How to install MongoDB database server in Plesk?

Note: Local Docker service is not supported on Windows and CloudLinux. For more information refer to the Plesk Administrator's Guide.

Note: Installing MongoDB as a Docker container on Ubuntu 22.04 is not possible because the mongodb-clients package is not available on this OS and it would be unable to communicate with the container

1. Log in to Plesk

2. Navigate to Plesk > Docker

3. Type mongo in the Docker catalog search field:

   

4. Click on Run button to automatically download and start MongoDB instance deployment:

   

5. Disable Automatic port mapping and manually map MongoDB instance to the localhost port:

   Note: External port is the port on which all connections to MongoDB will be served.

   Warning: If port mapping is configured, Docker binds to the specified port on all network interfaces of the host system. This means the MongoDB instance will be accessible from anywhere, and additional firewall rules should be created to limit access if necessary.

   

6. Map Docker container to location on file system, to ensure that both data and configuration will survive Docker container restarts:

   

7. Add the variables MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_USERNAME and MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_PASSWORD to be able to change root password:
   

8. Click OK to deploy and start the Docker container:

   

9. Connect to Plesk server via SSH ;

10. Verify that MongoDB is listening for incoming connections:

    # ss -tlpn | grep 27017
    LISTEN 0 128 :::27017 :::*

11. Install MongoDB shell:

    • For .deb-based OS (Debian, Ubuntu):

      # apt install -y mongodb-clients

    • For .rpm-based OS (RHEL, CloudLinux, CentOS):

      # echo -e '[mongodb-org-4.0]\nname=MongoDB Repository\nbaseurl=https://repo.mongodb.org/yum/redhat/$releasever/mongodb-org/4.0/x86_64/\ngpgcheck=1\nenabled=1\ngpgkey=https://www.mongodb.org/static/pgp/server-4.0.asc' >> /etc/yum.repos.d/mongodb.repo

      # yum install -y mongodb-org-shell

12. Verify MongoDB connectivity from the localhost by running mongo shell on the Plesk server:

    # mongo
    MongoDB shell version: 2.6.10
    connecting to: test
    Welcome to the MongoDB shell.
    For interactive help, type "help".
    For more comprehensive documentation, see
    http://docs.mongodb.org/
    Questions? Try the support group
    http://groups.google.com/group/mongodb-user
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