How To Install And Configure MongoDB on Windows.

1. Download MongoDB

Download .msi installer file from MongoDB download page. 

Choose Windows 32bit or 64bit platform.

Double click the .msi file and follow the set of screens to finish installation process.

2. MongoDB directory structure

In MongoDB, we have required executable files only in bin directory. It doesn't have  any other system dependencies.

We can specify the installation directory if you choose "Custom" installation option.(e.g. F:\mongodb)

 You can add F:\MongoDB\bin  path Windows Environment variable, so that you can access the MongoDB commands from any location in Command Prompt.

3. Configuration

MongoDB requires a data directory to store the data. MongoDB default's data directory is "C:\data\db".

We can create alternative path and specify path in configuration file. We should specify this data directory path with --dbpath option while running MongoDB.

For example:

F:\mongodb\mongo.config

dbpath=F:\mongodb\data\db

logpath=F:\mongodb\log\mongo.log

4. Start/Stop MongoDB Server

We can start MonngoDB server by using mongod.exe file with the option --config F:\mongodb\mongo.config.

F:\MongoDB\bin>mongod --config F:\mongodb\mongo.config

5. Connect to MongoDB Server

We can mongo.exe file to connect the MongoDB server.

F:\MongoDB\bin>mongo.exe

MongoDB shell version: 3.0.6

connecting to: test

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