MongoDB Installation On Windows

In this tutorial, we will show you how to install MongoDB on Windows7 step by step.

1. MongoDB 2.2.7
2. Windows 7

Download the binary for your operating system from official site.

            http://www.mongodb.org/downloads

• Extract the zip file to one of the drives 

Example i extracted to C:\\mongoDB folder you can see below executables in bin folder.

• Configuration File

Create a folder “data” and “log” in the same drive

C:\\mongoDB\data

C:\\mongoDB\log

Create a MongoDB config file, it’s just a text file, for example

C:\\mongoDB\mongo.config

##store data here

dbpath=C:\Training\Trainings\mongoDB\mongodb\data

##all output go here

logpath=C:\Training\Trainings\mongoDB\mongodb\log\mongo.log

##log read and write operations

diaglog=3

• Run MongoDB Server

C:\\mongoDB\bin > mongod.exe --config C:\mongodb\mongo.config

all output going to: C:\mongoDB\log\mongo.log

log file [C:mongoDB\log\mongo.log] exists; copied to temporary file [C:\mongoDB\log\mongo.log.2014-12-30T17-56-02]

• Connect to MongoDB

Use mongo.exe to connect to the started MongoDB server.

C:\\mongoDB\bin > mongo.exe

MongoDB shell version: 2.2.7

connecting to: test

>

• Run MongoDB Server AS Windows Service

Add MongoDB as Windows Service, so that MongoDB will start automatically following each system restart.

Install as Windows Service with --install.

C:\\mongoDB\bin > mongod.exe --config C:\mongodb\mongo.config --install

Note: run the Command Prompt with Administrative Privileges to start MongoDB as Service.


A Windows service named “MongoDB” is created.

• To start MongoDB Service

net start MongoDB

• To stop MongoDB Service

net stop MongoDB

• To remove MongoDB Service

C:\mongoDB\bin>mongod --remove