How can I run MongoDB as a Windows service

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How can I set up MongoDB so it can run as a Windows service

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This answer is for those who have already installed mongo DB using MSI installer.

Let's say your default installed location is "C:\Program Files\MongoDB\Server\3.2\bin"

Steps to run mongo as a window service

Open command prompt as administrator
Type cd C:\Program Files\MongoDB\Server\3.2\bin (check path properly, as you may have a different version installed, and not 3.2).
Press enter
Type net start MongoDB
Press enter
Press Windows + R, type services.msc and check if Mongo is running as a service.

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check windows services   if you have service for mongo remove it by run bellow command  mongod --remove  create mongo cfg file with bellow content     systemLog  destination  file path  c  data log mongod log storage  dbPath  c  data db  path  where you want to store log datas  dbPath  your database directory  then run bellow command  sc exe create MongoDB binPath     C  Program Files MongoDB Server 3 2 bin mongod exe   --service --config   C  Program Files MongoDB Server 3 2 mongod cfg    DisplayName   MongoDB  start   auto    binPath   mongodb installation directory config   cfg file address  DisplayName Your Service Name    start service  net start MongoDB       now every things are done   enjoy that

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mongod --config  C  Program Files MongoDB Server 3 6 mongod primary cfg  --install --serviceName  MongoDB Primary  --serviceDisplayName  MongoDB Primary

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not only --install    also need --dbpath and --logpath  and after reboot OS you need to delete  mongod lock  manually

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I just had to restart the MongoDB  v4 4  service after editing the config file on a Windows box  Here s what I did   Press Win R to open the Run panel Type in  quot services msc quot  and press Enter Search for  quot MongoDB quot  - you can press  quot m quot  to jump to it  Right click - select  quot Restart quot   Thats it

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These are the steps to install MongoDB as Windows Service      Create a log directory  e g  C  MongoDB log Create a db directory  e g  C  MongoDB db Prepare a configuration file with following lines  dbpath C  MongoDB db  logpath C  MongoDB log  Place the configuration file with name mongod cfg in folder  C  MongoDB   Following command will install the Windows Service on your  sc exe create MongoDB binPath     C  MongoDB Server 3 4 bin mongod exe   --service --config   C  MongoDB mongod cfg   DisplayName   MongoDB 3 4   start   auto  Once you run this command  you will get the  SC  CreateService SUCCESS Run following command on Command Prompt  net start MongoDB

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The simplest way is    Create folder C  data db Create file C  data db log txt Open command prompt as  Run as Administrator  and make sure the mogodb bin directory path is correct and write  C  Program Files MongoDB Server 3 4 bin gt  mongod exe --install mongod --dbpath  c  data db  --logpath  c  data db log txt    Start mongodb service   net run MongoDB

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I tried all answers and then did it the way https   docs mongodb org manual tutorial install-mongodb-on-windows  configure-a-windows-service-for-mongodb-community-edition describes it    Use a config file      C  mongodb bin mongod exe  --config  C  mongodb mongod cfg  --install

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The below steps apply to Windows    Run below in an administrative cmd  mongod --remove   This will remove the existing MongoDB service  if any    mongod --dbpath  C  data db  --logpath  C  Program Files MongoDB Server 3 4 bin mongod log  --install --serviceName  MongoDB    Make sure that C  data db folder exists  Open services with   services msc   Find MongoDB -  Right click -  Start

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Unlike other answers this will     START THE SERVICE AUTOMATICALLY ON SYSTEM REBOOT   RESTART  MongoDB Install  Windows   1  Install MongoDB   2  Add bin to path   3  Create c  data db   4  Create c  data log   5  Create c  data mongod cfg with contents     systemLog      destination  file     path  c  data log mongod log storage      dbPath  c  data db    6  To create service that will auto start on reboot    RUN AS ADMIN     sc exe create MongoDB binPath     C  Program Files MongoDB Server 3 4 bin mongod exe   --service --config   C  data mongod cfg    DisplayName   MongoDB  start   auto     7  Start the service    RUN AS ADMIN     net start MongoDB   IMPORTANT  Even if this says  The MongoDB service was started successfully  it can fail  To double check open Control Panel   Services  ensure the status of the MongoDB service is  Running   If not  check your log file at C  data log mongod log for the reason for failure and fix it   Do not start MongoDB via Control Panel   Services  use    net start MongoDB    8  Finally  restart your machine with MongoDB running and it will still be running on restart  If you ever want to kill it     net stop MongoDB  sc exe delete MongoDB

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1  echo logpath F  mongodb log mongo log  gt  F  mongodb mongod cfg  2  dbpath F  mongodb data db  add this to the next line in mongod cfg   C   gt F  mongodb bin mongod exe    config F  mongodb mongod cfg    install   Reference

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If you install MongoDB 2 6 1 or newer using the MSI download from an Administrator Command Prompt  a service definition should automatically be created for you   The MongoDB documentation also has a tutorial to help you Manually Create a Windows Service definition if needed

