I'm trying to deploy a Rails 3.2.3 with MondoDb app to EC2. I've chosen t2.micro instance. However, I found out that to use MonboDb I have to use at least m1.large – https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/ordering?productId=6a12917c-d481-43a6-9c7a-619eeec4545a&ref_=dtl_psb_continue®ion=us-east-1
So the question is how do I actually install MongoDb on EC2: do I have to buy it and setup at the link above suggests or just manually download it from 10gen's website and install the same way I would do on my local machine? If the first option, will I necessarily have to use m1.large instance instead of t2.micro?
Best Answer
Are you looking at this link? Based on my read, that's so you can buy a canned mongoDB-on-a-server with pre-configured storage and other things. If you just want to install MongoDB on a box, make sure the ec2 instance you want to run meets the MongoDB requirements and go from there. t2 Micro servers are (in my experience) pretty OK if you're not looking for high performance.