAM.
So, lets resume in a table:
| Item | Valor |
|---|---|
| Mongodb Version | 8.0 |
| Operation System Version | Rocky Linux 9.7 ARM64 |
| Processors | 2 |
| RAM | 4GB |
| Disk Storage | 2x30GB (30GB SO), (30GB Database) |
| Network | 1x Interface Network (IP: 192.168.1.221/24) |
As this environment will be for test purposes, lets stop firewall service as well SELinux:
[root@mongodbsrv ~]$ systemctl stop firewalld
[root@mongodbsrv ~]$ systemctl disable firewalld
Removed "/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/firewalld.service".
Removed "/etc/systemd/system/dbus-org.fedoraproject.FirewallD1.service".
[root@mongodbsrv ~]$ setenforce 0
Set parameter SELINUX as disabled and restart the SO:
[root@mongodbsrv system]$ vim /etc/selinux/config
# This file controls the state of SELinux on the system.
# SELINUX= can take one of these three values:
# enforcing - SELinux security policy is enforced.
# permissive - SELinux prints warnings instead of enforcing.
# disabled - No SELinux policy is loaded.
# See also:
# https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/9/html/using_selinux/changing-selinux-states-and-modes_using-selinux#changing-selinux-modes-at-boot-time_changing-selinux-states-and-modes
#
# NOTE: Up to RHEL 8 release included, SELINUX=disabled would also
# fully disable SELinux during boot. If you need a system with SELinux
# fully disabled instead of SELinux running with no policy loaded, you
# need to pass selinux=0 to the kernel command line. You can use grubby
# to persistently set the bootloader to boot with selinux=0:
#
# grubby --update-kernel ALL --args selinux=0
#
# To revert back to SELinux enabled:
#
# grubby --update-kernel ALL --remove-args selinux
#
SELINUX=disabled
# SELINUXTYPE= can take one of these three values:
# targeted - Targeted processes are protected,
# mls - Multi Level Security protection.
SELINUXTYPE=targeted
[root@mongodbsrv system]$ shutdown -r 0
Now, let’s config the disk that will be used to database. First we are going to create a new partition and after that, format in xfs:
[root@mongodbsrv ~]$ fdisk -l
Disk /dev/nvme0n1: 30 GiB, 32212254720 bytes, 62914560 sectors
Disk model: VMware Virtual NVMe Disk
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: gpt
Disk identifier: 89C08AF9-3314-4BB9-96B3-E34838F6AC03
Device Start End Sectors Size Type
/dev/nvme0n1p1 2048 1230847 1228800 600M EFI System
/dev/nvme0n1p2 1230848 3327999 2097152 1G Linux filesystem
/dev/nvme0n1p3 3328000 62912511 59584512 28.4G Linux LVM
Disk /dev/nvme0n2: 30 GiB, 32212254720 bytes, 62914560 sectors
Disk model: VMware Virtual NVMe Disk
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk /dev/mapper/rl_192-root: 25.41 GiB, 27283947520 bytes, 53288960 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk /dev/mapper/rl_192-swap: 3 GiB, 3221225472 bytes, 6291456 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
[root@mongodbsrv ~]$ fdisk /dev/nvme0n2
Welcome to fdisk (util-linux 2.37.4).
Changes will remain in memory only, until you decide to write them.
Be careful before using the write command.
Device does not contain a recognized partition table.
Created a new DOS disklabel with disk identifier 0x9d3c8976.
Command (m for help): n
Partition type
p primary (0 primary, 0 extended, 4 free)
e extended (container for logical partitions)
Select (default p):
Using default response p.
Partition number (1-4, default 1):
First sector (2048-62914559, default 2048):
Last sector, +/-sectors or +/-size{K,M,G,T,P} (2048-62914559, default 62914559):
Created a new partition 1 of type 'Linux' and of size 30 GiB.
Command (m for help): w
The partition table has been altered.
Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table.
Syncing disks.
[root@mongodbsrv ~]$ mkfs.xfs /dev/nvme0n2p1
meta-data=/dev/nvme0n2p1 isize=512 agcount=4, agsize=1966016 blks
= sectsz=512 attr=2, projid32bit=1
= crc=1 finobt=1, sparse=1, rmapbt=0
= reflink=1 bigtime=1 inobtcount=1 nrext64=0
data = bsize=4096 blocks=7864064, imaxpct=25
= sunit=0 swidth=0 blks
naming =version 2 bsize=4096 ascii-ci=0, ftype=1
log =internal log bsize=4096 blocks=16384, version=2
= sectsz=512 sunit=0 blks, lazy-count=1
realtime =none extsz=4096 blocks=0, rtextents=0
Lets mount the new disk under /srv directory:
[root@mongodbsrv /]$ mount /dev/nvme0n2p1 /srv
[root@mongodbsrv /]$ df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
devtmpfs 4.0M 0 4.0M 0% /dev
tmpfs 1.8G 0 1.8G 0% /dev/shm
tmpfs 716M 8.8M 708M 2% /run
efivarfs 256K 34K 223K 14% /sys/firmware/efi/efivars
/dev/mapper/rl_192-root 26G 6.0G 20G 24% /
/dev/nvme0n1p2 960M 287M 674M 30% /boot
/dev/nvme0n1p1 599M 7.4M 592M 2% /boot/efi
tmpfs 358M 4.0K 358M 1% /run/user/0
/dev/nvme0n2p1 30G 247M 30G 1% /srv
Add the new mount point in fstab file to bring up the new disks at startup:
