Install Percona Server for MongoDB on Amazon Linux 2023¶

This guide walks you through the installation of Percona Server for MongoDB on Amazon Linux 2023.

We gather Telemetry data to understand the use of the software and improve our products.

Compatibility with Amazon Linux 2023¶

We build and test Percona Server for MongoDB only on the latest versions of Amazon Linux 2023. Because of the way Amazon Linux updates their libraries, Percona Server for MongoDB works only on specific Amazon Linux versions.

The following table shows Percona Server for MongoDB versions that are supported on specific versions of Amazon Linux 2023:

Percona Server for MongoDB version	Amazon Linux 2023 version
7.0.16-10	2023.6.x and earlier
7.0.18-11	2023.7.x and newer

To upgrade Percona Server for MongoDB, make sure that you run a compatible version of Amazon Linux 2023. Use the update instructions to update the operating system.

Package contents

Package	Contains
`percona-server-mongodb`	The `mongosh` shell, import/export tools, other client utilities, server software, default configuration, and `init.d` scripts.
`percona-server-mongodb-server`	The `mongod` server, default configuration files, and `init.d` scripts
`percona-server-mongodb-shell`	The `mongosh` shell
`percona-server-mongodb-mongos`	The `mongos` sharded cluster query router
`percona-server-mongodb-tools`	Mongo tools for high-performance MongoDB fork from Percona
`percona-server-mongodb-dbg`	Debug symbols for the server

Procedure¶

Before you start, check the system requirements.

Configure Percona repository¶

Percona provides the percona-release configuration tool that simplifies operating repositories and enables to install and update both Percona Server for MongoDB packages and required dependencies smoothly.

Install percona-release:

$ sudo yum install https://repo.percona.com/yum/percona-release-latest.noarch.rpm

Example output

Retrieving https://repo.percona.com/yum/percona-release-latest.noarch.rpm
Preparing...                ########################################### [100%]
1:percona-release        ########################################### [100%]

Enable the repository:

$ sudo percona-release enable psmdb-70 release

Install Percona Server for MongoDB packages¶

Install the latest version Install a specific version

To install the latest version of Percona Server for MongoDB, use the following command:

$ sudo yum install percona-server-mongodb

To install a specific version of Percona Server for MongoDB, do the following:

List available versions:

$ sudo yum list percona-server-mongodb --showduplicates

Sample output:

    Available Packages

percona-server-mongodb.aarch64    7.0.18-11.amzn2023       psmdb-70-release-aarch64

Install a specific version packages. For example, to install Percona Server for MongoDB 7.0.18-11, run the following command:
```
$ sudo yum install percona-server-mongodb-7.0.18-11.amzn2023
```

By default, Percona Server for MongoDB stores data files in /var/lib/mongodb/ and configuration parameters in /etc/mongod.conf.

Run Percona Server for MongoDB¶

Note

If you use SELinux in enforcing mode, you must customize your SELinux user policies to allow access to certain /sys and /proc files for OS-level statistics. Also, you must customize directory and port access policies if you are using non-default locations.

Please refer to Configure SELinux section of MongoDB Documentation for policy configuration guidelines.

Start the service

Percona Server for MongoDB is not started automatically after installation. Start it manually using the following command:

$ sudo systemctl start mongod

Confirm that service is running

Check the service status using the following command:

$ sudo systemctl status mongod

Stop the service

Stop the service using the following command:

$ sudo systemctl stop mongod

Restart the service

Restart the service using the following command:

$ sudo systemctl restart mongod

Run after reboot¶

The mongod service is not automatically started after you reboot the system.

To make it start automatically after reboot, enable it using the systemctl utility:

$ sudo systemctl enable mongod

Then start the mongod service:

$ sudo systemctl start mongod

Next steps¶

Connect to MongoDB