How to connect to MongoDB in Windows

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I m trying to run Mongo from the Command-Line   What s wrong   I ve IIS on localhost 80   And Apache on port 8080  Are there any issues  with this    C  MONGO Project1 mongo bin gt mongo --port 27017 MongoDB shell version  2 0 3 connecting to  127 0 0 1 27017 test Sat Mar 10 16 16 45 Error  couldn t connect to server 127 0 0 1 27017 shell mong o js 86 exception  connect failed

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Follow   Create default db folder   c  data db  and also log folder   c  data log mongo log  or use following commands in command-prompt  mkdir c  data log     mkdir c  data db  Create config file in bin folder of mongo  or you may in save your desired destination    Add following in text file named  mongod  and save it as mongod cfg dbpath c  data db logpath c  data log mongo log  or use following commands in command-prompt  echo dbpath c  data db gt  gt   mongod cfg  echo logpath c  data log mongo log gt  gt   mongod cfg   Now open command-prompt  administrator  and run the following command to start mongo server  mongod  Open another command-prompt  don t close 1st prompt  and run client command   mongo    Hope this will help or you have done this already

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Did you create the default db path  It defaults to   data db directory  or c  data db on Windows   Source  http   www mongodb org display DOCS Starting and Stopping Mongo

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Steps to start a certain local MongoDB instance and to connect to in from NodeJS app     Create mongod cfg for a new database using the path C  Program Files MongoDB Server 4 0 mongod cfg with the content  systemLog    destination  file   path  C  Program Files MongoDB Server 4 0 log mongod log storage    dbPath  C  Program Files MongoDB Server 4 0 data db  Install mongoDB database by running  mongod exe --config  C  Program Files MongoDB Server 4 0 mongod cfg  --install Run a particular mongoDB database  mongod exe --config  C  Program Files MongoDB Server 4 0 mongod cfg  Run mongoDB service  mongo 127 0 0 1 27017 db   and  see mongoDB actual connection string to coonect to the service from NodeJS app  MongoDB shell version v4 0 9 connecting to  mongodb   127 0 0 1 27017 db gssapiServiceName mongodb Implicit session  session    id    UUID  c7ed5ab4-c64e-4bb8-aad0-ab4736406c03     MongoDB server version  4 0 9 Server has startup warnings

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Create default db folder   c  data db   and also log folder  c  data log mongo log   or use following commands in command-prompt  mkdir c  data log     mkdir c  data db

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If you are getting these type of errors when running mongod from command line or running mongodb server     then follow these steps    Create db and log directories in C  drive  C  data db and C data log  Create an empty log file in log dir named mongo log Run mongod from command line to run the mongodb server or create a batch file on desktop which can run the mongod exe file from your mongodb installation direction  That way you just have to click the batch file from your desktop and mongodb will start  If you have 32-bit system  try using --journal with mongod command

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For this error  if you are using windows 7 or windows server 2008 R2  the problem could be that you have to install a microsoft hotfix    Refer to this link  https   support microsoft com en-us kb 2731284

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I found that when I got this error it wasn t because I didn t have my default db path set up  It was because I was trying to run mongo exe before running mongod exe

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As Admin  create directory    mkdir c  mongo data db  As Admin  install service      mongod exe --install --logpath c  mongo logs --logappend --bind ip 127 0 0 1 --dbpath c  mongo data db --directoryperdb  Start MongoDB    net start MongoDB  Start Mongo Shell    c  mongo bin mongo exe

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you can use below command   mongod --dbpath D  home mongodata   where D  home mongodata is the data storage path

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Go to C  Program Files MongoDB Server 3 4 bin using cmd and write mongod  Open another cmd by right click and run as admin point to your monogodb installed directory as mentioned above and then just like write this mongo exe After that  write db test save  Field  Hello mongodb    this command will insert a field having name Field and value is Hello mongodb  After  check the record db test find   and press enter you will find the record that you have recently entered

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The error occurs when trying to run mongo exe WITHOUT having executed mongod exe  The following batch script solved the problem    echo off cd C  mongodb bin  start mongod exe start mongo exe exit

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