MongoDB 8 Installation Guide for CentOS 8

• MongoDB 8 Installation Guide for CentOS 8

MongoDB 8 Installation Guide for CentOS 8

Install MongoDB 8 on CentOS 8

This guide provides the correct steps to install MongoDB 8.0 on CentOS 8 / RHEL 8 / Rocky Linux 8 / AlmaLinux 8.

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1. Add MongoDB YUM Repository

Create a repo file:

sudo nano /etc/yum.repos.d/mongodb-org-8.0.repo

Paste:

[mongodb-org-8.0]
name=MongoDB Repository
baseurl=https://repo.mongodb.org/yum/redhat/$releasever/mongodb-org/8.0/x86_64/
gpgcheck=1
enabled=1
gpgkey=https://www.mongodb.org/static/pgp/server-8.0.asc

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2. Install MongoDB 8.0

sudo dnf clean all
sudo dnf install -y mongodb-org

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3. Start & Enable MongoDB

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

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4. Verify Installation

mongod --version
mongosh

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5. (Optional) Open Firewall Port

sudo firewall-cmd --add-port=27017/tcp --permanent
sudo firewall-cmd --reload

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6. SELinux Fix (if MongoDB fails)

Temporarily:

sudo setenforce 0

Permanently:

Edit /etc/selinux/config:

SELINUX=permissive

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7. Fix CentOS 8 Repo Metadata Issue

sudo dnf upgrade --refresh
sudo dnf config-manager --set-enabled powertools

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Done!

MongoDB 8 is now installed successfully.