MongoDB installed via Homebrew not working

Question

I installed MongoDB via Homebrew (following http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/tutorial/install-mongodb-on-os-x/) but it\'s not working.

Typing mongod at shell

Answer 1

Copied from a different channel running these commands in the terminal updated the installation/configuration issues as described in OP

brew tap mongodb/brew
brew install mongodb-community
brew services start mongodb-community