In this chapter you gained a better understanding of what MongoDB is, why we use it, and what its benefits are. You then learned how to install MongoDB on both Windows and Linux. You learned how to install the pre-compiled binary packages, which use the extension *.deb and are designed for Debian and Ubuntu Linux package manager. In a similar manner, you learned how to install binary packages with the *.rpm extension on Redhat, Fedora, or CentOS Linux distributions. Finally, you learned how to install Linux by directly compiling and installing the source code using SCons technology.
In the next chapter you will learn about MongoDB data structures, data modeling, and how to create a database, collection, and documents.