How to Install Motor Admin on Linux Mint

Motor Admin is an open-source web-based tool that helps developers to manage their MongoDB instances with ease. In this tutorial, we will learn how to install Motor Admin on Linux Mint.

Prerequisites

Before you begin with the installation guide, make sure that you have the following requirements.

  • Linux Mint installed on your machine.
  • MongoDB server running on your machine.
  • Node.js installed on your machine.

Step 1: Download Motor Admin

You can download Motor Admin from their official website. Download the tarball by clicking the Download button.

Motor Admin Download

Step 2: Extract the downloaded file

Once you have downloaded Motor Admin, extract the tarball using the following command:

tar -xvzf motor-admin-0.9.1.tgz

Make sure to replace the filename as per your downloaded file.

Step 3: Install Motor Admin

To install Motor Admin, go to the extracted Motor Admin directory using the following command:

cd motor-admin-0.9.1

Now, install the dependencies for Motor Admin using the following command:

npm install

Step 4: Configure Motor Admin

To configure Motor Admin, create a config.js file in the root directory of Motor Admin using the following command:

touch config.js

Open the config.js file in your favorite text editor and add the following lines of code. Replace the MongoDB URL with your server URL and add a new user and password.

module.exports = {
  port: 3000,
  mongodbUrl: "mongodb://localhost:27017/",
  dbName: "motor-admin",
  sessionSecret: "motor-admin",
  admin: {
    username: "admin",
    password: "changeme",
    email: "[email protected]",
  },
};

Save and close the config.js file.

Step 5: Start Motor Admin

To start Motor Admin, run the following command:

npm start

You can now access Motor Admin on your browser by visiting the following URL.

http://localhost:3000

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we learned how to install and configure Motor Admin on Linux Mint. You can now manage your MongoDB instance with ease using Motor Admin.