HOW TO: Install MongoDB & UBNT mFI

**Gareth_2007** · July 23rd, 2014

Before you start login as root

Code:

sudo su

Step 1: Add APT Repository

First import public key of 10gen repository in our system

Code:

$ apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv 7F0CEB10

Lets add 10 gen MongoDB APT repository url in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mongodb.list.

Code:

$ echo 'deb http://downloads-distro.mongodb.org/repo/ubuntu-upstart dist 10gen' | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mongodb.list

After adding required APT repositories, use following commands to install MongoDB in your systems. It will also install all dependent packages required for mongodb.

Code:

$ apt-get update

Code:

$ apt-get install mongodb-org

Step 3: Start/Stop MongoDB Service

Start/Stop MongoDB using Init script. Below are the example commands to do it.

Code:

# service mongod stop

Code:

# service mongod start

Step 4: Verify MongoDB Installation

Use following command to check installed mongodb version

$

Code:

mongo --version

Step 5: Initialise and test the database

$

Code:

mongod

MongoDB shell version: 2.6.3
Connect MongoDB using command line and execute some test commands for checking proper working.

Code:

$ mongo

Code:

> db.test.save( { admintest: 100 } )

Code:

> db.test.find()

Code:

  { "_id" : ObjectId("52b0dc8285f8a8071cbb5daf"), "admintest" : 100 }

Step 6: Install of the mFI Controller

You'll need to add the repo to the sources list

Code:

$ nano /etc/apt/sources.list

Scroll to the bottom and add the following line

Code:

deb http://www.ubnt.com/downloads/mfi/distros/deb/ubuntu ubuntu ubiquiti

Step 7: add GPG Key

Code:

 apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv C0A52C50

Step 8: Install mFI Controller

Update packet list:

Code:

$ apt-get update

Install:

Code:

$ apt-get install mfi

Step 8: Test

The mFi webUI can be reached via the local machines ip address https://192.168.1.10:6443/

Change the ip to match your machine.

**Vagelism_Meintasis** · May 23rd, 2015

When I type mongo
I got the following error.
MongoDB shell version: 2.4.9
connecting to: test
Sat May 23 22:52:21.026 Error: couldn't connect to server 127.0.0.1:27017 at src/mongo/shell/mongo.js:145
exception: connect failed