How to start mongo db on windows

Question

I am new to mongo, and I am trying to install mongo on my windows system. I am following THIS tutorial, but when I do

 C:\mongodb\bin\mongod.exe

my CMD gives me this output

2015-04-20T18:53:27.433+0500 I STORAGE  [initandlisten] exception in ini
en: 29 Data directory C:\data\db\ not found., terminating
2015-04-20T18:53:27.436+0500 I CONTROL  [initandlisten] dbexit:  rc: 100

Answer 1

MongoDB requires a data directory to store all data. MongoDB’s default data directory path is \data\db.

Create this folder

md \data\db

You can specify an alternate path for data files using the --dbpath option to mongod.exe, for example:

C:\mongodb\bin\mongod.exe --dbpath d:\test\mongodb\data

If your path includes spaces, enclose the entire path in double quotes,

for example:

C:\mongodb\bin\mongod.exe --dbpath "d:\test\mongo db data"

Read more in detail

Answer 2

I fixed the same using :

Create a folder data in

D:\project-workspace\mongodb\data

Then Create another folder db inside data ie,

D:\project-workspace\mongodb\data\db

Then run the command

mongod --dbpath D:\project-workspace\mongodb\data\db

Make sure you have set environment variable for mongodb else browse

C:\Program Files\MongoDB\Server\3.4\bin

and then execute this =>

mongod.exe --dbpath E:\workspace\mongodb\data

Answer 3

Also faced the same issue in windows. if --dbpath directory path does not contain spaces, do not include quotes. Removing quotes, when the path does not have space, resolved the issue.