Install MongoDB

On macOS, use Homebrew: brew install mongodb

For other platforms, please refer to the MongoDB documentation

Install Jupyter and IMongo Kernel using pip

To install Jupyter, IMongo and all other dependencies, use pip install:

$ pip install imongo-kernel

Install Jupyter and IMongo Kernel using conda

Although the installation with pip works fine , we recommend using the conda package manager to create a virtual environment. You need to have either Anaconda or Miniconda installed.

$ conda create -n imongo jupyter "python>3.6"
$ source activate imongo
$ pip install imongo-kernel

Both methods install the imongo package and configure Jupyter to be used with the new kernel by installing a kernel spec.

Configuration (optional)

MongoDB configuration such as host/port can be passed as a YAML file, located at the Jupyter configuration directory. The default path for UNIX systems is ~/.jupyter/imongo_config.yml. The options available are the same as the ones available for the mongo CLI tool. This configuration is necessary in case your MongoDB instance has authentication enabled, runs at a non-standard port, or runs on a remote (non-localhost) location.

Sample imongo_config.yml:

host: some.host.io
port: 27017
username: username
password: password
authenticationDatabase: admin
quiet: null

If imongo_config.yml doesn’t exist or is empty, IMongo will attempt to connect to the MongoDB instance at localhost:27017, without any user authentication.