MongoDB window closes automatically when I try to open

Question

I'm trying to install MangoDB in my windows machine 64-bit. I'm following official documentation to install the same. I have installed successfully as stated and stuck at Run MongoDB section at step 2.

http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/tutorial/install-mongodb-on-windows/

When I run the file "C:\Program Files\MongoDB\bin\mongod.exe" window opens and automatically closes. Not sure why this is happening, I Googled and tried troubleshooting the same but no luck. I even added MongoDB path to windows environment variables as well. But still it doesn't work.

Anyone faced this issue? Any suggestions would be helpful.

Thanks!

Answer 1

from doc:

MongoDB requires a data directory to store all data. MongoDB’s default data directory path is \data\db. Create this folder using the following commands from a Command Prompt:

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

The reason of your problem is that you don't have that data directory.

Answer 2

Create a folder named 'data' with sub-folder 'db' in the root of the folder where your MongoDB Server is installed.

Like in my case, it was installed on C:/Program Files/MongoDB/ and the mongod.exe, mongo.exe resides in C:/Program Files/MongoDB/Server/4.0/bin/.

So, I created a folder namely "data" and a sub-folder in it namely "db".

C:/data/db

Sometimes, there might be a chance that "data" folder already exists in the root drive. Then, just create a sub-folder named "db" in it.

After all of this, close mongod.exe & mongo.exe if running. And open them again in order to see if the problem is gone! I hope that solves the problem.