在Windows上设置Mongodb

Question

I am trying to get starting with Mongodb. I installed it and moved the installation directory to my xampp directory. I would like to start developing using Mongodb, is the mongod.exe service required to run, in order to write code that uses mongodb ?

I am able to connect to this service successfully, however once I disconnect from the mongod.exe service and try to run mongo.exe I get an error saying No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it . I am running cmd as administrator. However, when I run the mongod.exe service first, then try to run the mongo.exe , I am able to connect successfully.

My question is, if I am developing on Windows using xampp, am I supposed to run the mongod service prior to writing code to query the DB ?

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Yes , the mongod.exe(server) needs to be running if you want to read/write data to MongoDB. mongo.exe is a shell which checks if the server(mongod.exe) is running if 'yes' then it allows to read/write data to MongoDB. Hence prior to querying the DB you need to bring up mongod.exe

Answer 2

I recommend you leave the default directory mongodb in "C: \\ DATA \\ DB \\ bin" and install mongo as a service to start with windows with the code in CMD:

C:\\DATA\\DB\\bin>mongod --dbpath=C:\\DATA\\DB\\bin\\mongod.exe --logpath=D:\\mongodb\\log.txt --install

configure the service to start automatically and you will not need to worry about it.