MongoDB “The default storage engine 'wiredTiger' is not available with this build of mongod ” + “ ..no /data/db folder..”

Question

After first installing MongoDb and running the mongod command in the C:\\Program Files\\MongoDB\\Server\\3.2\\bin> directory, I get the error:<

Answer 1

I did the following:

1. Ran Node.js command prompt as Administrator
2. Made a C:\data\db directory
3. Ran "cd C:\Program Files\MongoDB\Server\3.2\bin" command
4. Executed "mongod --storageEngine=mmapv1 --dbpath C:\data\db"

i.e, looked like the following :

*** C:\Program Files\MongoDB\Server\3.2\bin> mongod --storageEngine=mmapv1 --dbpath C:\data\db

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PS: Sorry people, but the reason for answering my own question is that I hope this will help someone else if they ever are in my position.

Please refer to this question's answers(I borrowed from there) :

MongoDB cannot start server: The default storage engine 'wiredTiger' is not available with this build of mongod

Answer 2

In terms of " ..no /data/db folder..". error you have to create this directory manually on C:\ so the path of the directory is C:\data\db

Answer 3

Just execute this command in your Mongo/bin directory:

mongod --storageEngine=mmapv1 --dbpath [your-path]