Mongo DB Installation

Mongo DB Installation Steps:

Step 1:

Click this link to get the mongo DB software http://www.mongodb.org/downloads  

Step 2:

We will get this window, select one option based on O.S configured in your system

Step 3:

By selecting the above option we will get setup file

Step 4:

Double click on setup file we will get this window

Step 5:

Click the license agreement check box

Step 6:

Select Typical as setup type

Step 7:

Click Install option

Step 8:

Click Finish option

Mongo DB Connection:

Step 9:

After installing the mongo DB

We will get that installation path in this above location

C:\Program Files\MongoDB 2.6 Standard\bin

Step 10:

Open command prompt and copy the mongo DB installation path

cmd>cd C:\Program Files\MongoDB 2.6 Standard\bin

Step 11:

Mongo DB requires a data folder to store its files. The default location for the Mongo DB data directory is c:\data\db. So you need to create this folder using the Command Prompt. Execute the following command sequence

C:\>md data

C:\md data\db

Step 12:

C:\Program Files\MongoDB 2.6 Standard\bin >mongod.exe --dbpath "c:\data\db"

in this dB path represents the path where to store data, we will put that path in double-quotes(“ “)

This will show waiting for connections message on the console output indicates that the mongod.exe process is running successfully.

Step 13:

Now to run the mongo db you need to open another command prompt and issue the following command

C:\Program Files\MongoDB 2.6 Standard\bin >mongo.exe

MongoDB shell version: 2.4.6

Connecting to: test

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