NodeJS + MongoDB - Starting mongodb server instance installed from npm

Question

I'm running node.js on OSX and have just installed mongodb using command npm install mongodb under myapp/node_modules directory. According to mongodb official documenation, to start a mongodb you just have to execute ./mongodb/bin/mongo on the command line. However I didn't see any directory called 'bin' under the node_modules/mongodb..

Is there a special way to start a mongodb instance when it were bundled together with a node.js app? How would I start a mongodb server running on mongodb://localhost/myapp?

I'm currently also using matador (new mvc framework for node), and according to the documentation, we connect to the mongodb server this way:

// app/models/ApplicationModel.js
module.exports = require('./BaseModel').extend(function () {
  this.mongo = require('mongodb') 
  this.mongoose = require('mongoose')
  this.Schema = this.mongoose.Schema
  this.mongoose.connect('mongodb://localhost/myapp') //CONNECT TO MONGODB SERVER...
})

At this moment I dont think I have mongodb server running, and don't really know how to set it up because of the issue above. Would appreciate any links, answers, and pointers to the right direction. Thanks!

Answer 1

npm install mongodb is the command for installing Node.js driver for MongoDB. You'll have to install MongoDB server separately.

You can get it here: http://www.mongodb.org/downloads