[root@mongodbsrv /]$ vim /etc/fstab
#
# /etc/fstab
# Created by anaconda on Sun Mar 22 23:21:29 2026
#
# Accessible filesystems, by reference, are maintained under '/dev/disk/'.
# See man pages fstab(5), findfs(8), mount(8) and/or blkid(8) for more info.
#
# After editing this file, run 'systemctl daemon-reload' to update systemd
# units generated from this file.
#
/dev/mapper/rl_192-root / xfs defaults 0 0
UUID=7dd694b0-486e-43fe-9bcb-59d82b972dcc /boot xfs defaults 0 0
UUID=973C-1E14 /boot/efi vfat umask=0077,shortname=winnt 0 2
/dev/mapper/rl_192-swap none swap defaults 0 0
/dev/nvme0n2p1 /srv xfs defaults 0 0
Now, we need to create a new repository to download Mongodb and the administrative tools.
[root@mongodbsrv ~]$ vim /etc/yum.repos.d/mongodb-enterprise-8.0.repo
[mongodb-enterprise-8.0]
name=MongoDB Enterprise Repository
baseurl=https://repo.mongodb.com/yum/redhat/9/mongodb-enterprise/8.0/$basearch/
gpgcheck=1
enabled=1
gpgkey=https://pgp.mongodb.com/server-8.0.asc
Lets just install, not start Mongodb and Mongodb Shell:
[root@mongodbsrv ~]$ sudo yum remove -y mongodb-mongosh && sudo yum install -y mongodb-mongosh-shared-openssl3
No match for argument: mongodb-mongosh
No packages marked for removal.
Dependencies resolved.
Nothing to do.
Complete!
MongoDB Enterprise Repository 80 kB/s | 60 kB 00:00
Rocky Linux 9 - BaseOS 16 MB/s | 20 MB 00:01
Rocky Linux 9 - AppStream 7.5 MB/s | 17 MB 00:02
Rocky Linux 9 - Extras 28 kB/s | 17 kB 00:00
Dependencies resolved.
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Package Architecture Version Repository Size
===============================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================
Installing:
mongodb-mongosh-shared-openssl3 aarch64 2.8.1-1.el8 mongodb-enterprise-8.0 63 M
Transaction Summary
===============================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================
Install 1 Package
Total download size: 63 M
Installed size: 292 M
Downloading Packages:
mongodb-mongosh-shared-openssl3-2.8.1.aarch64.rpm 21 MB/s | 63 MB 00:03
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Total 21 MB/s | 63 MB 00:03
MongoDB Enterprise Repository 2.8 kB/s | 1.6 kB 00:00
Importing GPG key 0x4E7DCA05:
Userid : "MongoDB 8.0 Release Signing Key <packaging@mongodb.com>"
Fingerprint: 4B07 52C1 BCA2 38C0 B4EE 14DC 41DE 058A 4E7D CA05
From : https://pgp.mongodb.com/server-8.0.asc
Key imported successfully
Running transaction check
Transaction check succeeded.
Running transaction test
Transaction test succeeded.
Running transaction
Preparing : 1/1
Installing : mongodb-mongosh-shared-openssl3-2.8.1-1.el8.aarch64 1/1
Running scriptlet: mongodb-mongosh-shared-openssl3-2.8.1-1.el8.aarch64 1/1
Verifying : mongodb-mongosh-shared-openssl3-2.8.1-1.el8.aarch64 1/1
Installed:
mongodb-mongosh-shared-openssl3-2.8.1-1.el8.aarch64
Complete!
[root@mongodbsrv ~]$ sudo yum install -y mongodb-enterprise
Last metadata expiration check: 0:00:41 ago on Sun 22 Mar 2026 08:29:37 PM -03.
Dependencies resolved.
