How to install MongoDB on Windows

In this tutorial, we will show you how to install MongoDB on Windows.

1. MongoDB 2.2.3
2. Windows 7

1. Download MongoDB

Download MongoDB from official MongoDB website. Choose Windows 32 bits or 64 bits. Unzip, extracts to your prefer location, for example : d:\mongodb\.

2. Review MongoDB folder

In MongoDB, it contains only 10+ executable files (exe) in the bin folder. This is true, and that are the required files to MongoDB, it’s really hard to believe for a developer like me who come from a relation database background.

Figure : Files under $MongoDB/bin folder

3. Configuration File

Create a MongoDB config file, it’s just a text file, for example : d:\mongodb\mongo.config

##store data here
dbpath=D:\mongodb\data
 
##all output go here
logpath=D:\mongodb\log\mongo.log
 
##log read and write operations
diaglog=3

4. Run MongoDB server

Use mongod.exe --config d:\mongodb\mongo.config to start MongoDB server.

d:\mongodb\bin>mongod --config D:\mongodb\mongo.config
all output going to: D:\mongodb\log\mongo.log

5. Connect to MongoDB

Uses mongo.exe to connect to the started MongoDB server.

d:\mongodb\bin>mongo
MongoDB shell version: 2.2.3
connecting to: test
> //mongodb shell

6. MongoDB as Windows Service

Add MongoDB as Windows Service, so that MongoDB will start automatically following each system restart.

Install as Windows Service with --install.

d:\mongodb\bin> mongod --config D:\mongodb\mongo.config --install

A Windows service named “MongoDB” is created.

To start MongoDB Service

net start MongoDB

To stop MongoDB Service

net stop MongoDB

To remove MongoDB Service

d:\mongodb\bin>mongod --remove

References

1. Install MongoDB on Windows
2. MongoDB configuration options

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