MongoDB Installation
MongoDB is a document-oriented database that stores data in JSON-like documents with a dynamic schema. BriefCam’s metadata (BLOBs) are usually stored in a relational database (PostgreSQL). In large scale deployments, where the amount of data used for these blobs becomes very high, it is recommended deploying a MongoDB database, which has native support for horizontal scaling, adding more instances and distributing the data efficiently among them.
It is recommended to install MongoDB before installing the BriefCam Server. If you installed the BriefCam Server before MongoDB, restart VSService on all BriefCam Servers.
Warning
Installing MongoDB on an existing BriefCam environment is not supported.
Note
It is recommended to install MongoDB before installing the BriefCam Server. If you installed the BriefCam Server before MongoDB, restart VSService on all BriefCam Servers.
Installation Steps
To run the BriefCam MongoDB Installation wizard, double-click
BriefCamMongoDB_<Version number>.exe.In the Welcome screen, click Get Started.
To proceed with the installation, read and accept the License Agreement terms.
Click Next to continue.
Select whether to use an existing account or create a new account.
Enter the username and the password. The user needs to have administrator rights on the local machine.
Note that special characters are not supported in the Password field.
If the user is a domain user, enter the domain name. If the user is a local user, enter a period (.).
Note
The domain and user names are case sensitive.
If you selected to use an existing user, you can click Validate Existing User to check that the user credentials are valid.
For new users, you can select the Deny remote login for the BriefCam user checkbox to prevent the BriefCam user from remotely logging into the machine. If the checkbox is not checked, it will be possible to give the BriefCam user access to remote login (depending on your organization’s policies).
Click .
Select the location where you want to install MongoDB.
Enter the path for MongoDB.
Enter the server address and path where the PostgreSQL database was installed and the application user and password. Note that special characters are not supported for passwords.
Click the button.
Click .