===============================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================
Package Architecture Version Repository Size
===============================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================
Installing:
mongodb-enterprise aarch64 8.0.20-1.el9 mongodb-enterprise-8.0 9.3 k
Installing dependencies:
cyrus-sasl aarch64 2.1.27-21.el9 baseos 72 k
mongodb-database-tools aarch64 100.15.0-1 mongodb-enterprise-8.0 29 M
mongodb-enterprise-cryptd aarch64 8.0.20-1.el9 mongodb-enterprise-8.0 26 M
mongodb-enterprise-database aarch64 8.0.20-1.el9 mongodb-enterprise-8.0 9.5 k
mongodb-enterprise-database-tools-extra aarch64 8.0.20-1.el9 mongodb-enterprise-8.0 33 M
mongodb-enterprise-mongos aarch64 8.0.20-1.el9 mongodb-enterprise-8.0 29 M
mongodb-enterprise-server aarch64 8.0.20-1.el9 mongodb-enterprise-8.0 39 M
mongodb-enterprise-tools aarch64 8.0.20-1.el9 mongodb-enterprise-8.0 9.2 k
Transaction Summary
===============================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================
Install 9 Packages
Total download size: 157 M
Installed size: 744 M
Downloading Packages:
(1/9): mongodb-enterprise-8.0.20-1.el9.aarch64.rpm 25 kB/s | 9.3 kB 00:00
(2/9): mongodb-enterprise-database-8.0.20-1.el9.aarch64.rpm 17 kB/s | 9.5 kB 00:00
(3/9): mongodb-enterprise-cryptd-8.0.20-1.el9.aarch64.rpm 16 MB/s | 26 MB 00:01
(4/9): mongodb-database-tools-100.15.0-1.aarch64.rpm 7.7 MB/s | 29 MB 00:03
(5/9): mongodb-enterprise-database-tools-extra-8.0.20-1.el9.aarch64.rpm 8.9 MB/s | 33 MB 00:03
(6/9): mongodb-enterprise-mongos-8.0.20-1.el9.aarch64.rpm 9.5 MB/s | 29 MB 00:03
(7/9): cyrus-sasl-2.1.27-21.el9.aarch64.rpm 323 kB/s | 72 kB 00:00
(8/9): mongodb-enterprise-tools-8.0.20-1.el9.aarch64.rpm 19 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
(9/9): mongodb-enterprise-server-8.0.20-1.el9.aarch64.rpm 21 MB/s | 39 MB 00:01
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Total 26 MB/s | 157 MB 00:06
Rocky Linux 9 - BaseOS 1.7 MB/s | 1.7 kB 00:00
Importing GPG key 0x350D275D:
Userid : "Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation - Release key 2022 <releng@rockylinux.org>"
Fingerprint: 21CB 256A E16F C54C 6E65 2949 702D 426D 350D 275D
From : /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-Rocky-9
Key imported successfully
Running transaction check
Transaction check succeeded.
Running transaction test
Transaction test succeeded.
Running transaction
Preparing : 1/1
Running scriptlet: cyrus-sasl-2.1.27-21.el9.aarch64 1/9
Installing : cyrus-sasl-2.1.27-21.el9.aarch64 1/9
Running scriptlet: cyrus-sasl-2.1.27-21.el9.aarch64 1/9
Installing : mongodb-enterprise-database-tools-extra-8.0.20-1.el9.aarch64 2/9
Installing : mongodb-enterprise-cryptd-8.0.20-1.el9.aarch64 3/9
Running scriptlet: mongodb-enterprise-server-8.0.20-1.el9.aarch64 4/9
Installing : mongodb-enterprise-server-8.0.20-1.el9.aarch64 4/9
Running scriptlet: mongodb-enterprise-server-8.0.20-1.el9.aarch64 4/9
Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/mongod.service → /usr/lib/systemd/system/mongod.service.
Installing : mongodb-enterprise-mongos-8.0.20-1.el9.aarch64 5/9
Installing : mongodb-enterprise-database-8.0.20-1.el9.aarch64 6/9
Running scriptlet: mongodb-database-tools-100.15.0-1.aarch64 7/9
Installing : mongodb-database-tools-100.15.0-1.aarch64 7/9
Running scriptlet: mongodb-database-tools-100.15.0-1.aarch64 7/9
Installing : mongodb-enterprise-tools-8.0.20-1.el9.aarch64 8/9
Installing : mongodb-enterprise-8.0.20-1.el9.aarch64 9/9
Running scriptlet: mongodb-enterprise-8.0.20-1.el9.aarch64 9/9
Verifying : mongodb-database-tools-100.15.0-1.aarch64 1/9
Verifying : mongodb-enterprise-8.0.20-1.el9.aarch64 2/9
Verifying : mongodb-enterprise-cryptd-8.0.20-1.el9.aarch64 3/9
Verifying : mongodb-enterprise-database-8.0.20-1.el9.aarch64 4/9
Verifying : mongodb-enterprise-database-tools-extra-8.0.20-1.el9.aarch64 5/9
Verifying : mongodb-enterprise-mongos-8.0.20-1.el9.aarch64 6/9
Verifying : mongodb-enterprise-server-8.0.20-1.el9.aarch64 7/9
Verifying : mongodb-enterprise-tools-8.0.20-1.el9.aarch64 8/9
Verifying : cyrus-sasl-2.1.27-21.el9.aarch64 9/9
Installed:
cyrus-sasl-2.1.27-21.el9.aarch64 mongodb-database-tools-100.15.0-1.aarch64 mongodb-enterprise-8.0.20-1.el9.aarch64 mongodb-enterprise-cryptd-8.0.20-1.el9.aarch64 mongodb-enterprise-database-8.0.20-1.el9.aarch64
mongodb-enterprise-database-tools-extra-8.0.20-1.el9.aarch64 mongodb-enterprise-mongos-8.0.20-1.el9.aarch64 mongodb-enterprise-server-8.0.20-1.el9.aarch64 mongodb-enterprise-tools-8.0.20-1.el9.aarch64
Complete!
And that’s it for now. Next article we will create a Cluster Replicat Set for development purposes.
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