Installing Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS 64 bit, MongoDB 2.0.3, Lamp, and RockMongo

1. Installing Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS 64-bit

1.1 go to ubuntu download page
1.2 select Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
1.3 select 64-bit
1.4 then click Start download (you will download an iso image)
1.5 burn iso image to disc
1.6 install Ubuntu using disc

Notes:

We have selected 64-bit as MongoDB only supports 2 GB of data for 32-bit builds.

Another cool ubuntu installer is Wubi or Windows Ubuntu Installer which will allow you to install in Windows and dual boot.

To check if you are running 32-bit or 64-bit type "uname -m".
i686 for 32-bit
x64_64 for 64-bit

2. Installing Mongodb 2.0.3

2.1 go to MongoDb download page
2.2 click download under Linux 64-bit or "wget http://fastdl.mongodb.org/linux/mongodb-linux-x86_64-2.0.1.tgz"
2.3 unzip using "tar xzf mongodb-linux-x86_64-2.0.1.tgz"
2.4 move folder using "sudo mv mongodb-linux-x86_64-2.0.1 ~"
2.5 create data directory "sudo mkdir /data"
2.6 create db directory "sudo mkdir /data/db"
2.7 change permission "sudo chmod 777 /data/*"
2.8 go to mongo bin directory "cd ~/mongodb-linux-x86_64-2.0.1/bin"
2.9 start mongo server "./mongod"
2.10 "./mongo"

3. Installing LAMP - Apache, MySQL, PHP on Ubuntu

3.1 install tasksel "sudo apt-get install tasksel"
3.2 install LAMP stack "sudo tasksel install lamp-server"

4. Installing Rockmongo

4.1 install PEAR and development version of php "apt-get install php-pear php5-dev"
4.2 install driver for php mongodb "pecl install mongo"
4.3 configure php "nano /etc/php5/conf.d/mongodb.ini"

;----- start -----
extension=mongo.so
[mongo]
; If the driver should reconnect to mongo
mongo.auto_reconnect = true
; Whether to allow persistent connections
mongo.allow_persistent = On
; Maximum number of persistent connections (-1 means unlimited)
mongo.max_persistent = -1
; Maximum number of links (persistent and non-persistent, -1 means unlimited)
mongo.max_connections = -1
; Default host for mongo connection
mongo.default_host = www.example.com
; Default port for mongo database
mongo.default_port = 42
; When saving files to the database, size of chunks to split them into
mongo.chunk_size = 1024
; Specify an alternate character to $ to use for special db functions ($set, $push, $exists, etc.)

mongo.cmd = "$"
;----- end -----

4.4 restart apache "/etc/init.d/apache2 restart"
4.5 download rockmongo-v1.1.0.zip
4.6 unzip to "rockmongo" folder and move folder to /var/www
4.7 open a browser and type http://localhost/rockmongo/index.php
4.8 login using admin as username and password