MongoDB: installing MongoDB

First download MongoDB

Select the suitable version for your system.

Download either .zip or .msi, msi handles everything automatically

install into a folder

Getting Started:

If u go into the bin folder of the mongodb u'll find a lot of executable files

some of notable ones are

1.mongod

2 mongo
3 mongostat

4 mongoimport

5 mongodump

6 mongoexport and so on....

we are gonna explore each of these as we proceed

For windows users

to start mongodb

1. open ur cmd(windows+R then type cmd and hit enter)

2. then go to the bin directory in cmd using shell commands(cd , cd.. ,cd\ and so on )

3. then type mongod --dbpath (urdbpath)

mongod handles data requests, manages data format, and performs background management operations

So by this command(mongod --dbpath) u are telling the mongodb to store ur database in a specific folder

For example i am storing my database in D:\test\mongodb\data. So my command will be

mongod --dbpath D:\test\mongodb\data

If the command is correct u should see various info printed like version number, your system properties and so on.

4. open another cmd

go to the bin folder as done above

then simply type mongo.exe

you are in the mongo shell now!!!

To test if u are sucessfully connected, just type in db;

if this returns "test" onto the shell, everything is woking properly!!

We need both the instances of cmd(mongod and mongo)simultaneously for working

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