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Setup MongoDB on iOS

A simple guide to setting up MongoDB on iOS.

  1. Objectives:
      1. Install MongoDB on MacBook.
  2. Required Tools:
      1. Homebrew —  package manager for Mac
      2. MongoDB — MongoDB community version
      3. pymongo — python API for MongoDB.
  3. Steps (terminal command in blue):
      1. brew update
      2. brew install mongodb
      3. Create MongoDB Data directory (/data/db) with updated permission
        1. $ sudo mkdir -p /data/db
        2. $ sudo chown <user>/data/db
      4. Create/open bash_profile
        1. $ cd to users/<username>
        2. $ touch .bash_profile # skip if .bash_profile present
        3. $ open .bash_profile
      5. Insert command in  bash_profile for MongoDB commands to work in terminal
        1. export MONGO_PATH=/usr/local/mongodb
        2. export PATH=$PATH:$MONGO_PATH/bin
      6. Test: Run MongoDB
        1. terminal 1: mongod
        2. terminal 2: mongo.
      7. Install pymongo
        1. pip install pymongo

Further notes 

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