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I think if you run it with the --install command line switch  it installs it as a Windows Service   mongod --install   It might be worth reading this thread first though  There seems to be some problems with relative absolute paths when the relevant registry key gets written

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This is what worked for me   sc exe create MongoDB binPath   d  MongoDB bin mongod exe --service --config d  MongoDB bin mongod config  displayname   MongoDB 2 6 Standard  start   auto    escaping the binPath was failing for me as described in the Mongo documentation  Failed   sc exe create MongoDB binPath     C  Program Files MongoDB 2 6 Standard bin mongod exe   --service --config   C  Program Files MongoDB 2 6 Standard mongod cfg    DisplayName   MongoDB 2 6 Standard  start   auto

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After trying for several hours  I finally did it  Make sure that you added the  lt MONGODB PATH gt  bin directory to the system variable PATH First I executed this command  D  mongodb bin gt mongod --remove  Then I executed this command after opening command prompt as administrator  D  mongodb bin gt mongod --dbpath D  mongodb --logpath D  mongodb log txt --install  After that right there in the command prompt execute  services msc  And look for MongoDB service and click start   NOTE  Make sure to run command prompt as administrator  If you don t do this  your log file  D  mongodb log txt in the above example  will contain lines like these  2016-11-11T15 24 54 618-0800 I CONTROL   main  Trying to install Windows service  MongoDB  2016-11-11T15 24 54 618-0800 I CONTROL   main  Error connecting to the Service Control Manager  Access is denied   5   and if you try to start the service from a non-admin console   i e  net start MongoDB or Start-Service MongoDB in PowerShell   you ll get a response like this  System error 5 has occurred  Access is denied   or this  Start-Service   Service  MongoDB  MongoDB   cannot be started due to the following error  Cannot open MongoDB service on computer      At line 1 char 1   Start-Service MongoDB                               CategoryInfo            OpenError   System ServiceProcess ServiceController ServiceController   Start-Service      ServiceCommandException       FullyQualifiedErrorId   CouldNotStartService Microsoft PowerShell Commands StartServiceComman

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In my case  I create the mongod cfg beside the mongd exe with the following contents     mongod conf    for documentation of all options  see      http   docs mongodb org manual reference configuration-options     Where and how to store data  storage    dbPath  D  apps MongoDB Server 4 0 data   journal      enabled  true    engine     mmapv1     wiredTiger     where to write logging data  systemLog    destination  file   logAppend  true   path   D  apps MongoDB Server 4 0 log mongod log    network interfaces net    port  27017   bindIp  0 0 0 0    processManagement    security    operationProfiling    replication    sharding      Enterprise-Only Options    auditLog    snmp    Then I run either the two command to create the service   D  apps MongoDB Server 4 0 bin gt mongod --config D  apps MongoDB Server 4 0 bin mongod cfg --install  D  apps MongoDB Server 4 0 bin gt net stop mongodb The MongoDB service is stopping  The MongoDB service was stopped successfully    D  apps MongoDB Server 4 0 bin gt mongod --remove 2019-04-10T09 39 29 305 0800 I CONTROL   main  Automatically disabling TLS 1 0  to force-enable TLS 1 0 specify --sslDisabledProtocols  none  2019-04-10T09 39 29 309 0800 I CONTROL   main  Trying to remove Windows service  MongoDB  2019-04-10T09 39 29 310 0800 I CONTROL   main  Service  MongoDB  removed  D  apps MongoDB Server 4 0 bin gt  D  apps MongoDB Server 4 0 bin gt sc exe create MongoDB binPath     D  apps MongoDB Server 4 0 bin mongod exe   --service --config   D  apps MongoDB Server 4 0 bin mongod cfg     SC  CreateService SUCCESS  D  apps MongoDB Server 4 0 bin gt net start mongodb The MongoDB service is starting   The MongoDB service was started successfully   D  apps MongoDB Server 4 0 bin gt    The following are not correct  note the escaped quotes are required   D  apps MongoDB Server 4 0 bin gt sc exe create MongoDB binPath   D  apps MongoDB Server 4 0 bin mongod --config D  apps MongoDB Server 4 0 bin mongod cfg   SC  CreateService SUCCESS  D  apps MongoDB Server 4 0 bin gt net start mongodb The service is not responding to the control function   More help is available by typing NET HELPMSG 2186    D  apps MongoDB Server 4 0 bin gt

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This was the only thing that worked for me  As everything had to be an absolute path   C  Program Files MongoDB Server 3 2 bin gt mongod --install --dbpath c  data db --logpath c  data logs log txt   I also had to run it from admin cmd

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Run  cmd exe  as administrator and then run  sc exe  to add a new Windows service   for example   sc exe create MongoDB binPath   c  program files mongodb server 3 2 bin mongod exe

