• MongoDb is a NoSQL database.
• It can be used with Node.js as a database to insert and retrieve data.
• NoSQL database such as MongoDB have become quite popular as databases for storing data.

• The ability of these databases to store any sort of content and particularly in any sort of format is what makes these databases so famous.
• Node.js has the ability to work with MongoDB as databases.
• In order to use either of these databases, you need to download and use the required modules using the Node package manager.
• For using MongoDB the required module to be installed is "Mongoose."

Option 1 : For Windows To download and install MongoDB on windows. Manually download the mongodb install software from https://www.mongodb.com/download-center

• Extract the archive where you want to
• Optional: add mongoDB path to your system PATH

• Create C:\data\db folder (or /data/db according to your OS)
• Run mongoDB server via the console: use the mongod command

• DO NOT CLOSE THE CONSOLE ONCEMONGODB IS LAUNCHED!
• We need a driver

• we install it with npm!

Option 2 : For Linux Open the Linux Command Terminal and execute the following command:

It will download the latest MongoDB according to your system requirement.

• After the complete download, use the following command to install MongoDB.
• npm install mongodb --save
• Use the following command to start MongoDb services:
• service mongodb start

• Now, connection is created for further operations.