Install MongoDB on Debian Buster - mongodb

Question

How to install the latest MongoDB 3.4 or even 3.6?
They support with Ubuntu, but my server is Debian Buster and I am stuck with MongoDB 3.2.

Answer 1

I don't know if this is a good idea yet, but I just installed it by adding the sid repos and installing using the mongodb-server package. For me this installs version 3.4.18.
I created /etc/apt/sources.list.d/sid.list with:
deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ sid main
deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian/ sid main
then did
apt update
apt install mongodb-server
and verified that it's working by connecting with mongo.

Answer 2

I have found the solution for a build script, the description is found here:
https://github.com/patrikx3/docker-debian-testing-mongodb-stable
The description:
Debian Stretch / Buster / Bullseye / Testing MongoDB and MongoDB Tools build stable builder script, what it does as exactly:
It is basically a built for the latest MongoDB for Debian.
The current varsion is the r4.0.x build (release).
Warning It will remove all mongodb* apt packages in ./scripts/build-server.sh and /etc/systemd/system/mongodb-server.service is replaced.
It install the required apt dependencies and generates the SystemD service and makes it enabled.
Check if the build works (building is below). It runs all tests, so if it works, then it really does, actually. If there is an error, of course, you will not deploy on your server. So, if building and testing works, then it puts the binaries as it follow and you are sure and done.
The build as follows build-server.sh:
#!/usr/bin/env bash
# based on https://github.com/mongodb/mongo/wiki/Build-Mongodb-From-Source
# the current directory
DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
# if an error exit right away, don't continue the build
set -e
# some info
echo
#echo "Works like command, use a tag: sudo ./scripts/build-server.sh r4.2.0"
echo "Works like command, use a tag: sudo ./scripts/build-server.sh r4.0.12"
echo
# check if we are root
if [[ $EUID -ne 0 ]]; then
echo "This script must be ran via root 'sudo' command or using in 'sudo -i'."
exit 1
fi
# require mongo branch
#if [ -z "${1}" ]; then
# echo "First argument must be the MONGODB_BRANCH for example 'v4.1'"
# exit 1
#fi
#MONGODB_BRANCH="${1}"
# require mongo release
#if [ -z "${2}" ]; then
# echo "The second argument must be the MONGODB_RELEASE for example 'r4.1.0'"
# exit 1
#fi
#MONGODB_RELEASE="${2}"
# require mongo release
if [ -z "${1}" ]; then
echo "The first argument must be the MONGODB_RELEASE for example 'r4.0.12'"
exit 1
fi
MONGODB_RELEASE="${1}"
# delete all mongo other programs, we self compile
apt remove --purge mongo*
# the required packages for debian
apt -y install libboost-filesystem-dev libboost-program-options-dev libboost-system-dev libboost-thread-dev build-essential gcc python scons git glibc-source libssl-dev python-pip libffi-dev python-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev #libcurl-dev
pip install -U pip pyyaml typing
# generate build directory variable
BUILD=$DIR/../build
# delete previous build directory
rm -rf $BUILD/mongo
# generate new build directory
mkdir -p $BUILD
# the mongodb.conf and systemd services files in a directory variable
ROOT_FS=$DIR/../artifacts/root-filesystem
# find out how many cores we have and we use that many
if [ -z "$CORES" ]; then
CORES=$(grep -c ^processor /proc/cpuinfo)
fi
echo Using $CORES cores
# go to the build directory
pushd $BUILD
# clone the mongo by branch
#git clone -b ${MONGODB_BRANCH} https://github.com/mongodb/mongo.git
# clone the mongo by branch
git clone https://github.com/mongodb/mongo.git
# the mongo directory is a variables
MONGO=$BUILD/mongo
# go to the mongo directory
pushd $MONGO
# checkout the mongo release
git checkout tags/${MONGODB_RELEASE}
# hack to old version python pip cryptography from 1.7.2 to use the latest
sed -i 's#cryptography == 1.7.2#\#cryptography == 1.7.2#g' buildscripts/requirements.txt
