Installing Motor Admin on Ubuntu Server

Motor Admin is a powerful tool for managing MongoDB databases. In this tutorial, we will go through the step-by-step process of installing Motor Admin on Ubuntu Server.

Before you begin

Before starting the installation process, ensure that the following requirements are fulfilled:

Step 1: Download Motor Admin

To download Motor Admin, visit the official website: https://www.getmotoradmin.com/. Click on "Download" and select the appropriate package for Ubuntu Server.

Once the download is complete, extract the package using the following command:

tar -xvzf motor-admin-2.3.0.tgz

Step 2: Install Dependencies

Before running Motor Admin, it requires several dependencies to be installed. You can use the following command to install these dependencies:

sudo apt-get install build-essential libssl-dev

Step 3: Start MongoDB

Before we start Motor Admin, we need to ensure that MongoDB is running. You can start MongoDB using the following command:

sudo systemctl start mongod

Step 4: Run Motor Admin

To run Motor Admin, navigate to the extracted directory and start the application using the following command:

cd motor-admin-2.3.0
npm start

Step 5: Open Motor Admin in Browser

Finally, open your web browser and visit http://localhost:3000. You will be prompted to enter your MongoDB credentials. Once you have provided the credentials, you will be taken to the Motor Admin dashboard.

Conclusion

That's it! You have successfully installed and set up Motor Admin on your Ubuntu Server. With Motor Admin, you can now easily manage and monitor your MongoDB databases.

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