yum install mongodb on aws linux fails: no package available

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Purpose I'm trying to install mongodb on EC2 AWS x86_64 GNU/Linux via Yum. Prerequisites I created a `/etc/yum.repos.d/mongodb.repo` file and tried all the available combinations for it's content found on the official documentations and on the related questions on stackoverflow link1 link2 link3, for example: ``` [mongodb-org-3.4] name=MongoDB Repository baseurl=https://repo.mongodb.org/yum/amazon/2013.03/mongodb-org/3.4/x86_64/ gpgcheck=1 enabled=1 gpgkey=https://www.mongodb.org/static/pgp/server-3.4.asc ``` (...tried with enabled=0, gpgcheck=0 too) I also added a `/etc/yum.conf` file like this: ``` [main] cachedir=/var/cache/yum/$basearch/$releasever keepcache=0 debuglevel=2 logfile=/var/log/yum.log exactarch=1 obsoletes=1 gpgcheck=1 plugins=1 installonly_limit=3 ``` Problem I'm getting the same output when running `sudo yum install mongodb-org` (or by specifying the packages `sudo yum install mongo-org mongo-org-server` or by specifying the versions too `sudo yum install -y mongodb…

Accepted Answer

You don't need to create a new `/etc/yum.repos.d/mongodb.repo` or at the time of this answer `/etc/yum.repos.d/mongodb-org-3.6.repo` cause it already exists but it is empty.

You can check with: `cat /etc/yum.repos.d/mongodb-org-3.6.repo`.

all you need to do is open the file on vi editor:

```
$ sudo vi /etc/yum.repos.d/mongodb-org-3.6.repo
~
~
```

add this code to the repository file. The one i provided is for the MongoDB 3.6 but you can find the one for earlier versions in the documentation:

```
[mongodb-org-3.6]
name=MongoDB Repository
baseurl=https://repo.mongodb.org/yum/amazon/2013.03/mongodb-org/3.6/x86_64/
gpgcheck=1
enabled=1
gpgkey=https://www.mongodb.org/static/pgp/server-3.6.asc
```

To save and exit from vi editor check here or go ahead and do this:

```
ESC + :wq
```

After that you can proceed with the steps in the documentation or in the old C9 Forum, but here they are just in case:

```
$ sudo yum install -y mongodb-org

$ sudo mkdir -p /data/db
$ echo 'mongod --bind_ip=$IP --dbpath=data --nojournal --rest "$@"' > mongod
$ chmod a+x mongod
```

You can start mongodb by running the mongod script on your project root:

```
$ ./mongod
```

The last command might not run the mongodb local server, and you can find the solution for that here or just go ahead and run these two commands:

```
$ sudo service mongod stop
$ sudo mongod
```

yum install mongodb on aws linux fails: no package available

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