Question

While preparing to deploy a MongoDB powered site to a clients web server, their IT department has asked for the following:

(The Linux distribution is CentOS 6)

What I need from yourself is a detailed list of all the changes the
MongoDB will make to the server.

Install Locations, Config Changes etc.

Can anyone point me to where I would find the information they requested?

Answer 1

1. Install Location : Just use yum for your installation .. all the location is automatically managed mostly (/etc/mongo.conf and /var/lib/mongo for files)

   yum install mongo-10gen mongo-10gen-server
   

Or better still just search for the stable mongoDB db available and install

    yum search mongo 

1. Firewall : If the database server and application ar ot on the same server .. you need to update firewall to accept connection form mongoDB port

   -A INPUT -m state --state NEW -m tcp -p tcp --dport 27017 -j ACCEPT
   

2. To make MongoDb available on boot

   chkconfig --levels 235 mongod on
   

3. Am sure your mongoDB config … please note that replication and replSet is a diffrent ball game

   nano -w /etc/mongod.conf
   

You do not need much for the installation …its pretty straight forward

Thanks
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