MongoDB Installation

Drivers

Bitnami Installs on Windows, Mac, and Linux

Note:The Bitnami packages come with an instance of MongoDB and the drivers already installed. No further action is necessary, unless upgrading from pre 2.1.2 to 2.1.2 or later. Please consult Bitnami's documentation for adding additional php modules.

Linux

Beginning with DreamFactory 2.1.2 the newer mongodb driver is both supported and required. This gives MongoDB compatibility up to the latest version (3.2)

mongo driver

• used for DF 2.1.1 and earlier
• Ensure that you have the php-pear and php5-dev packages installed on your system. You will also need the pcre3 and sasl2 development libraries.

  • $ sudo apt-get install php-pear php5-dev libpcre3-dev libsasl2-dev

• Use PECL to make the mongo.so file

  • $ sudo pecl install mongo

Note:If the the install generates any errors it will fail. You will need to troubleshoot based on the error reported.

• Add the module to your php.ini file. In debian based distributions, you can follow this procedure:
  • Create a module file for your mongo installation.

  • $ sudo touch /etc/php5/mods-available/mongo.ini

  • Edit the file you just created in your preferred text editor.

There is a single line in the file it looks like this:

• • • extension=mongo.so

  • Enable the php extension

    • $ sudo php5enmod mongo

  • Restart your web service service

    • $ sudo service apache2 restart

      or

    • $ sudo service php5-fpm restart && sudo service nginx restart

mongodb driver

• used for DF 2.1.2 and later
• Ensure that you have the php-pear and php5-dev packages installed on your system. You will also need the some development libraries (listed below.)

  • $ sudo apt-get install php-pear php5-dev autoconf g++ make openssl libssl-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev pkg-config libsasl2-dev libpcre3-dev

• Use PECL to make the mongodb.so file

  • $ sudo pecl install mongodb

Note:If the the install generates any errors it will fail. You will need to troubleshoot based on the error reported.

• Add the module to your php.ini file. In debian based distributions, you can follow this procedure:
  • Create a module file for your mongo installation.

  • $ sudo touch /etc/php5/mods-available/mongodb.ini

  • Edit the file you just created in your preferred text editor.

There is a single line in the file it looks like this:

• • • extension=mongodb.so

  • Enable the php extension

    • $ sudo php5enmod mongodb

  • Restart your web service service

    • $ sudo service apache2 restart

      or

    • $ sudo service php5-fpm restart && sudo service nginx restart