How to set up MongoDB on macOS using brew

Donald Feury -

The community edition of MongoDB can be set up on macOS using the following steps with homebrew:

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MongoDB 5.0 Community Edition supports macOS 10.14 or later.
  • Tap the MongoDB Homebrew Tap:
brew tap mongodb/brew
  • Install MongoDB:
brew install mongodb-community@5.0
  • Once it's installed, start it as a macOS service by running the following:
brew services start mongodb-community@5.0
  • If you need to stop MongoDB running as a macOS service, use this command:
brew services stop mongodb-community@5.0

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