Configuring MongoDB on Windows

Question

I am trying to set up MongoDB on Windows, and the online docs seem far from accurate.

Under \"Configure a Windows Service\" part, step 1 mentions to create a config file

Answer 1

For those who installed via *.msi installer and wondering where is .conf file located. Run 'services.msc' and check properties of mongodb service runnable file.

Answer 2

Here is my simple test MongoDB Config file for Windows. Note that I had to have 2 spaces before each property, e.g., path. When I had 3 spaces I got an error at startup.

I start the server with: mongod --config c:\tools\mongodb\db\mongod.cfg

systemLog:
  destination: file
  path: "C:\\tools\\mongodb\\db\\log\\mongo.log"
  logAppend: true
storage:
  dbPath: "C:\\tools\\mongodb\\db\\data"
security:
  authorization: enabled

Answer 3

You can find logs with reasons why it's not working in log file. In your case, read P:\Servers\MongoDB\logs\mongodb.log file.

Answer 4

Here's an example of a mongodb.config file for Windows.

##store data here
dbpath=C:\mongodb\data\db

##all output go here
logpath=C:\mongodb\data\log\mongo.log

##log read and write operations
diaglog=3

Answer 5

check if you have any file in data\db path. Please remove all those files and try to restart. I exactly used your config file and able to start the service successfully with bindip and port

Answer 6

Bit late but I had the exact same issue today. If you use forward slashes for your paths within the config file it works fine.

systemLog: destination: file logAppend: true path: "e:/mongo_data/3.6/mongo.log" storage: dbPath: "e:/mongo_data/3.6/db" engine: "wiredTiger"