How to install MongoDB on Mac

1. Open the Terminal app on your Mac.

2. Install Homebrew by running the following command:

   
    /bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"
   

3. Check the zshrc file, hit 'cd' so that you will be in current directory then hit 'ls -la' which gives long listing and all the files which are hidden.Check whether .zshrc file is listed there or not.If not then hit 'vim .zshrc' and press i to get into insert mode and type ':wq' and hit enter, but maker sure after this you restart your mac or you can run this command source ~/.zshrc , so that it will make .zshrc file for you.

4. Once Homebrew is installed, update the Homebrew package list by running the following command:

brew update

1. Install xcode by running the following command-

xcode-select --install

1. Tap into the mongodb

brew tab mongodb/brew

1. Install mongoDB by running the following command:

brew install mongodb-community@6.0

1. Start the services of mongodb server

brew services start mongodb-community@6.0

1. Stop the services of mongodb server

brew services stop mongodb-community@6.0

1. To run MongoDB (i.e. the mongod process) manually as a background process, run:

   --> For macOS running on Intel processors:

    mongod --config /usr/local/etc/mongod.conf --fork
   

   --> For macOS running on Apple Silicon Processors-

    mongod --config /opt/homebrew/etc/mongod.conf --fork
   

   1. Install mongoshell

    mongosh

1. Now you can run all the mongodb commands,for example:

    show dbs

That's it! With these steps, you should have successfully install mongodb on mac.