Please Follow steps listed in my previous blog Hosting MySQL on Azure Linux VM to create a Linux VM and attach data disk to it.

  • Complete steps till Initialize Data Disk on Linux VM at above blog link

####Installing Mongodb

  • Import the public key used by the package management system.
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv 7F0CEB10
  • Create a list file for MongoDB.
echo "deb http://repo.mongodb.org/apt/ubuntu trusty/mongodb-org/3.0 multiverse" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mongodb-org-3.0.list
  • Reload local package database.
    sudo apt-get update
    
  • Install the MongoDB packages
    sudo apt-get install -y mongodb-org
    
  • To start mongodb service run sudo systemctl start mongodb
  • To Check status run sudo systemctl status mongodb

####Troubleshoot If you receive below error

Failed to start mongod.service: Unit mongod.service not found.

try sudo apt-get install --reinstall mongodb

Reference: https://docs.mongodb.com/v3.0/tutorial/install-mongodb-on-ubuntu/#install-mongodb