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+## Step-by-step procedure for prepping MongoDB for use with Canopy:
+<sup>MongoDB, while gratis and open-source, is not entirely FLOSS. If you're hell bent on using software with a hard FLOSS license, you're probably better off [FerretDB](ferretdb-debian)<sup><br>
+
+### Install MongoDB
+1. Install curl, assuming you haven't already `sudo apt install curl`
+2. Import public key for mongo repo `curl -fsSL https://www.mongodb.org/static/pgp/server-8.0.asc | \
+   sudo gpg -o /usr/share/keyrings/mongodb-server-8.0.gpg \
+   --dearmor`
+3. Add mongodb sources to apt sources.list.d `echo "deb [ signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/mongodb-server-8.0.gpg ] http://repo.mongodb.org/apt/debian bookworm/mongodb-org/8.0 main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mongodb-org-8.0.list`
+4. Tell apt to update repo's and install mongosh other preq-reqs `sudo apt update && sudo apt install mongodb-org`