Installing MongoDB on M1 chip MacBook Pro

Summary: Installing the MongoDB community version suitable for M1 chips.

Prerequisites:

M1 Chip MacBook
Xcode command line tools installed
Homebrew installed

Installation Steps#

(It is recommended to have a global scientific internet connection, otherwise there is a high probability of installation failure due to inability to download files properly)

# Download official configuration
brew tap mongodb/brew

# Install MongoDB
brew install mongodb-community@5.0

Installation location:

# Configuration file
/opt/homebrew/etc/mongod.conf

# Log file
/opt/homebrew/var/log/mongodb

# Data directory
/opt/homebrew/var/mongodb

Installation completion log:

==> Summary
🍺  /opt/homebrew/Cellar/mongodb-community/5.0.6: 11 files, 181.5MB, built in 2 seconds
==> Running `brew cleanup mongodb-community`...
Disable this behaviour by setting HOMEBREW_NO_INSTALL_CLEANUP.
Hide these hints with HOMEBREW_NO_ENV_HINTS (see `man brew`).
==> Caveats
==> mongodb-community

To start mongodb/brew/mongodb-community now and restart at login:
  brew services start mongodb/brew/mongodb-community

Or, if you do not want/need a background service you can just run:
  mongod --config /opt/homebrew/etc/mongod.conf

Check if the installation is complete:

mongod -version

----
db version v5.0.6
Build Info: {
    "version": "5.0.6",
    "gitVersion": "212a8dbb47f07427dae194a9c75baec1d81d9259",
    "modules": [],
    "allocator": "system",
    "environment": {
        "distarch": "x86_64",
        "target_arch": "x86_64"
    }
}

Start the service:

# Run as a macOS service
brew services start mongodb-community@5.0

# Stop the service
brew services stop mongodb-community@5.0

# Restart the service
brew services restart mongodb-community@5.0

# View the running services list
brew services list

Basic Usage#

Connect to the database:

mongosh

----
Current Mongosh Log ID:	6232a53ad95c821061c3c2ac
Connecting to:		mongodb://127.0.0.1:27017/?directConnection=true&serverSelectionTimeoutMS=2000&appName=mongosh+1.2.3
Using MongoDB:		5.0.6
Using Mongosh:		1.2.3

For mongosh info see: https://docs.mongodb.com/mongodb-shell/

Add a new document:

db.testdb.insertOne({name:"legalgeek",slogen:"hello world"})
{
  acknowledged: true,
  insertedId: ObjectId("6232a5ced95c821061c3c2ad")
}

Query specific data:

db.testdb.find({name:"legalgeek"})
[
  {
    _id: ObjectId("6232a5ced95c821061c3c2ad"),
    name: 'legalgeek',
    slogen: 'hello world'
  }
]

Built-in Database Tools#

mongotop

Reference official documentation:
https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/tutorial/install-mongodb-on-os-x/