Getting Started

Follow these steps to set up the environment on Windows.

• MongoDB Installation
• Node.js Installation

MongoDB Setup

1. Download & Install MongoDB Community Server

Go to: MongoDB Community Download

• Version: Latest stable (e.g. 7.x or 8.x)
• Platform: Windows
• Package: MSI

During installation choose:

• Complete setup (recommended)
• Check Install MongoDB as a Service
• Check Install MongoDB Compass (GUI)

2. Add MongoDB to PATH

C:\Program Files\MongoDB\Server\<version>\bin

3. Verify Installation

mongod --version
mongosh --version

4. Create Database & User

# Open mongosh
mongosh

// Switch to admin
use admin

// Create admin user
db.createUser({
  user: "admin",
  pwd: "StrongAdminPass123!",
  roles: [ { role: "userAdminAnyDatabase", db: "admin" } ]
})

// Create application database and user
use pixelai

db.createUser({
  user: "pixelai_user",
  pwd: "Your_strong_password",
  roles: [ { role: "readWrite", db: "pixelai" } ]
})

Getting Started

Follow these steps to set up the environment on macOS.

• MongoDB Installation (via Homebrew)
• Node.js Installation

MongoDB Setup

1. Install MongoDB using Homebrew

brew update
brew tap mongodb/brew
brew install mongodb-community@8.0
brew services start mongodb-community

2. Verify Installation

mongod --version
mongosh --version

3. Create Database & User

mongosh

use admin

db.createUser({
  user: "admin",
  pwd: "StrongAdminPass123!",
  roles: [ { role: "userAdminAnyDatabase", db: "admin" } ]
})

use pixelai

db.createUser({
  user: "pixelai_user",
  pwd: "Your_strong_password",
  roles: [ { role: "readWrite", db: "pixelai" } ]
})

Getting Started

Follow these steps to set up the environment on Linux.

Recommended for Ubuntu 22.04 / 24.04 and other Debian-based distributions.

• MongoDB Installation (via APT)
• Configure Service

MongoDB Setup

1. Install MongoDB Community Edition

sudo apt-get install gnupg curl
curl -fsSL https://www.mongodb.org/static/pgp/server-8.0.asc | sudo gpg -o /usr/share/keyrings/mongodb-server-8.0.gpg --dearmor
echo "deb [ arch=amd64,arm64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/mongodb-server-8.0.gpg ] 
https://repo.mongodb.org/apt/ubuntu $(lsb_release -cs)/mongodb-org/8.0 multiverse" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mongodb-org-8.0.list
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y mongodb-org
                  

2. Start & Enable MongoDB

sudo systemctl start mongod
sudo systemctl enable mongod

3. Create Database & User

mongosh

use admin

db.createUser({
  user: "admin",
  pwd: "StrongAdminPass123!",
  roles: [ { role: "userAdminAnyDatabase", db: "admin" } ]
})

use pixelai

db.createUser({
  user: "pixelai_user",
  pwd: "Your_strong_password",
  roles: [ { role: "readWrite", db: "pixelai" } ]
})