Instruction for creating BookingDb on MongoDB Server (Locally):

Download and install MongoDB Community Server if don't have: https://www.mongodb.com/try/download/community

Check this path: C:\Program Files\MongoDB\Server\8.0\bin

1. Open system properties manually: Press Win + R, type command |sysdm.cpl| and press Enter. This will open the "System Properties" window.

2. Select the Path variable In the System Properties section, find a variable with the name Path (Advanced -> Environment Variables). Click on it, then click Edit.

3. Add the path to MongoDB In the window that opens, click Create. Add the path to the folder bin MongoDB: C:\Program Files\MongoDB\Server\8.0\bin

4. Press OK in each window to save the changes.

5)Download and install MongoDB Shell: https://www.mongodb.com/try/download/shell

6)Recommendation for installation: Install MongoDB Shell to: C:\Program Files\MongoDB\mongosh

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Open CMD in Windows-> Connection to Local MongoDB: |mongod --version| |mongod --dbpath C:\data\db|

New CMD window(can be done in MongoDB Shell): |mongosh --version| |mongosh| |show dbs|

Switch to BookingDb (it will be created if it doesn't exist): |use BookingDb|

Create the collections: |db.createCollection("Roles")| |db.createCollection("Users")| |db.createCollection("Hotels")| |db.createCollection("Rooms")| |db.createCollection("Bookings")| |db.createCollection("Payments")|

Confirm the collections were created: |show collections|

Queries for checking collections: db.Bookings.find({}).pretty() db.Rooms.find({}).pretty() db.Hotels.find({}).pretty() db.Payments.find({}).pretty() db.Users.find({}).pretty() db.Roles.find({}).pretty()