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The following details the steps to deploy MongoDB on a CentOS using .rpm packages and basic configuration following deployment.

For deploying MongoDB on alternative platforms, check  http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/installation/ for deployment steps.

First of all we will need to configure the package management system to hold the configuration information for the MongoDB repository: by creating the following file ‘/etc/yum.repos.d/mongodb.repo ‘.

If you are installing MongoDB on a 64-bit architecture (which is recommended) add the below for the MongoDB repository:

[mongodb] 
name=MongoDB Repository
baseurl=http://downloads-distro.mongodb.ord./repo/redhat/os/x86_64/ 
gpgcheck=0
enabled=1

If you looking to install  32-bit version (which is not recommended  for production environments) use the below:

[mongodb] 
name=MongoDB Repository
baseurl=http://downloads-distro.mongodb.ord./repo/redhat/os/i386
gpgcheck=0
enabled=1

Once the MongoDB repository has been configured, install the MongoDB daemon and tools packages.

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

By default, the install package configures MongoDB to use /etc/mongod.conf and the control script at /etc/rc.d/init.d/mongod. The instance will configure data files at ‘/var/lib/mongo’  and its log files in ‘/var/log/mongo’  and run using the security context of the mongod user account.

In order to control the mongod process, run the following:

service mongod start
service mongod stop 
service mongod restart

You can verify that the mongod process has started successfully by checking f the log file /var/log/mongo/mongod.log.

If you require to ensure that MongoDB starts automatically following a reboot, run the following command:

chkconfig mongod on