# this is only because 4.0.12 uses 1.7.2 and
# https://github.com/pyca/cryptography/issues/4193#issuecomment-381236459
# support minimum latest (2.2)
pip install cryptography
# install the python requirements
#pip install -r etc/pip/dev-requirements.txt
pip install -r buildscripts/requirements.txt
# somewhere in the build it says if we install this, it is faster to build
pip2 install --user regex
# build everything
scons all --disable-warnings-as-errors -j $CORES --ssl
# install the mongo programs all
scons install --disable-warnings-as-errors -j $CORES --prefix /usr
# create a copy of the old config
#TIMESTAMP=$(($(date +%s%N)/1000000))
#cp /etc/mongodb.conf /etc/mongodb.conf.$TIMESTAMP.save
# copy the mongodb.conf configured and the systemd service file
# dangerous!!! removed
# cp -avr $ROOT_FS/. /
MONGODB_SERVICE=etc/systemd/system/mongodb-server.service
cp $ROOT_FS/$MONGODB_SERVICE /$MONGODB_SERVICE
chown root:root /$MONGODB_SERVICE
chmod o-rwx /$MONGODB_SERVICE
# generate mongodb user and group
useradd mongodb -d /var/lib/mongodb -s /bin/false || true
# create the required mongodb database directory and add safety
mkdir -p /var/lib/mongodb
chmod o-rwx -R /var/lib/mongodb
chown -R mongodb:mongodb /var/lib/mongodb
# create the required mongodb log directory and add safety
mkdir -p /var/log/mongodb
chmod o-rwx -R /var/log/mongodb
chown -R mongodb:mongodb /var/log/mongodb
# create the required run socket directory and add safety
mkdir -p /run/mongodb
chmod o-rwx -R /run/mongodb
chown -R mongodb:mongodb /run/mongodb
# add safety to the mongodb config file
chmod o-rwx /etc/mongodb.conf || true
chown mongodb:mongodb /etc/mongodb.conf || true
# reload systemd services
systemctl daemon-reload
# enable the mongodb-server
systemctl enable mongodb-server
# start the mongodb-server
#service mongodb-server start
# exit of the mongo directory
popd
# exit the build directory
popd
# delete current build directory
rm -rf $BUILD/mongo
The build as follows build-tools.sh:
#!/usr/bin/env bash
# based on https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-tools
# the current directory
DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
# if an error exit right away, don't continue the build
set -e
# some info
echo
echo "Works like command: sudo ./scripts/build-tools.sh r4.0.12"
echo
# check if we are root
if [[ $EUID -ne 0 ]]; then
echo "This script must be ran via root 'sudo' command or using in 'sudo -i'."
exit 1
fi
# require mongo release
if [ -z "${1}" ]; then
echo "The first argument must be the MONGODB_RELEASE for example 'r4.0.12'"
exit 1
fi
MONGODB_RELEASE="${1}"
## delete all mongo other programs, we self compile
##apt remove --purge mongo*
## the required packages for debian
##apt -y install gcc python scons git glibc-source libssl-dev python-pip
apt -y install golang libpcap-dev
export GOROOT=$(go env GOROOT)
# generate build directory variable
BUILD=$DIR/../build/src/github.com/mongodb/
# delete previous build directory
rm -rf $BUILD/mongo-tools
# generate new build directory
mkdir -p $BUILD
# find out how many cores we have and we use that many
CORES=$(grep -c ^processor /proc/cpuinfo)
# go to the build directory
pushd $BUILD
# clone the mongo by branch
git clone https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-tools
# the mongo directory is a variables
MONGO_TOOLS=$BUILD/mongo-tools
# go to the mongo directory
pushd $MONGO_TOOLS
# checkout the mongo release
git checkout tags/${MONGODB_RELEASE}
bash ./build.sh
chown root:adm -R ./bin
chmod o-rwx -R ./bin
chmod ug+rx ./bin/*
cp -r ./bin/. /usr/bin
# for PROGRAM in bsondump mongodump mongoexport mongofiles mongoimport mongoreplay mongorestore mongostat mongotop
# do
# go build -o bin/${PROGRAM} -tags "ssl sasl" ${PROGRAM}/main/${PROGRAM}.go
# done
# exit of the mongo directory
popd
# exit the build directory
popd
# delete current build directory
rm -rf $BUILD/mongo-tools
popd
# delete current build directory
rm -rf $BUILD/mongo-tools