The installation steps are well documented on the MongoDB portal. There are several ways to install the MongoDB on a self-managed platform. The following summarizes the installation of MongoDB Enterprise edition version 6.0 on a Red Hat based system.

1. Configure the MongoDB YUM repository.

Save the following entry in the /etc/yum.repos.d/ directory.

[mongodb-enterprise-6.0]

name=MongoDB Enterprise Repository

baseurl="https://repo.mongodb.com/yum/redhat/$releasever/mongodb-enterprise/6.0/$basearch/"

gpgcheck=1

enabled=1

gpgkey=https://www.mongodb.org/static/pgp/server-6.0.asc

2. Install the MongoDB packages.

# yum install mongodb-enterprise

3. Exclude MongoDB packages in /etc/yum.conf – optional.

Besides disabling the MongoDB YUM repository, you can explicitly exclude the packages from future yum updates by adding the following line in the /etc/yum.conf file.

exclude=mongodb-enterprise-database,mongodb-enterprise-server,mongodb-enterprise,mongodb-mongosh,mongodb-database-tools,mongodb-enterprise-tools,mongodb-enterprise-cryptd,mongodb-enterprise-mongos,mongodb-enterprise-database-tools-extra