Create Your MongoDB Standalone Server Instance

Introduction:

Now we have got our Mongo DB packages in our machine. So let’s start with our first MongoDB standalone server instance. This server can be configured with authentication or without authentication. But it is recommended to start the server in authenticated mode when you connected in a network. 

 

There are three ways in which you can start your server instance:

• Direct by double click on mongod.exe

• Using command prompt.

• Configure as a service.

 

There are two modes:

• With authentication and

• Without authentication

 

Little About Package Mongo.exe:

The package Mongod.exe will be used for standalone instance of the MongoDB server. If you are going to do clustering of the server then in that case we will have to use Mongos as well. Mongod.exe can be started with many options like mentioned below.

If you would like to start in authenticated mode

Mongod –-auth

You can specify DB path when starting server instance and your DB path is not default (“C:\Data\DB”), your port is not default (27017) etc.

Mongod -–auth -–dbpath “D:\Data\DB” –-Port 27018 --bind_ip 172.xxx.xx.xx

 

 

Jump Start:

Server instance without authentication:

Let’s start with creating an instance, and for a jump start first I will consider without authentication. I will explain those three ways to start a server instance as mentioned above.

1). Direct by double click on mongod.exe:

In order to create server instance without any authentication it’s quite simple, just go to the bin folder (“C:\Program Files\MongoDB\Server\3.0\bin”) and then double click on mongod.exe.

 

 

Please follow my next blog  to learn, how can we run server instance using command prompt.

 References:

http://docs.mongodb.org/v2.2/reference/mongod/