mongodb-prebuilt

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Install mongodb prebuilt binaries using npm. This module helps you easily install the mongodb without having to compile anything.

MongoDB is an open-source, document database designed for ease of development and scaling.

Installation

Download and install the latest build of mongodb for your OS and add it to your projects package.json as a dependency:

``
npm install mongodb-prebuilt
`

--global to make MongoDB binaries accessible without additional configurations.

`
npm install -g mongodb-prebuilt
`

If that command fails with an EACCESS error you may have to run it again with sudo:

`
sudo npm install -g mongodb-prebuilt
`

Now you can just run mongod to run mongodb:

`
mongod
`

Complete list of programs:

- bsondump
- mongo
- mongod
- mongodump
- mongoexport
- mongofiles
- mongoimport
- mongooplog
- mongoperf
- mongorestore
- mongos
- mongosniff
- mongostat
- mongotop

About

Works on Mac, Windows, Linux and Solaris OSes that MongoDB supports.

Programmatic usage

`javascript
let {MongodHelper} = require('mongodb-prebuilt');

let mongodHelper = new MongodHelper(['--port', "27018"]);

mongodHelper.run().then((started) => {
console.log('mongod is running');
}, (e) => {
console.log('error starting', e);
});

``