Not able to use mongo shell in intellij

Question

i am able to connect to mongo db from intellij. Mongo explorer is working fine.

but after connecting when i try to open up Mongo Shell on any of the db it is not able to connect.

the error is coming on intellij I am running on Windows 7 throwing following error

2015-10-12T15:08:24.062-0700 I CONTROL  Hotfix KB2731284 or later update is installed, no need to zero-out data files
Invalid command: localhost:27017/students
Options:

General options:
  -h [ --help ]               show this usage information
  --version                   show version information
  -f [ --config ] arg         configuration file specifying additional options
  -v [ --verbose ] [=arg(=v)] be more verbose (include multiple times for more 
                              verbosity e.g. -vvvvv)
  --quiet                     quieter output
  --port arg                  specify port number - 27017 by default
  --bind_ip arg               comma separated list of ip addresses to listen on
                              - all local ips by default
  --ipv6                      enable IPv6 support (disabled by default)
  --maxConns arg              max number of simultaneous connections - 1000000 
                              by default
  --logpath arg               log file to send write to instead of stdout - has
                              to be a file, not directory
  --logappend                 append to logpath instead of over-writing
  --logRotate arg             set the log rotation behavior (rename|reopen)
  --timeStampFormat arg       Desired format for timestamps in log messages. 
                              One of ctime, iso8601-utc or iso8601-local
  --pidfilepath arg           full path to pidfile (if not set, no pidfile is 
                              created)
  --keyFile arg               private key for cluster authentication
  --setParameter arg          Set a configurable parameter
  --httpinterface             enable http interface
  --clusterAuthMode arg       Authentication mode used for cluster 
                              authentication. Alternatives are 
                              (keyFile|sendKeyFile|sendX509|x509)
  --auth                      run with security
  --noauth                    run without security
  --jsonp                     allow JSONP access via http (has security 
                              implications)
  --rest                      turn on simple rest api
  --slowms arg (=100)         value of slow for profile and console log
  --profile arg               0=off 1=slow, 2=all
  --cpu                       periodically show cpu and iowait utilization
  --sysinfo                   print some diagnostic system information
  --noIndexBuildRetry         don't retry any index builds that were 
                              interrupted by shutdown
  --noscripting               disable scripting engine
  --notablescan               do not allow table scans

Windows Service Control Manager options:
  --install                install Windows service
  --remove                 remove Windows service
  --reinstall              reinstall Windows service (equivalent to --remove 
                           followed by --install)
  --serviceName arg        Windows service name
  --serviceDisplayName arg Windows service display name
  --serviceDescription arg Windows service description
  --serviceUser arg        account for service execution
  --servicePassword arg    password used to authenticate serviceUser

Replication options:
  --oplogSize arg       size to use (in MB) for replication op log. default is 
                        5% of disk space (i.e. large is good)

Master/slave options (old; use replica sets instead):
  --master              master mode
  --slave               slave mode
  --source arg          when slave: specify master as <server:port>
  --only arg            when slave: specify a single database to replicate
  --slavedelay arg      specify delay (in seconds) to be used when applying 
                        master ops to slave
  --autoresync          automatically resync if slave data is stale

Replica set options:
  --replSet arg           arg is <setname>[/<optionalseedhostlist>]
  --replIndexPrefetch arg specify index prefetching behavior (if secondary) 
                          [none|_id_only|all]

Sharding options:
  --configsvr           declare this is a config db of a cluster; default port 
                        27019; default dir /data/configdb
  --shardsvr            declare this is a shard db of a cluster; default port 
                        27018

SSL options:
  --sslOnNormalPorts                    use ssl on configured ports
  --sslMode arg                         set the SSL operation mode 
                                        (disabled|allowSSL|preferSSL|requireSSL
                                        )
  --sslPEMKeyFile arg                   PEM file for ssl
  --sslPEMKeyPassword arg               PEM file password
  --sslClusterFile arg                  Key file for internal SSL 
                                        authentication
  --sslClusterPassword arg              Internal authentication key file 
                                        password
  --sslCAFile arg                       Certificate Authority file for SSL
  --sslCRLFile arg                      Certificate Revocation List file for 
                                        SSL
  --sslWeakCertificateValidation        allow client to connect without 
                                        presenting a certificate
  --sslAllowConnectionsWithoutCertificates 
                                        allow client to connect without 
                                        presenting a certificate
  --sslAllowInvalidHostnames            Allow server certificates to provide 
                                        non-matching hostnames
  --sslAllowInvalidCertificates         allow connections to servers with 
                                        invalid certificates
  --sslFIPSMode                         activate FIPS 140-2 mode at startup

Storage options:
  --storageEngine arg (=mmapv1) what storage engine to use
  --dbpath arg                  directory for datafiles - defaults to \data\db\
                                which is C:\data\db\ based on the current 
                                working drive
  --directoryperdb              each database will be stored in a separate 
                                directory
  --noprealloc                  disable data file preallocation - will often 
                                hurt performance
  --nssize arg (=16)            .ns file size (in MB) for new databases
  --quota                       limits each database to a certain number of 
                                files (8 default)
  --quotaFiles arg              number of files allowed per db, implies --quota
  --smallfiles                  use a smaller default file size
  --syncdelay arg (=60)         seconds between disk syncs (0=never, but not 
                                recommended)
  --upgrade                     upgrade db if needed
  --repair                      run repair on all dbs
  --repairpath arg              root directory for repair files - defaults to 
                                dbpath
  --journal                     enable journaling
  --nojournal                   disable journaling (journaling is on by default
                                for 64 bit)
  --journalOptions arg          journal diagnostic options
  --journalCommitInterval arg   how often to group/batch commit (ms)

WiredTiger options:
  --wiredTigerCacheSizeGB arg           maximum amount of memory to allocate 
                                        for cache; defaults to 1/2 of physical 
                                        RAM
  --wiredTigerStatisticsLogDelaySecs arg (=0)
                                        seconds to wait between each write to a
                                        statistics file in the dbpath; 0 means 
                                        do not log statistics
  --wiredTigerJournalCompressor arg (=snappy)
                                        use a compressor for log records 
                                        [none|snappy|zlib]
  --wiredTigerDirectoryForIndexes       Put indexes and data in different 
                                        directories
  --wiredTigerCollectionBlockCompressor arg (=snappy)
                                        block compression algorithm for 
                                        collection data [none|snappy|zlib]
  --wiredTigerIndexPrefixCompression arg (=1)
                                        use prefix compression on row-store 
                                        leaf pages


Process finished with exit code 1

Answer 1

It is an open issue with the plugin it self. Please follow at this location for the updates:

[https://github.com/dboissier/mongo4idea/issues/107#issuecomment-155239346]