Rails3 and MongoDB Quick Guide

[b]Install MongoDB[/b]
Download:
[url]http://www.mongodb.org/downloads[/url]
Extract the files to a directory(e.g, /opt/mongodb)

Create data directory:
[code]
$ sudo mkdir -p /data/db
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Start MongoDB server:
[code]
$ sudo /opt/mongodb/bin/mongod
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Start shell and connection to MongoDB server for test:
[code]
$ /opt/mongodb/bin/mongo
> db.foo.save( { a : 1} )
> db.foo.find()
> exit
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[b]Install Rails3 and mongo_mapper[/b]
[code]
sudo gem install rails
sudo gem install mongo_mapper
sudo gem install bson_ext
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[b]Create Rails project that use MongoDB[/b]
Create project:
[code]
$ rails new MongoDBTest --skip-active-record
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Edit the Gemfile:
[code]
gem 'rails', '3.0.3'
gem 'mongo_mapper'
gem 'bson_ext'
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Create config/initializers/mongo.rb:
[code]
MongoMapper.connection = Mongo::Connection.new('localhost', 27017)
MongoMapper.database = "MongoDBTest-production"

if defined?(PhusionPassenger)
PhusionPassenger.on_event(:starting_worker_process) do |forked|
MongoMapper.connection.connect_to_master if forked
end
end
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Create a model app/models/user.rb:
[code]
class User
include MongoMapper:Document

key :name
end
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Start Rails Console for test:
[code]
$ rails console production
>> User.create(:name => "User A")
=> #<User name: "User A", _id: BSON::ObjectId('4d01c70d98d1b1072b000001')>
>> User.create(:name => "User B")
=> #<User name: "User B", _id: BSON::ObjectId('4d01c70f98d1b1072b000002')>
>> User.all
=> [#<User name: "User A", _id: BSON::ObjectId('4d01c70d98d1b1072b000001')>, #<User name: "User B", _id: BSON::ObjectId('4d01c70f98d1b1072b000002')>]
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