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I m on version 2 4 9 and using a config file  The service wouldn t start until I surrounded the equals sign in the config file with spaces   dbpath   D  Mongo data logpath   C  mongodb logs mongo log  logappend   true   Originally I had   logpath C  mongodb logs mongo log    I also discovered that when installing the service that you have to use an absolute path for the config file eg   c  mongodb bin  gt mongodb exe C  mongodb bin mongod conf --install   Don t be tempted to put inverted commas around a dbpath with spaces   The service will appear to start when you execute net start MongoDB but it will terminate   Check the log files for confirmation that the service has really started

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You can use the command below for running mongodb as a windows service    C  mongodb bin mongod  --bind ip  yourIPadress  --logpath   C  data dbConf mongodb log   --logappend  --dbpath   C  data db   --port yourPortNumber --serviceName  YourServiceName  --serviceDisplayName  YourServiceName  --install    If you use mongodb with default parameters  you can use these values      yourIPadress   127 0 0 1 or localhost  yourPortNumber   27017  default port  or dont put --port serviceDisplayName   only if you run more than one service  since mongodb 1 8    There s more information on this command here   http   www mongodb org display DOCS Windows Service

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The recommended way mongod --install results in error   2015-12-03T18 18 28 896 0100 I CONTROL  --install has to be used with a log file for server output   After having installed mongodb in C  mongodb you need to simply add the logpath   mongod --install --logpath C  mongodb logs mongo log   The path to the logfile must exist and it must be an absolute Windows path  Then you start the MongoDB service by typing   net start MongoDB

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I found that you should pass   dbpath   config and logfile to mongod with the install flag   example     mongod --dbpath c  data db --config c  data db config cfg --logpath c  data db log txt --install    note   I have mongod path in my path variable     You can control the service with    net start mongodb net stop  mongodb

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Working on MongoDB 3 4  Windows    Create dir C  mongodb data  Create a file in C  mongodb mongodb config using this configuration    storage      engine  wiredTiger     dbPath   C  mongodb data      directoryPerDB  true     journal          enabled  true systemLog      destination  file     path   C  mongodb data mongod log      logAppend  true     timeStampFormat  iso8601-utc net      bindIp  127 0 0 1     port  27017     wireObjectCheck   false  To install MongoDb as a service  run this command in powershell with admin power  mongod --config  C  mongodb mongodb config  --install --service Open Services msc and look for MongoDb  then start it

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Plz try the steps in Mongo DB  3 6  amp  Windows 10   mongod --remove mongod --dbpath C  data db --port 27017 --logpath C  data log log txt --service mongod --dbpath C  data db --port 27017 --logpath C  data log log txt --install net start MongoDB

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Working on Mongo DB  3 6   1  Install MongoDB   2  Add bin to environment path variable   3  Create c  data db   4  Create c  data mongod log   5  Run below Command on bin folder       mongod exe --install --logpath c  data mongod log --logappend   --bind ip 12   7 0 0 1 --dbpath c  data db    6  To start mongo db as service      net start MongoDB    7  Finally run mongo in command line to check mongo shell is open or not

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This PowerShell Script Downloads and Installs MongoDB as Windows Service   Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned   mongoDbPath    C  MongoDB    mongoDbConfigPath     mongoDbPath mongod cfg   url    http   downloads mongodb org win32 mongodb-win32-x86 64-2008plus-2 4 9 zip    zipFile     mongoDbPath mongo zip    unzippedFolderContent    mongoDbPath mongodb-win32-x86 64-2008plus-2 4 9   if   Test-Path -path  mongoDbPath  -eq  True        write-host  Seems you already installed MongoDB      exit     md  mongoDbPath  md   mongoDbPath log   md   mongoDbPath data   md   mongoDbPath data db    System IO File   AppendAllText   mongoDbConfigPath    dbpath C  MongoDB data db r n    System IO File   AppendAllText   mongoDbConfigPath    logpath C  MongoDB log mongo log r n    System IO File   AppendAllText   mongoDbConfigPath    smallfiles true r n    System IO File   AppendAllText   mongoDbConfigPath    noprealloc true r n     webClient   New-Object System Net WebClient   webClient DownloadFile  url  zipFile    shellApp   New-Object -com shell application   destination    shellApp namespace  mongoDbPath    destination Copyhere  shellApp namespace  zipFile  items     Copy-Item   unzippedFolderContent     mongoDbPath -recurse  Remove-Item  unzippedFolderContent -recurse -force  Remove-Item  zipFile -recurse -force   amp   mongoDBPath bin mongod exe --config  mongoDbConfigPath --install   amp  net start mongodb

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For version 2 4 3  current version as of posting date   create a config file and then execute the following   C  MongoDB bin mongod exe --config C  MongoDB mongod cfg --service

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Currently  up to version 2 4 4   if any path  dbpath logpath config  contains spaces  then the service won t start  and show the error   The service is not responding to the control function

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Consider using  mongod --install --rest --master

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