Sane defaults for MongoDB on OSX?

Question

I installed MongoDB and have set it up like so:

DB path: /data/db

System-wide config file: /usr/local/mongodb/mongod.conf

launc

Answer 1

On Mac I'd recommend you install mongo with homebrew which installs all programs into /usr/local. You will have the default paths:

• config: /usr/local/etc/mongod.conf
• data dir: /usr/local/var/mongodb
• log: /usr/local/var/log/mongodb/mongo.log
• plist file: /usr/local/opt/mongodb/homebrew.mxcl.mongodb.plist

To install: brew install mongodb

to restart mongo you do:

launchctl stop homebrew.mxcl.mongodb
launchctl start homebrew.mxcl.mongodb